It is an honour and pleasure to work with Zab Maboungou on creating the Mozongi Choreographic Toolkit, coordinated by Katya Montaignac in close collaboration with Zab. Master work of the repertoire of Nyata Nyata, Mozongi is a dance from a time when dancers tried to…

FAIRE CORPS | An audio series in 7 episodes José NAVAS, Françoise SULLIVAN, Margie GILLIS, Manon OLIGNY, Daniel LÉVEILLÉ, Mélanie DEMERS, Marie CHOUINARD: seven choreographers who have shaped quebec contemporary dance, enabling it to shine at here and abroad. These unconventional creators have inspired countless...

Since 2013, the workshops for dancers and non-dancers created by Ginelle Chagnon have helped revive Jean-Pierre Perreault’s choreographic repertoire throughout Quebec. The Danser Joe workshops, which are designed for amateur dancers and high school students through the Culture-Education directory, allow participants of all ages to immerse…

Yvon Soglo (a.k.a Crazy Smooth) is a choreographer and founder of the company Bboyizm. He is also currently an artist in the long-term residency program at the Centre de Création O Vertigo – CCOV, which provides support and access to its creation studio. Bboyizm has…

Les archives du futur is part of a vast curatorial project, linking the living arts and feminist thought. This multidisciplinary project takes shape through a collective research process leading to the writing of feminist art histories. This collective work will bring together the voices of…

A project imagined by Emmanuelle Bourassa Beaudoin and Natalie Zoey Gauld: This bilingual video series is an archive of a three-week workshop engaged in reflection, analysis, and pedagogical transmission with dance artist and pedagogue Angelique Willkie. Invited guests reflect with Angelique on her teaching philosophies…

Sismography is a collaborative platform that is a home to the stories of dancers. It is a sensitive archive of the subtle tremors and deep shudders that have marked their practice and that often remain taboo: physical and psychological injuries, illness, conditions, and disabilities that can impede, prevent,...

A project imagined by Sophie Michaud : Tracement : Artistes et pratiques de l’accompagnement chorégraphique searches the memories of rehearsal directors and artistic advisors to spotlight their creative efforts and present their achievements. The project will offer a rich, varied vision of the know-how inherent…

A project imagined by Pierre-Marc Ouellette: My entry into the world of Montreal contemporary dance in 2002 coincided with the passing of Jean-Pierre Perreault. A mythical figure who profoundly influenced the careers and lives of my teachers, I primarily know the man through what has...

Each month, Espace Perreault posts a video from Circuit-Est’s En aparté series, where guest dance instructors describe their professional career and teaching approach in contemporary dance, within an international context.

A project imagined by Melissa Raymond: Laughter. One would say he remembers. He walks, tries again, doubts, doesn’t make it to the end of the movement. He finds. Repetition, a bit of a slow-down towards the end of the sequence. He walks in circles, stops….

Territoires Partagés (November 18 to May 2020) was a website designed to observe and document dance training practices in Quebec. The site included sections with texts, interviews, podcasts and visual documents highlighting multiple practices. It was an opportunity for artists to explore the dance ecosystem,…

The Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault presented the creative process behind La Chute, a piece by the collective Vâtchik Danse, made up of choreographer and performer Nasim Lootij and dramaturg Kiasa Nazeran, both of Iranian origin. Drawing inspiration from traditional Iranian dance and a major cultural initiative…

In early May 2018, Ondinnok, in collaboration with Tangente, presented Constrained Body, Dancing Body, an event offering multi-faceted perspectives on Indigenous dance in Quebec today. A few days later, the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault held its focus day event, Between Traces and Writing. We invited Catherine…

A project imagined by Emmanuelle Bourassa Beaudoin and Natalie Zoey Gauld: This bilingual video series is an archive of a three-week workshop engaged in reflection, analysis, and pedagogical transmission with dance artist and pedagogue Angelique Willkie. Invited guests reflect with Angelique on her teaching philosophies…

A project imagined by Pierre-Marc Ouellette: My entry into the world of Montreal contemporary dance in 2002 coincided with the passing of Jean-Pierre Perreault. A mythical figure who profoundly influenced the careers and lives of my teachers, I primarily know the man through what has...

Danse mutante is a bold collective project that explores the mutation of a dance work, as well as ideas around transmission and performers’ authority and creative contribution. In the words of the project creator Mélanie Demers: “Danse Mutante is a duet performed by Francis Ducharme…

How do artists want their memory to be preserved and their works to be presented before they enter the public domain? The Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault called on lawyer Sophie Préfontaine for expert advice. She developed a guide to help dance artists write their last will…

October 26, 2014 and November 2, 2014, Louise Bédard and Ginelle Chagnon gave the workshop Au cœur des œuvres de Louise Bédard, in which participants brought her repertoire to life in an intimate, hands-on experience.

During this focus day event, participants from the dance community explored different facets of authoriality. Among the topics discussed: How does this concept determine and/or influence the creative process? How do different cultures define authorship in dance and position themselves vis-à-vis this notion? How can…

BAGNE is the centrepiece of a ten-year-plus collaboration between two Montreal-based choreographers and performers: Jeff Hall and Pierre-Paul Savoie. Graduates of the Department of Contemporary Dance at Concordia University, where they met, they both had unique career trajectories: Jeff as a former Frisbee champion and...

From May 15 to 18, the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault invited the entire dance community to take part in the focus day series Between Traces and Writing.  Featuring round table discussions, conversations, performances and workshops, the event explored the themes of traces, notation, documentation, memory, body/archives…

The solo Bras de plomb was created in 1993 out of an encounter between the dancer and choreographer Paul-André Fortier and artist Betty Goodwin. Out of these two artists’ obsession with the human body emerged this fascinating piece, a profound reflection on the human condition....

Everyone knows how important creation, presentation and training are in dance. However, less attention is paid to documentation, research, promotion and transmission, which are also vital to the development of contemporary dance. In July 2016, the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault submitted the brief Documentation, valorisation et…

With Cartes postales de Chimère, Louise Bédard made her mark in the dance world as both a dancer and choreographer, earning rave reviews from critics and audiences alike. In 2015, she remounted the work, passing on her solo role to two reputed dancers ( Isabelle...

In spring 2020, French choreographer Raphaël Cottin talked to Lise Gagnon (Executive Director of the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault) about his creative process and recent productions. Marie Tissot wrote a fascinating and beautifully illustrated article about it, in which she describes how Labanotation inspired the artist’s…

Olivia Grandville, a choreographer, teacher and improvisor based in Paris, founded the company La spirale de Caroline, along with several collaborators. The co-founder of Les Carnets Bagouet talked to us about issues related to preserving and transmitting dance works. She also talked about differences, dance…

The project Dance in Quebec: Boosting the Discoverability of Digital Content aimed to promote the discoverability of dance works and artists, and to develop digital literacy and skills within the dance community. Consultant Josée Plamondon, who specializes in data retrieval systems, helped us build our…

Since 2013, the workshops for dancers and non-dancers created by Ginelle Chagnon have helped revive Jean-Pierre Perreault’s choreographic repertoire throughout Quebec. The Danser Joe workshops, which are designed for amateur dancers and high school students through the Culture-Education directory, allow participants of all ages to immerse…

On January 11, 2019, the MACM held a study day on dance and the visual arts as part of its Françoise Sullivan exhibition. The event included three round table discussions with Lynda Gaudreau, Simon Grenier-Poirier, Catherine Lavoie-Marcus, Dorian Nuskind-Oder, The Two Gullivers (Flutura and Besnik…

From May 2 to 4, 2018 at Tangente, Ondinnok, Canada’s first francophone Indigenous theatre company, presented Constrained Body, Dancing Body: Conversations and performances around Indigenous dance in Quebec today, an event featuring shows, workshops, discussions and performances. The Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault was proud to help…

In this first collaboration with Nyata Nyata, the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault edited video excerpts from the Not Just Dance Symposium, held at MAI Montreal, arts interculturels in December 2018.

In 2003, the choreographer Danièle Desnoyers was invited to create a work in residence at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. The resulting Duos pour corps et instruments was performed by three of Montreal’s most renowned dancers: Sophie Corriveau, AnneBruce Falconer and Siôned Watkins. Ten...

The virtual exhibition Jean-Pierre Perreault, choreographer features an educational discovery guide created for high school students and teachers by Nicole Turcotte, Visiting Professor at UQAM’s Dance Department. A series of new dance appreciation and movement creation activities were added to the guide to deepen students’...

Each month, Espace Perreault posts a video from Circuit-Est’s En aparté series, where guest dance instructors describe their professional career and teaching approach in contemporary dance, within an international context.

Espace Perreault get-togethers are 5 à 7 events that offer a warm, relaxed atmosphere to meet dance artists, ask them questions, and find out what drives them. Every 5 à 7 event is dedicated to a specific, shared challenge that is central to the creative…

Building on the success of the Vivre Joe workshops, the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault and Agora de la danse developed this second series of workshops around Perreault’s repertoire. Participants immersed themselves in Perreault’s world, performing sequences from Eironos, L’Exil-L’Oubli, Piazza and La Vita. The workshops were…

FAIRE CORPS | An audio series in 7 episodes José NAVAS, Françoise SULLIVAN, Margie GILLIS, Manon OLIGNY, Daniel LÉVEILLÉ, Mélanie DEMERS, Marie CHOUINARD: seven choreographers who have shaped quebec contemporary dance, enabling it to shine at here and abroad. These unconventional creators have inspired countless...

How does the dance milieu approach copyright issues? How does copyright law influence the creation, performance, reproduction and distribution of choreographic works? To answer these questions, the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault invited dance practitioners and legal experts to participate in a focus day on copyright and…

Yvon Soglo (a.k.a Crazy Smooth) is a choreographer and founder of the company Bboyizm. He is also currently an artist in the long-term residency program at the Centre de Création O Vertigo – CCOV, which provides support and access to its creation studio. Bboyizm has…

This series of dance portraits is based on testimonials from dancers about the legacy of their practice. What memories fuel your dance practice? What heritage has particularly marked your path? These dancing portraits share the thoughts and experiences of dancers on questions of memory and…

Presentation   A choreographic toolkit gathers together everything that leads to the creation of a work and perpetuates its transmission. Joe Choreographic Toolkit documents Joe, Jean-Pierre Perreault’s most famous work and one of the most influential in the Quebec choreographic repertoire.  Joe marked a turning...

On November 30, 2016, the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault launched Sylvie Pinard’s book L’INVISIBLE VISIBLE – Transmission d’outils d’interprétation en danse, in collaboration with the Department of Dance at UQAM. A founding member of the group Nouvelle Aire, Sylvie Pinard danced professionally for over 25 years…

Coordinated by Catherine Lavoie-Marcus and designed by Emilie Allard, this fanzine features the traces (notations, drawings and accounts) of ten writers and illustrators who responded in real time to an improvised dance by Hanako Hoshimi-Caines. It is a perfect example of documentation as a creative…

A project imagined by Melissa Raymond: Laughter. One would say he remembers. He walks, tries again, doubts, doesn’t make it to the end of the movement. He finds. Repetition, a bit of a slow-down towards the end of the sequence. He walks in circles, stops….

Les archives du futur is part of a vast curatorial project, linking the living arts and feminist thought. This multidisciplinary project takes shape through a collective research process leading to the writing of feminist art histories. This collective work will bring together the voices of…

Created in 1994 and loosely based on Paul Auster’s novel, In the Country of Last Things, this solo piece is the culmination of Lucie Grégoire’s tireless quest to understand identity. In 2016, Grégoire transmitted the work to Isabelle Poirier, another dancer renowned for her intensity,...

In 1998, Harold Rhéaume created his first major work, Les dix commandements, which examines complex issues related to the values and moral codes that hold a society together. His company, Le fils d’Adrien danse, celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2021. To mark the occasion, it…

The Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault participated in the project Se mouvoir dans l’archive / Moving through the archive, a production by Galerie UQO with choreographer, dramaturg and dancer Hanna Sybille Müller. In the fall of 2019, director/curator Marie-Hélène Leblanc invited Hanna Sybille Müller to work with…

It is an honour and pleasure to work with Zab Maboungou on creating the Mozongi Choreographic Toolkit, coordinated by Katya Montaignac in close collaboration with Zab. Master work of the repertoire of Nyata Nyata, Mozongi is a dance from a time when dancers tried to…

For Openings. Perspectives on Choreographic Toolkits and Documentation in Dance, Lise Gagnon invited close to 20 dance practitioners (dancers, choreographers and researchers) to examine the choreographic toolkits from a meta perspective by opening them, interrogating them and unpacking them, in order to view them from…

Quebec choreographer and teacher Manon Hotte, currently based in Geneva, gave a performative presentation on the creative process behind Blanc Mémoire—an archival installation she co-created with Swiss photographer and stage director Dorothée Thébert. Blanc Mémoire emerged from both artists’ questionings regarding their respective practices and…

Espace Perreault hosts on its website traces of the project Pluriels, a performative installation initiated by Mathide Loslier Pellerin, and supports its creative process.   An atmosphere of time; translated spaces.   Pluriels is a performative installation in progress that invites bodies to navigate space through…

Following the intergenerational collaborations that gave rise to the work Pluton, La 2e Porte à Gauche imagined a series of portraits produced by Claudia Chan Tak with the help of Katya Montaignac. Major figures in Quebec contemporary dance are presented through the gaze of contemporary…

In October 2014, Marc Boivin, Chair of the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault; Lise Gagnon, Executive Director; and Anne Bénichou and Theresa Rowat, members of the board, participated in the 27th edition of the Entretiens Jacques-Cartier. Their papers are available for consultation here.

On April 1, 2015, the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault invited artists and performance art researchers The Two Gullivers to create a work inspired by the Jean-Pierre Perreault archive.  Quand le dessin devient performance is a “performative archive” in which the two artists intersect with professional dancers,…

In March 2018, the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault met up with dancer, actor and stage director Marc Béland, and stage director, author, choreographer and dancer Alix Dufresne. Lise Gagnon invited them to reflect on Dancers, a co-creation by Catalan artist Sonia Gómez and Marc Béland in…

Perreault Dancer, directed by Tim Southam (screenplay by Andrée Martin, produced by Les Films de l’Isle, Ian Boyd, 2005), is a poignant love letter to Jean-Pierre Perreault. A diverse family of dancers enact the choreographer’s artistic legacy, bringing his memory to life through words, movement,…

Sismography is a collaborative platform that is a home to the stories of dancers. It is a sensitive archive of the subtle tremors and deep shudders that have marked their practice and that often remain taboo: physical and psychological injuries, illness, conditions, and disabilities that can impede, prevent,...

A major player in contemporary dance in Montreal, Tangente has offered audiences bold and innovative annual programming for 35 years. Since its founding, more than 1,500 artists over three generations have enjoyed support in developing and presenting shows. Between the official opening of its doors…

Territoires Partagés (November 18 to May 2020) was a website designed to observe and document dance training practices in Quebec. The site included sections with texts, interviews, podcasts and visual documents highlighting multiple practices. It was an opportunity for artists to explore the dance ecosystem,…

During a rehearsal for the piece Territoires, presented at Agora de la danse in October 2018, Lise Gagnon, executive director of the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault, caught up with choreographer Lucie Grégoire and performers Kim Henry, Isabelle Poirier and James Viveiros, who talked about the joy…

In June 2015, ten dance artists came to Quebec to take part in a period of reflection and experimentation around the Legacy Project, developed by the Margie Gillis Dance Foundation. For ten days, the participants explored Margie Gillis’ repertoire and unique methods of teaching. They…

A project imagined by Sophie Michaud : Tracement : Artistes et pratiques de l’accompagnement chorégraphique searches the memories of rehearsal directors and artistic advisors to spotlight their creative efforts and present their achievements. The project will offer a rich, varied vision of the know-how inherent…

Re-creation and creation of solos by Louise Bédard Danse compagny In the fall of 2020, five solos were reassembled for the camera in order to enhance the visual archives of Louise Bédard Danse. During this disruptive period when the situation of artists was undermined, the…

Since the late 1990s, Ginelle Chagnon (Jean-Pierre Perreault’s former rehearsal director) has transmitted the choreographer’s repertoire. Following Perreault’s passing, some works were remounted in Quebec and abroad, including Joe in 2004 and Les Ombres dans ta tête at the Ballet de Lorraine in 2008. In…

On November 21, 2019, at the Maison des arts de Laval, choreographer Danièle Desnoyers presented UNFOLD | Une conférence dansée, a collective performance inspired by the creative process behind the work UNFOLD | 7 perspectives. On stage, Danièle Desnoyers stands behind a table covered in creative notebooks…

Dulcinea Langfelder created Victoria in 1999—a dance piece about old age, vulnerability and cognitive decline. It has been presented in fifteen countries and eight languages, and is still available for touring today. To pay tribute to the work and the issues it raises, Dulcinea Langfelder…

In the spring of 2018, maribé – sors de ce corps recreated the piece Dieu ne t’a pas créé juste pour danser to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Choreographer Marie Béland reassembled her original team: Dany Desjardins, Zoey Gauld, Simon-Xavier Lefebvre, Anne Thériault and MC Gilles….

The virtual exhibition Jean-Pierre Perreault, choreographer, directed by Ginelle Chagnon, reveals the world of Jean-Pierre Perreault, tracing his personal and artistic journey.  Jean-Pierre Perreault, choreographer gives online visitors an opportunity to explore Perreault’s rich choreographic legacy, in both official languages. The exhibition features 15 major…