A meeting organized by Espace Perreault and moveo
Espace Perreault and the dance magazine moveo are extremely pleased to present a joint discussion around the theme of women’s choreographic heritages, lineages and ancestries at Proto Studio on Friday, November 13 at 5 p.m.
Researcher and dance dramaturg Katya Montaignac will host the meeting, with participations from Catherine Dagenais-Savard, Shérane Figaro, Véronique Hudon, Sophie Michaud and Pierre-Marc Ouellette—all artists with whom Espace Perreault is currently working. Each, in their own way, is deepening their exploration of this area of research.
As Katya wrote: “The history of dance and the arts has been constructed largely on the basis of dominant narratives, at once linear and patriarchal, with a tendency to favour written records and the figure of the ‘master,’ thus rendering invisible sonoral and collective dynamics, women’s contributions, and the lived experience of minorities. This discussion aims to highlight the memory of women across Quebec’s choreographic landscape and recognize their artistic genealogies and lineages.
Despite the lack of institutional archives, how do these oft-invisible bodies and practices become a space for resistance from which alternative modes of creation and collaboration emerge—modes that are more horizontal, circular and inclusive?”
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