Openings

November 30, 2023
Production

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 different angles and explore their immense potential.

This publication offers a description and discussion of the choreographic toolkits, along with reflections on the documentation of dance.

An impressive cast took part in this exploration: Clarisse Bardiot, Lucie Boissinot, Amy Bowring, Ginelle Chagnon, Danièle Desnoyers, Geneviève Ethier, Lise Gagnon, Lucie Grégoire, Kim Henry, Anne-Laure Jean, Brigitte Kerhervé, Catherine Lavoie-Marcus, Nasim Lootij, Alexandre Michaan, Sophie Michaud, Katya Montaignac, Josée Plamondon, Isabelle Poirier, Romy Snauwaert and Marie Tissot.

Events

Ouvrir la boîte and La danse de Hanako – Hanako’s Dance

December 9, 2020

In this virtual launch held on December 9, 2020, some 20 dance artists, writers and visual artists shared their experiences in two publications: La danse de Hanako – Hanako’s Dance and Ouvrir la boîte. Regards sur les boîtes chorégraphiques et la documentation en danse. These…

Documents

Publication

Openings: Perspectives on Choreographic Toolkits and Documentation in Dance

For Openings, Lise Gagnon invited close to 20 dance practitioners—dancers, choreographers and researchers—to examine the Espace Perreault’s choreographic toolkits from a meta perspective by opening them, interrogating them and unpacking them, in order to view them from different angles and explore their immense potential.