On March 23, 2022, in the Iro Valaskakis-Tembeck performance hall at the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Cultural Centre, we are screening Françoise Sullivan : ce pas qui vient de soi, a video about the choreographic career of the great Françoise Sullivan. In interviews with art historian Gilles Lapointe, the artist recounts her first steps in dance, her explorations in Franziska Boas’ studio in New York in 1947, the influence of Paul-Émile Borduas’ teachings on her creative work, and her participation in the group Les Automatistes. This rich and inspiring film traces the origins of Sullivan’s major choreographic works, with rare and astonishing archival photographs and video excerpts. A moving, candid encounter with one of dance’s most innovative artists.
Directed and edited by Xavier Curnillon
Music by Rober Racine