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Parcours Danse 2010

December 1-3, 2010At the Centre Communautaire Intergénérationnel d’Outremont

Essential supporter of dance in Quebec

Regular attendees know how much I hold dear this annual event organized by La danse sur les routes (DSR). So imagine how excited I am for the 2010 edition! In fact, this year’s Parcours Danse has been organized by a completely independent DSR, a success achieved after a long and demanding process. But what a wonderful gift – especially with the Holidays approaching!

This process actually led us to a deep introspection; it provoked a profound, but healthy, rethinking of our raison d’être and our desire to work together on behalf of dance. Considering the future plans born from this two-year period of reflection, evaluation and cooperation, the process was well worth the effort. This is a new era for DSR—and there are plenty of ideas, projects and challenges in view. However, looking at the work that has already been done, we face the future with confidence and enthusiasm.

At present, it’s important to implement change and that’s why this edition of Parcours Dance has special importance. Specifically, it marks a new phase of development for La danse sur les routes and we hope that we’ll be able to create an environment that will encourage you to play a role. In truth, that’s been our goal all along—to create a space where we could work together to promote a better and more widespread influence of dance!

Please accept my warmest and most enthusiastic welcome!

Claude de Grandpré, President

WELCOME MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

An independent journalist, Ariane Émond is also a presenter, interviewer and speaker. In addition to co-founding La Vie en rose (1980-1987), a feminist news magazine, Ariane has over the last 30 years worked with numerous Quebec-based media (SRC, Télé-Québec, Gazette des femmes, Le Devoir, etc.) and has contributed to some 15 Quebec-made documentaries. Ariane has garnered many awards for her journalism and film work.

Her engagement with social and cultural issues is evident throughout her career. Ariane Émond was the first General Director of Culture Montréal (2003-2005) and regularly presides over public meetings to discuss social, political and cultural impacts.

Committed to social change, Ariane Émond is a godmother to 60 Million Girls, a young organization that supports access to education for girls in developing countries. She is also a member of the Board of Directors for Développement social magazine, published by the Institut de santé publique du Québec, and collaborates with the Institut du Nouveau Monde, a non-partisan organization that encourages the renewal of ideas in Quebec.

ANIMATORARIANE ÉMOND

This time of year is always fun for us. In fact, planning Parcours Danse is like preparing for a party. The ambience must be warm, welcoming, and ideal for fostering artistic discoveries, making new professional friendships and inspiring new collaborations.

That’s why over the years we’ve watched the small group of attendees at the first editions slowly grow to almost 200 participants today. We’ve pursued this success year after year by making every effort to find new ways to present dance. In 2008, we introduced Les belles échappées to spotlight emerging choreographers, then in 2009, we highlighted Les actions culturelles. And in 2010? Videodance and creation for young audiences!

WELCOME MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR

Our professional network is also growing as we establish more relationships with our colleagues across Canada. We are extremely proud to be so well connected today! For this, we would like to thank the Canada Council for the Arts and Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec for supporting this desire to make dance more of an influence from coast to coast.

But we have another reason to celebrate this year as well! At Parcours Danse 2010, we will finally share the results of a project to completely re-evaluate the structure, mandate and activities of La danse sur les routes. We have reformulated our mission and redefined our values. DSR has also established member categories in order to better welcome and serve the groups of people that we’ve worked with over the last 15 plus years. This work was incredibly inspiring for us and my dearest wish is that the results will help to inspire your projects in turn.

Enjoy Parcours Danse!

Paule Beaudry, General Drector

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Wednesday, December 14:30 pm Welcome and registration 5:00 pm Opening cocktail 66:30 pm Focus on youth 6 Cas Public 8 PPS Danse 10 Compagnie de la Tourmente 12 How to build a youth audience for dance

Thursday, December 28:30 am Welcome and registration9:00 am Opening comments by Yvan Gauthier, Chief Executive Officer, CALQ 149:30 am Simon Brault - conference 14

11:00 am Getting involved in culture 1512:30 pm Lunch and “speed-meeting”2:00 pm Les belles échappées 16 Helen Simoneau 16 Grand Poney 18 Emmanuelle Calvé 20 The Choreographers 22 3:45 pm Artist in residence, with Dominique Porte 245:00 pm Dinner

Friday, December 39:30 am Welcome and registration10:00 am Videodance 26 Aurélie Pedron 26 Stéphanie Decourteille 27 Rubberbandance Group 28 Alan Lake Factori(e) Land 29 11:45 am Les actions culturelles 30 Jouer Dehors, new edition 30 ÉCOuTE POuR VOIR de Danse Carpe Diem / Emmanuel Jouthe 31 12:30 pm Lunch 1:30 pm Les aperçus 32 SaSaSa 32 Fleuve | Espace danse 34 Virginie Brunelle inc. 36 Zab Maboungou/Compagnie Danse Nyata-Nyata 38 Mayday 40 Sylvain Émard Danse 42 Danse Carpe Diem / Emmanuel Jouthe 44 La Otra Orilla 464:00 pm Closing event

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThanks to the 2009-2010 administrators that supported this edition of Parcours Danse!Claude de Grandpré, President — General Director, Théâtre Hector-CharlandLuce Couture, Vice-President — General Director, Centennial TheatreKathy Casey, Treasurer — Artistic Director, Montréal DanseGinette Ferland, Secretary — Co-general Director, Communications Director, Outreach Officer, Bouge de làSteve Huot, Administrator — General and Artistic Director, La RotondeStéphane Labbé, Administrator — Co-artistic Director and Assistant General Director, TangenteHarold Rhéaume, Administrator – General and Artistic Director, Le fils d’Adrien dansePierre-Paul Savoie, Administrator — General and Artistic Director, PPS DanseBenoit Vaillancourt, Administrator — Artistic Director, Théâtre du Bic Special thanks to Manon Touchette from the Borough of Outremont, as well as Irène Galesso and Myriam Belzile from the Académie de danse d’Outremont for their warm welcome! Et un grand merci à tous nos bénévoles!

La danse sur les routes—Team General Director : Paule BeaudryAssistant Director : Catherine ComeauProject Coordinator : Michèle DorionTechnical Director : Armando Gomez RubioAssistant Technician : Joel LavoieGraphic Designer : Manon AndréEditor, Reviser : Benoit PelletierTranslator : Adriana PalancaAccountant : Denise Leprohon

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5:00 Pm oPeninG eVent Essential supporter of dance in Quebec

6:30 Pm focUs on yoUth How to build a youth audience for dance

Esther CarréOriginally from Rimouski, Quebec, Esther Carré began her studies in dance with Claire Courtois at École de Ballet de Rimouski. Her passion for dance grew so quickly that at the age of 12, she left her hometown to follow more concentrated studies in Montreal at the Polyvalente Pierre-Laporte. At the time, this was the only school offering a dance-study program, which had been developed by Ludmilla Chiriaeff.After having successfully completed her high school studies, she went on to finish her professional training at the École Supérieure de Danse du Québec, affiliated with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. Also backed by a Bachelor’s Degree in High School Education, Esther returned to Rimouski in 1999 to teach classic and modern dance at the École de danse Quatre Temps—where she still teaches today. Her duties there have also included Assistant Director of Education and the Arts since 2002.

Hélène LangevinFollowing studies in contemporary dance at the université du Québec à Montréal (1983-1986), Hélène Langevin joined Ginette Ferland, Rolline Laporte and Guylaine Savoie to create Brouhaha Danse (1988-1999). As part of this collective, Hélène created her first piece for youth, Roche, PaPieR, ciseaux (1996). In 2000, she founded her own company—Bouge de là—that dedicates itself to creating performances for young audiences. Her pieces are defined by strong expression. Also, her constant desire to explore different forms of art have led her to combine dance with video, acrobatics, Chinese shadows, etc. Her other pieces include La TRibu huRLubeRLu (2000), comme Les 5 doigTs

de La main (2003), chuT!! (2006), Vieux Thomas eT La PeTiTe fée (2008) and L’aTeLieR (2010). In addition to her activities as a choreographer, Hélène has also been teaching creative dance to children for the last 25 years. An expression of her true passion to teach others the pleasures of movement!

Diane PerreaultSince January 2001, Diane Perreault has been the General and Artistic Director of the Salle Pauline-Julien, an institution that she helped to create in the first years of her mandate. Today, she is responsible for programming, elaborating artistic projects in line with their mission (professional shows for schools and the general public, cinematographic programs, outreach, etc.), and managing all activities planned for the Salle Pauline-Julien. Diane Perreault has also notably worked as a project manager on behalf of the DSR with the Regroupement québécois de la danse. In this capacity, she sparked new interest in Parcours Danse, created a youth magazine called Magazine D, helped define the role of a development officer, and even outlined the draft of a manual for development officerst.

Isabelle St-HilaireAs soon as she began her education career in 2003, Isabelle St-Hilaire made promoting arts and culture in our schools her top priority. She immediately became involved in the cultural committee of the Val-des-Cerfs school board and created a cultural magazine called Fenêtre sur la culture, to promote arts and culture events in educational institutions across the region. Naturally, Isabelle was hired in 2009 as an educational consultant in arts and culture to coordinate school activities marking the 150th anniversary of the official founding of Granby, her hometown. In addition to her community involvement, Isabelle has also been on the executive committee of the Association québécoise des comités culturels scolaires since 2008, helping to promote the importance of creating cultural committees in each school board and encouraging greater collaboration between cultural and educational milieus. She is currently acting as a consultant for the Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport in matters relating to arts and culture education.

Nicole TurcotteNicole Turcotte began her career as a professional dancer while still pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Dance. Following a change of heart, she opted to pursue a diploma in the teaching of dance instead and spent the first 12 years of her career teaching dance at the high school level. In 2004, Nicole finished a Master’s Degree in Dance at UQAM, where she wrote her thesis on how cultural and artistic education contributes to the development of school-aged children in Quebec. For the last 10 years or so, Nicole Turcotte has worked as a consultant in the field of artistic and cultural education and has written many learning activity packets for teaching choreography to youth (CNA–Montréal Danse). She has also worked as a project manager for the Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport, in which role she notably led the team writing the new programs for dance in high school. Nicole Turcotte is helping to train a new generation of dance teachers as part of the Dance Department at UQAM and recently co-founded a new organization, the Association des enseignants de la danse à l’école (AQEDÉ).

Openness The DSR seeks to be inclusive and is always open to different forms and practices of professional dance.Engagement The DSR and its members are actively engaged in developing dance and more specifically, in spreading its influence.Enrichment The DSR’s activities seek to enrich the knowledge and practices of its member organizations, so as to expand and improve the influence of dance.Emulation The DSR promotes contact between member organizations to encourage and motivate them to develop mutually beneficial relationships.Leadership The DSR proposes stimulating projects, new methods and improved approaches to help dance become more influential in Québec.

A meeting place for dance presenters,

producers and creators, La danse sur

les routes du Québec supports the improvement

and expansion of dance presentations across

the regions of Québec.

Founded in 1989 by choreographer Hélène Blackburn, Cas Public pursues choreographic research based on the renewal of contemporary dance approaches. In 2001, in an effort to raise the public’s awareness about current dance and to further its development, the company turned its attention to shows for young audiences. Cas Public defines itself as a contemporary dance company for all audiences. Known for its energetic performances, Cas Public’s reputation has been built on the quality of its creations, as well as its steady presence on stages both national and international. After successes with baRbe bLeue, JouRnaL inTime and suiTes cRueLLes, in fall 2010 Cas Public will unveil its fifteenth choreography, VaRiaTions s. This latest piece, for children ages 10 and over, is a co-production with Tanzhaus Düsseldorf NRW, Théâtre du Bic and Agora de la Danse (Québec City).

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CONTACTCas PublicTel: 514 [email protected]

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Variations SCas Public presents VaRiaTions s, an energetic, demanding and at times turbulent work that revisits the Ballets Russes a century after the iconic company was founded. Hélène Blackburn has long wanted to explore this fertile period in history when artists such as Nijinski, Stravinsky, Fokine, Prokofiev and Satie broke with choreographic and musical conventions and thus marked the transition to modernity. In the course of her research, Hélène Blackburn fostered a growing interest in The Rite of Spring. In this towering work she found themes – spring, the elect, sacrifice – conducive to the creation of a work for young audiences. Drawing inspiration from its raw energy and power, composer Martin Tétreault has created a musical score that enters into a dialogue with Stravinsky’s masterpiece as well as the music of DJs so dear to adolescents. While remaining a work for general audiences, VaRiaTions s, conceived for nine dancers, will be unique in that it will be geared primarily to pre-adolescents and adolescents – people going through a stage of life akin to the mutations of spring.

6:30 Pm focUs on yoUth A space for creators of dance for young audiences

creAted in 2010

choreoGrAPhy hélène Blackburn

dAncers Joanie Boivin

Alexandre carlos roxane duchesne-roy

Jean-Philippe Giraud merryn Kritzinger

daphnée laurendeau Pierre lecours

rocky leduc-Gagné and mickaël spinnhirny

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PPs dAnse fosters exchange between local and international creators. Nonetheless, the company continues to assert its own particular signature by producing interdisciplinary works that renew the choreographic vocabulary by integrating dramaturgy and theatrical elements. Whether intended for adults or for young audiences, their poetic and accessible creations illustrate the human condition and social issues.

Québécois choreographer, performer and stage director Pierre-Paul Savoie founded PPS Danse in 1989. Renowned for the striking images of his multidisciplinary works and for the pertinent questions that they raise, Savoie has created for the stage, for film and for television.

chArtier dAnseA company that fully embraces creativity, using a collaborative process to develop pieces that successfully combine different artistic disciplines while simultaneously keeping the dialogue between artists open.

Their choreographic repertoire is highly influenced by music and the contemporary visual arts, from which artistic director Marie-Josée Chartier continues to draw great inspiration for developing concepts, compositions and dynamic structures.

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Contes pour enfants pas sages (Tales for Naughty Children)

Eight mischievous tales for children between 3 and 6 feet tall who love fantasy. An ostrich who eats bells and converses with Tom Thumb, melancholy antelopes, a dromedary who is unhappy at being called a camel, a sea elephant seated on its belly and able, it seems, to juggle with ice boxes. Imagine what would happen if this little world were to break out into song and dance, just imagine!

conTes PouR enfanTs Pas sages is a stage adaptation of the eight tales comprising the eponymous collection by Prévert. An agile blend of dance, theatre, music and song. Often featuring exotic animals, the tales are both a celebration of childhood and a critique of the adult world. They denounce human exploitation and the destruction of natural resources.

conTes PouR enfanTs Pas sages received a commission and a creative residency from the Centre des arts de Baie-Comeau with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts’ Creation-based Collaborations program. The creation benefited also from the support of Conseil des arts de Montréal’s Libres comme l’art program and of the Ministère de l’Éducation du Sport et du Loisir (MÉSL) and its support program to Montreal schools (PSÉM), as well as the collaboration of the Maisons de la culture Frontenac, Mercier and Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.

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text Jacques Prévert

choreoGrAPhy And stAGinG marie-Josée chartier et Pierre-Paul savoie

drAmAtUrGy lise Vaillancourt

mUsic Benoît côté

dAncers mathilde Addy-laird, dany desjardins,

Amélie rajotte and edward toledo

set desiGn richard morin

costUmes marie muyard

ProPs claude rodrigue

liGhtinG desiGn Valérie Bourque

set And liGhtinG desiGn consUltAnt Jocelyn Proulx

ProdUction mAnAGer Arnold Brookhuis

PPs danse is funded by conseil des arts et des lettres du québec and the

canada council for the Arts. marie-Josée chartier received

support from ontario Arts council’s integrated Arts program.

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Represented by:Art CirculationTel: 514 [email protected]



One of the most remarkable creators of her generation Marie-Julie Asselin, artistic director/choreographer for the Compagnie de la Tourmente, began her career in 1995. Her work is imprinted with a unique poetry and force, expressing a profound reflection on human relations, experience and integrity, as well as a huge desire to go beyond choreographic forms. Known for creating dramatic confrontations between dancers pushed to their limits and spectators in a state of forced voyeurism, the choreographies are pure emotion. Asselin’s work is based on a juxtaposition of different artistic forms. With Projet de recherche, she makes an even bolder statement by mixing scientific theory with artistic creation.

Since being founded in 2004, the Compagnie de la Tourmente’s mission has been to support experimentation in art, promote contemporary artistic works and organize activities to raise awareness about art.

COMPAGNIE DE LATOuRMENTE Victor et Rémi

After the phenomenal success of her piece for adolescents, Les TRaqueuRs, Marie-Julie Asselin returns with a work that explores the universe of 6-12 year olds. Victor et Rémi uses an explosion of evocative movements to interpret key moments in the lives of young boys, speaking to who they are, how they feel and how they are treated in the world. But this encounter with dance is not reserved exclusively for boys. It also more generally exposes the importance of imagination and poetry in the lives of children, without losing touch with a child’s experience of the real world. A piece that raises awareness about contemporary art and expresses the pure pleasure of dance. VicToR eT Rémi is dynamic, accessible and poetic.

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choreoGrAPhy marie-Julie Asselin

AssistAnt Artistic director isabelle chevrier

dAncers mathieu campeau Véronique Jalbert and Karine Gagné

tArGet AUdience 6 à 12 ans



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9:00 Am oPeninG comments By yVAn GAUthier Chief Executive Officer, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec

Steve BergeronBacked by a Bachelor’s degree in French Studies from the université de Sherbrooke, Steve Bergeron has been working for La Tribune, a daily newspaper, since 1994. He joined the arts and performances beat in 2001, and has been writing a regular column about the French language since 2003. Steve Bergeron also won the Prix Camille-Laurin from the Office québécois de la langue française in 2007. Since last year, he has been presenting talks before dance shows at the université de Sherbrooke’s cultural centre and at the Centennial Theatre at Bishop’s university.

Christian DenisAn ethno-historian by training and a curator at the Musée de la civilisation du Québec since 1988, Christian Denis has significantly contributed to the institution’s renown thanks to a program he coordinated called Patrimoine à domicile, which toured Quebec for 15 years, as well as public meetings and his contributions to Trouvailles et trésors, a popular television show on the Historia network. Christian Denis has also made a mark in the field of cultural development as the municipal councillor and custodian of cultural records for the rural municipality of Deschambault-Grondines for the last 14 years. His overall goal to raise awareness about and highlight the importance of culture in helping the far regions of Quebec thrive and survive.

Hélène PagéHélène Pagé completed studies in education at the Université Laval. For almost 10 years, she held various positions at the Ministère des affaires culturelles, working most notably on programs to integrate the arts and architecture, as well as on performing arts and other creative projects. Since 1988, she has dedicated her career to the Musée de la civilisation, where she has been directing cultural services and relations with Quebec museums since 2001. Hélène presided over the Société des musées québécois from 1996 to 2001, and co-presided over the MCC-SMQ committee for museum policy. Throughout her career, Hélène has always made integrating diverse artistic disciplines a priority, as well as bringing artists and their public together—often in unexpected places.

Caroline ParéFollowing completion of a Bachelor’s degree in Teaching Dance from the Université du Québec à Montréal in 1989, Caroline Paré began her teaching career even as she pursued activities as a dancer and coach. Since returning to Quebec City, she has undertaken a role at the Ministère de l’éducation, du loisir et du sport to co-develop dance programs for senior high school students, and was largely responsible for creating the dance program at Collège de Champigny. In addition to sitting on the Board of Directors for the Le fils d’Adrien Danse company and on the founding committee of the Association québécoise des enseignants de la danse à l’école (AQEDÉ), Caroline Paré is also a cultural mediator at La Rotonde.

Yvan Gauthier has served as the CEO and a member of the Board of Directors of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec since 2004. Yvan has also chaired the steering committee of Canadian Public Arts Funders (CPAF) since 2006.

Prior to taking up his duties with the Conseil, Yvan Gauthier spent over 20 years in management positions with companies in the culture, communications and recreation sectors. He served as Director General of the Conseil des métiers d’art and its affiliated corporations from 1992 to 2004, and was Director of Operations and Administration for the 5th Biennale internationale des villes d’hiver held in Montréal in January

1992. Yvan Gauthier also acted as the Assistant Director General and Director of Communications for Regroupement Loisir Québec from 1985 to 1990.

Yvan has been the chairman of several boards of directors, in particular for the Canadian Crafts Federation (2003-2004), the Conseil québécois des ressources humaines du secteur culturel (2000-2002) and the first Conseil de la culture de Montréal (2002-2003). He also sat on the board of directors for Les Arts et la Ville and for the cultural delegation at the Montréal Summit (2002), and served as commissioner of the Commission des biens culturels du Québec.

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Montrealer Simon Brault has been with the National Theatre School of Canada since 1981, and has been the school’s Chief Executive Officer since 1997.

Convinced that the cultural milieu must foster more relation-ships with other dynamic players in society, Brault has actively participated in the Forum d’action des milieux culturels de la Métropole from 1994-1999 and was a member of the steering committee for the Chantier de l’économie sociale from 1996-1997. Brault also helped bring about Journées de la Culture, a massive undertaking to popularize culture across Québec that debuted in June 1997. A founding member of Culture Montréal,

Brault was also elected its Chair in 2002. Since 2007, he has presided over the steering committee that organized Montreal, Cultural Metropolis – RV07 and that continues to provide recommenda-tions following that event.

For many years now, Brault has been an ardent supporter of recognizing the social contributions of the artistic community. Since March 31, 2004, he has been Vice-Chair of the Canada Council for the Arts, and on January 28, 2009, his mandate was renewed for a period of five years.

In September 2009, his essay, Le facteur C – L’avenir passe par la culture, was published by Éditions Voix Parallèles. The English version, entitled No Culture, No Future will be published by Cormorant Books in May 2010.

9:30 Am conference By simon BrAUltEncouraging the public to see the arts and participate in culture

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Originally from Rimouski, Helen Simoneau completed a Bachelor’s degree in dance at the North Carolina School of the Arts before going on to a Master’s degree at Hollins University/ADF. She has had the pleasure of dancing for Lorraine Chapman The Company (Boston), Chris Yon (New York) and Athena Vahla (London), and was an apprentice with Isabelle Van Grimde (Montréal). In 2007, Simoneau was chosen as the choreographer for the Swiss International Coaching Project (SiWiC), under the mentorship of Susanne Linke. In 2009, she won first place in the 13th annual International Solo-Dance-Theatre Festival in Germany. Acclaim comes again in 2010, when Flight Distance, her piece for five dancers, is listed as a finalist for the Kurt Jooss Prize. Simoneau’s works have been performed in Montréal (Studio 303, Vue sur la Relève Festival, Tangente), Austria, France, Switzerland, and Greece, as well as numerous times in Germany and the united States. Exploring the proximity, intimacy and borders of personal space, Helen Simoneau’s approach embraces the spirit of collaboration, encouraging artists to share their personal curiosities. Although she usually choreographs group pieces, Simoneau recently rediscovered a fresh passion for solos through the creation of The genTLeness was in heR hands (2009), and most recently, fLock.

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2:00 Pm les Belles échAPPées An opportunity to discover emerging young choreographers

Flight DistancefLighT disTance is the term used to describe the space one individual keeps between himself and others around him. This distance varies for each person and each species… and is the inspiration for Simoneau’s piece for five dancers. The seemingly relaxed opening, the unpredictable timing and the asymmetrical set establish the tone for the relationships that unfold. This piece explores proximity, how the body moves through space, and the intimacy of space.

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Video José luis Bustamante

mUsic Jerome Begin

costUmes melody eggen

dUrAtion 15 minutes

creAted in 2009

choreoGrAPher helen simoneau

dAncers Jenna fakhoury

lindsay fisher he Jin Jang

manelich minniefee et Jesse zaritt

mUsic Jerome Begin and michael Wall

dUrAtion 12 minutes

CONTACTHelen Simoneau Tel: 336 [email protected]


Flock (excerpt)

fLock explores the solitude and connection felt by the individual in a group. This piece is inspired by a flock of birds taking flight, and the observation that each bird behaves autonomously, making its own decisions. Simoneau performs this solo with crisp articulation, sculpting the space around her with precision, creating silhouettes of air..

Grand Poney is an interdisciplinary art company founded in 2009, thanks to the artistic vision of Jacques Poulin-Denis. The company comprises artists who create dance, music or theatre with a passion for experimentation. Grand Poney also explores an idyllic and hybrid visual vocabulary that questions relationships with the other and that unites ‘real’ with ‘imaginary’. Guided by these grand – and often brave – notions, Grand Poney attempts to attain the impossible.

Jacques Poulin–Denis is a composer, dancer and per-forming artist. After completing dance studies at the Cégep de Drummondville, he was accepted at The School of the Toronto Dance Theater. His studies would be cut short however, following a car accident in 1999 that cost him his right foot. He turned to theatre instead and trained under the mentorship of writer and theatre director Tom Bentley in San Francisco between 2001-2003. Once back in Montréal, Poulin–Denis pursued studies in music at the Université de Montréal and earned a Bachelor’s degree in electroacoustic composition in 2007. From that time on, Poulin–Denis has actively created pieces that blur the lines between these various disciplines.

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choreoGrAPhy Jacques Poulin-denis

dAncer Jacques Poulin-denis

oriGinAl mUsic Jacques Poulin-denis

Artistic AdVisor mélanie demers

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stAGe desiGn Jacques Poulin-denis

costUmes Jacques Poulin-denis

Cible de DieucibLe de dieu is a solo piece that speaks of disorder and defeat. Following an often-humorous arc, this work explores the human need to understand our raison d’être and the path each one of us must take. It also touches on that moment when the realization of a mistake made turns your resilience into naïveté, when a dreadful, humbling moment brings you face-to-face with your self.

With this first solo, Jacques Poulin-Denis has created a work that speaks directly and sincerely to the audience. His project explores the artistic process as a builder of personality, a tool for free speech, and a maker of silences… something that replaces the spectacular with the ordinary, and mise-en-scene with raw emotion. Jacques Poulin-Denis deliberately chooses minimalism, trusting that the power of human history and pure movement will surprise, touch, charm and transport.


Emmanuelle Calvé completed education in visual arts before discovering contemporary dance. Throughout her studies, she developed her vision by experimenting with movement, marionettes, song and mythic tales. Although she is four generations removed from her Algonquin roots, Calvé nonetheless feels a strong sense of belonging and attraction to this culture, which has fed her creative process.

Emmanuelle Calvé has presented numerous pieces since 2007: ayah (Studio 303, 2007), LamPe inTéRieuRe (Tangente, Maison de la culture Frontenac, 2007), La seLVa au TemPs des ceRises (Gésù, 2008) and Peau d’oR, soRs de L’ombRe (Tangente, 2010).

As a choreographer and performer, Calvé has participated in events by the Cirque du Soleil (Canada, Russia), the MSO and the Red Cross. She has also danced in choreographies by Lucie Grégoire (2007, 2010) and Michael Montanaro. Since 2003, she has been developing a new approach to dance as a transformative tool. Her community and social engagement is expressed by her involvement in numerous activities, including teaching workshops in shelters for battered women and children. Calvé is currently working on an in-residence research project with the Native community in Québec and will begin a mentorship program this fall at ciRcuiT-esT.

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set And liGhtinG desiGn Jean cummings

liGhtinG Karine Gauthier

costUmes denis lavoie

coAch Ginelle chagnon

mentors Pierre- Paul savoie and mariko tanabe

CONTACTEmmanuelle Calvé Tel: 514 [email protected]



Peau d’Or, sors de l’ombreCentred on the theme of transformation, the dancing poetry of the body is at the heart of this fantastic story performed by Emmanuelle Calvé and David Albert-Toth. Voice is mixed with marionettes, shadow puppetry, and a set made of paper to tell magical and marvellous tales of legend.

A man hears the call for change. Guided by a creative feminine force, he travels deep into the profound and beautiful world of the unconscious. This voyage will lead him to self-discovery and a new skin.

The Choreographers was founded in 2008 by Peter Trosztmer, Thea Patterson, Katie Ward and Audrée Juteau, all of whom wanted a platform where each member could create and promote their own work, while also creating pieces collectively as a group. The Choreographers’ mandate is to work collaboratively, to redefine the idea of ownership and to create dance in an environment that is dynamic and pleasurable. Sometimes The Choreographers create by dictating their own rules, but other times, in homage to the long history of dance, they’ll add an arabesque or another classic movement to express the longing of nostalgia!

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CONTACTAudrée JuteauTel: 514 495-8008 [email protected] www.thechoreographers.ca


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Man & MouseThe characters of Lenny and George are forever etched in the memory of those who have read John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. man & mouse presents another foray into this classic story, still touching on themes of solitude and despair, but also speaking of dreams and friendship. Deeply funny and deeply moving, man & mouse is inspired by the wisdom and folly inherent in all of us. Lenny (Peter Trosztmer) embodies freedom and Dionysian creativity, as opposed to the Cartesian and Apollonian ideals expressed by George (Audrée Juteau). These concepts are revealed in the relationship between the two performers, in the way they explore physical interdependence and interpersonal dependence, and in the way they follow the pendulum as it moves between form and abstraction, control and chaos.

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choreoGrAPhy Katie Ward et thea Patterson

Performers Peter trosztmer

and Audrée Juteau


Intense, precise, and virtuosic, Dominique Porte has made her mark as a dancer of remarkable talent by performances for Marie Chouinard, William Douglas, and José Navas. In 1999 she founded the company Système D/Dominique Porte to delve more deeply into her own language. Last year, the company celebrated ten years of existence, during which time the choreographer has worked with a faithful core of dancers and artistic collaborators. She has created eight group pieces presented in several halls and at festivals in Québec and beyond.

Beyond its gestural precision, Dominique’s work centres on the recurrent themes of communication, meeting the other, and sensory perception. An intense relationship with live music has characterized her work from its beginnings up to her most recent creation, uLysse, nous eT Les siRènes, which features four dancers and two singers on stage. During her career as a choreographer, Dominique has explored a broad range of musical styles even if for her the first music has always been the music of the body.

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JEJE, Dominique Porte’s new solo in development, has its source in a chaotic dynamic that invites the audience to share in the preliminary turmoil that is the starting point for all creation. Plumbing the heart of the choreographer’s personal and artistic journey, JE unfolds like the earth movements of a volcano releasing words, music, and movements. These memories of defining moments make JE an emphatically autobiographical work.

In summer 2010, JE benefitted from residencies at the Centre national de la danse (CND) in Pantin, France and the Media And Performance Salon (M.A.P.S.) in Berlin. In fall 2010, the project will have new residencies in numerous Québec venues, namely Théâtre Centennial, Théâtre du Bic, Domaine Forget and Théâtre du Rift.

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choreoGrAPher And Performer dominique Porte

liGhtinG marc tétreault

technicAl director rasmus eeg sylvest

Artistic AdVisor Alain francoeur

coAch christine charles

costUmes claire Geoffrion

3:45 Pm Artist in residence Let’s talk about experimentation, material and research

CONTACTSystème D / Dominique PorteTel: 514 277-8893 [email protected] Gestion Culturelle / Claire PiétinTel: 514 524-7665, ext. [email protected]


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Stéphanie Decourteille began her training as a classical dancer at the age of 13, first at the Conservatoire de Marignane and then at the Conservatoire de Nice. In 1995, she entered EPSEDANSE in Montpellier, under the tutelage of ballet master Rudy Bryans. She would go on to dance for Ballets de Liège, Bruno Agati and for Kader Attou’s Accrorap. In 2003, she obtained a Diplôme de professeur d’état en danse contemporaine from the Centre national de la danse à Lyon. She moved to Montréal in 2004, where she has worked on numerous collaborations and trained many young performers. She also acted as the artistic director of Newdance Studio until June 2010.

In 2006, Decourteille won the leading role in the short ensemble film by Manon Barbeau, Happiness Bound. In 2009, she created a solo – VeRTiges à Clichy-sous-Bois – that would go on to win the Audience Choice Award at the Vue sur la relève Festival in 2010. Following this performance at Vue sur la relève, the Gesù offered Decourteille a residency for her next piece, Le seRPenT qui se moRd La queue, created for four male dancers. VeRTiges was presented last September at the Biennale de la danse de Lyon. Showings of the cinematographic portion of this piece will soon follow.

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director, choreoGrAPher, And Performer stéphanie decourteille

cinemAtoGrAPher, editor charles Pomerlo

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dUrAtion 4 minutes 15 seconds

CONTACTSylvain Bleau / La caravane de PhoebusTel: 514 [email protected] www.lacaravane.qc.ca/stephaniedecourteil

AuRÉLIE PEDRON

Throughout her years at the Dance Department at UQAM, Aurélie Pedron widely explored interpretation, creation, videodance and animation films. She has since developed a passion for butoh, in the interest of discovering movements that are closer to the body’s state, rather than an aesthetic statement. At the same time, Aurélie continues to research movement for images and video. A choreographer since 2000, she has also created works in which dance is enhanced with other languages, including that of music and theatre.

As a video director, Aurélie Pedron explores how image captures deform movement and how to re-choreograph pieces in the editing room. Her films have been viewed across the Americas, Asia and Europe.

Mémoire des choses qui tombentFilmed over a period of one year, this video speaks of climate change. The videographic and choreographic approach, based on the uncontrollable and exponential rhythms that influence climate change, remind us that time – and the future – is fleeting. And becoming increasingly so.

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dAncers Audrée Juteau and carla soto

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dUrAtion 10 minutes

CONTACTDenis Vaillancourt Tel: 514 [email protected] www.videographe.qc.ca

VertigesVeRTiges portrays the hurried life of the modern woman. The woman who wants everything, who wants control over her life, who wears herself out, who smothers herself, until there’s no breath left.

This short film is the central tableau of a three-part work. As the first step of creating the solo, the film is a work in itself, with choreography written through guided improvisation. Decourteille focuses the audience’s attention by concentrating on the lower body. This new form of expression in her artistic approach adds another perspective to Decourteille’s symbolic universe.

10:00 Am VideodAnce A new window on the world of dance

Mémoire des choses qui tombentTournée sur une période d’un an, cette vidéo porte sur les transformations climatiques. Le travail vidéographique et chorégraphique, basé sur le rythme exponentiel et incontrôlable que les changements climatiques peuvent prendre, nous amène à ressentir la fuite de l’avenir et du temps qui semble s’accélérer.


An emerging multidisciplinary dance company led by Alan Lake, a dancer, choreographer, director and visual artist, Alan Lake Factori(e) Land has its research laboratory in Québec City. The company’s artistic vision is based on a cross between dance and the visual arts, and seeks to encourage openness, exchange, and the meeting of people and genres.

Alan Lake Factori(e) Land follows a creative path that focuses on the body’s reactions, movement and how matter changes in different environments. The company creates works within a poetic dimension, a complex aesthetic that shakes up and changes spaces and forms, all the while guiding us towards a more contemplative state.

There are two distinct categories of creative activities pursued by Alan Lake Factori(e) Land: the first develops performances based on conventional forms, while the second elaborates works using a variety of media, including installations, painting, sculptures, videodance...

Since 2007, Alan Lake has danced for numerous companies: for Harold Rhéaume’s Le Fils d’Adrien danse in Nu and in their upcoming work, Jumeaux, as well as for Danièle Desnoyers’ Le Carré des Lombes in Là où Je Vis and déVoReR Le cieL.

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dAncers Katrine Patry esther rousseau-morin sophie Breton and isabelle Gagnon

comPoser Josué Beaucage

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Chaudières, déplacements et paysagesThis choreographic research project using video arose from a deep desire to integrate and harmonize movement with the visual arts. Starting with the stage piece chaudièRes, déPLacemenTs eT Paysages, Alan extracted certain situations, relationships and threads of movement. These elements were then transplanted into a new environment, to be modified using the many possibilities and characteristics offered by that context and the camera.

The film chaudièRes, déPLacemenTs eT Paysages captures the body’s reaction and movements in a defined space, in an imposed architecture.

CONTACTAlan Lake Factori(e) Land Tel: [email protected]

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daRubberbandance Group positions itself at the rarely-seen artistic crossroads where ballet, contemporary dance and hip-hop meet. Choreographer and dancer Victor Quijada created this space to explore and extract from urban dance a spontaneity that could be used to create a new dance style to provoke a genuine aesthetic revolution. Rubberbandance is also involved in cinema, improv, theatre and impromptu, unplanned performances that the company uses as an intense means to transform daily reality. With boldness and sincerity, Victor Quijada creates choreographies that unite the raw feelings of violence with tenderness, comedy and drama.

Recognized worldwide for its innovative and unique approach to dance, Rubberbandance has to date produced eight works and four short films, including hasTa La PRoxima, a finalist in the short film category of the American Choreography Awards. The company has also participated in a great number of events in collaboration with other artists.

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Small explosions that are yours to keepA woman escapes a suffocating relationship both physically and psychologically. smaLL exPLosions ThaT aRe youRs To keeP marks the debut of Victor Quijada as a director, under the mentorship of director Micah Meisner. This poignant duo, inspired by tango, was originally part of sLicing sTaTic, created in 2004.

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director, choreoGrAPher Victor quijada

dAncers Anne Plamondon and Kevin turner

comPoser michel Akiyama

dUrAtion 8 minutes

With support from the canada council for the ArtsCONTACTRubberbandance GroupTel: 514 [email protected] www.rubberbandance.com

10:00 Am VideodAnce A new window on the world of dance

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Écoute pour voirIn écouTe PouR Voir, a spectator, a dancer, an iPod and two pairs of headphones meet. Featuring eight simultaneous solos, écouTe PouR VoiR is an intimate performance set to music chosen by the dancer. A roaming dance, a strolling duo, an intimate dialogue between two people, synchronized and enveloped in the same musical mood. Inspired by an experience with choreographer Félix Ruckert and Danse-Cité in 1998, écouTe PouR VoiR was also presented during the Microclimat program at the Festival TransAmériques in April 2008, where it was part of 7 ½ à part. by La 2e Porte à Gauche. It was next presented in October 2009 as part of the 20th anniversary celebrations for Studio 303. écouTe PouR VoiR was also included on the program for the Festival de théâtre de rue de Lachine this past June.

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Since it was founded in 1997, DSR has been dedicated to expanding the influence of dance in concert with the performance seasons of Québec presenters. In the last few years however, DSR has also supported the emergence of innovative on-site choreographies created around unexpected presentation spaces – on the street, in a church square, along the canal, on a dock, etc. – and that sometimes require the participation of spectators. unfortunately, this type of performance is not yet well known among the cultural event presenters active (mostly during the summer) in Québec.

DSR launched the Jouer Dehors program to bring summer event planners together with the companies that produce this type of performance, and introduce a new kind of dance into the mix.

CONTACTDanse Carpe Diem/Emmanuel Jouthe

Tel: 514 525-1569, ext. 227 www.emmanueljouthe.com

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élodie lombardosarah dell’Ava

Andrée-Anne ratthémarie-Joëlle hadd

Gabrielle surprenant lacasseélise Bergeron

and laurence fournier-campeau

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SaSaSa is dedicated to finding and fostering creative dialogue between music and dance. Through impro-visation and an interweaving of cultural influences, SaSaSa has successfully pioneered a new genre blending contemporary dance, flamenco and actual music.

SaSaSa was founded in 1997 by choreographer Rae Bowhay and guitarist Martin Trudel. This duo enjoys a merrily subversive jaunt through aesthetics and the quotidian, playfully merging the two to create living, interactive works.

Numerous years of cooperation, combined with precious collaboration with other talented artists, has resulted in a repertoire of surprising and remarkable works presented in various venues, from contemporary art festivals to nightclubs. The company has performed in Montréal and Toronto, in addition to notable appearances in Kolkata, India and Shenzhen, China in 2006. In 2005, Rae Bowhay received the Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award for her exceptional work in dance.

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CONTACTSaSaSaTel: 514 [email protected]

Bull’s Paradise CafeIs this table fine? Halfway between the fire exit and the fireplace. In buLL’s PaRadise café, SaSaSa join ballads of ruin and deceit, paradise lost and found, fear of the beast trapped in decadent years, with an undeniable infatuation for living.

It’s the art of misery at its finest hour, with a cocktail assisting in a minimum of social protocol. The ultimate goal? To find the best excuse, the finest apology, the most sincere condolence… and how would you like your steak?

In this intimate setting, comparable to the cafes cantantes or flamenco tablaos in Spain, music and dance are united on a shared partition. The dance, a seamless blend of Flamenco, contemporary and western techniques, draws a surprising parallel between the rodeo and the corrida, and the legendary pride of these two cultures. The music, developed from an original fusion of Blues, Andalouse, Acid Rock and a little bit of Country, lifts us up out of the dust into an intimate burlesque café in the sky.

Until death do us part and flash turns to ash, please join us and celebrate over a glass of Tinta De Toro.

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“SaSaSa is the pursuit of duende, of the blue note, of it

It is working to recreate the world

A substitute for the other - God/Buddha/star/mystery

Our game for adults. »

creAted in 2010

Performers rae Bowhay irs Godbout

martin trudel miguel medina

and mikew Gasselsdorfer

1:30 Pm les APerÇUs An opportunity to discover the diversity of styles and worlds offered by dance

Fleuve | Espace danse was founded in February 2006 by Chantal Caron, choreographer, performer, teacher and producer. In that same year, the company produced and presented La mémoiRe de L’eau, the first part of a trilogy entitled, La TRiLogie de L’eau, in collaboration with La Rotonde of Québec City. In 2010, the company presents La noce oPus iii in the Salle Multi at the Méduse.

In August 2010, Fleuve | Espace danse produced the 16th edition of à cieL ouVeRT | danseR suR L’infini de L’hoRizon, a concept created in 1993 by Chantal Caron. This event took place on the banks of the St. Lawrence River in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli as part of the La fête des chants de marins Festival.

Chantal Caron is currently working on a piece for 5 per-formers, entitled 1.2.3. Les Pieds dans L’eau. She will also develop a new solo during a residency in France next May 2011.

FLEuvE | ESPACEDANSE

CONTACTFleuve Espace danseTel: 418 [email protected]

La noce Opus IIIA flock of wild geese – those eternal travellers – cross a sky of blue. For the choreographer, their arrival marks the effervescence of spring… and their departure in fall a prelude to the soul’s turning inward once again to a more insular world.

under the gaze of the artist, these graceful and powerful creatures seem to slip on wedding clothes before taking to the celestial heavens, their flight like a fantastic procession of young brides. Inspired by this enriching image, the choreographer has created a migratory ballet, complete with solemn flights, moving nuptial marches and sumptuous weddings for the dancers.

La noce oPus iii is a choreography based on movements that are half-human and half-bird, painted with freedom and beauty, and celebrating love, desire and attachment. The performance renews the deep relationships between beings and reveals the sacredness of encountering the other and encountering one’s self.

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Having completed a Bachelor’s degree in Dance (Creation) at UQAM, Virginie Brunelle launched her company in January 2009. Her first piece, Les cuisses à L’écaRT du cœuR, was much lauded by reviewers and audiences alike and earned numerous honours: the David Kilburn scholarship and three Audience Choice awards following a presentation at the Vue sur la Relève Festival (Studio 303, a study program in Wallonia-Brussels – l’OQWBJ, and Les entrées en scène Loto-Québec). An excerpt of this piece was even selected to open for a performance by Dave St-Pierre at Usine C, at the Maison de la culture Frontenac and at the Grand théâtre in Québec City. The company take this performance on a tour of Italy in November 2010.

In September 2009, the company represented Canada at the Jeux de la Francophonie, performing an excerpt from fouTRemenT. This piece was also chosen for the Bancs d’essais internationaux tour travelling to Italy, Denmark, the UK and Holland. The final version of fouTRemenT (65 minutes) was presented at Théâtre La Chapelle in Montréal in April 2010. Recently, the company earned second prize in the Aarhus International Choreographic Competition in Denmark with an excerpt from comPLexe des genRes, an all-new piece that is still in creation.

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CONTACTAtmo Productions inc.Pascale CorreïaTel: 450 248 [email protected]

FoutrementfouTRemenT invokes the infidelities of men and women who give into temptation, instinctual impulses. Three performers, one man and two women, lovers, torn apart, wounded, betrayed, dance with bodies sagging under the weight of romantic disillusionment. Across sexual adventures, the illusion of love persists, doubts melt together with desire, and attraction becomes obsession. When passion overcomes reason, confusion blurs the line between love and sex, and the game of seduction crosses over into the forbidden. All reach their climax, all suffer.

Composed of tableaux set against the perfect lighting and music, fouTRemenT combines classically-inspired movements with a more contemporary approach, and uses body language that is sometimes lyrical, sometimes abrupt, but always physical. Powerful movements that bring together many desires to create a highly moving work.

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dAncers isabelle Arcand

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liGhtinG desiGn Alexandre Pilon-Guay

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“Constantly interrupted by remorse,

erections swell with a desire watered by tears.”

Virginie Brunelle

Zab Maboungou is the founder and director of Zab Maboungou/Compagnie Danse Nyata Nyata, a company that’s been presenting contemporary dance pieces in Québec, Canada and around the world for the last 20 years. Maboungou’s philosophical training, combined with her profound knowledge of rhythms and movement, give her choreographies and creations a unique signature: rhythmic sets, vibrant spaces, broken lines, intense gestures, musical art. Her works – described as poetic – propose a “dance for thought”.

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CONTACTZab Maboungou/Compagnie Danse Nyata NyataTel: 514 [email protected]

Montréal by nightmonTRéaL by nighT is a celebrated meeting of bodies and places. Both urban legend and metaphor for life, monTRéaL by nighT “irradiates” individuality, projecting it into the chiaroscuro of independent and orchestrated sonorities (polyphonic art): torsions of the body, broken diagonals, and oblique paths of movement that reveal a captivating solidarity in the setting and relentless energy relayed by the musicians and dancers.

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Karla étienne Gama fonseca marc Keyevuh

Jean-christope lizotte marielle mencé

elli miller-maboungou and odessa thornhill

AcKnoWledGements maison de la culture Pointe-aux-trembles,

maison de la culture Ahuntsic, société des Arts technologiques



“All cities are places for wandering.

Stories, if they exist, are differently ‘told’.”

Zab Maboungou

Since it was founded in 2007, Mayday has been a platform for exchange and reflection created for Mélanie Demers and the artists that surround her. Artists as dazzling as they are eclectic, whether they come from Montréal or around the world. The works fostered in this environment are the result of collaboration. They are physical, rhythmic and defined by an accumulation of uniquely-Mayday images that reach their full potential in the eyes of the audience.

Mélanie Demers, performer, choreographer and the com-pany’s artistic director, creates a language where movement and words meet. Born in Montréal in the mid-70s, Demers first studied dance, literature and theatre in Québec City before completing studies at LADMMI in 1996.

After spending eight years at O Vertigo, Mélanie Demers finally forayed into creating her own pieces with verve and self-confidence. With Mayday, she choreographed Les angLes moRTs in 2006 while in residency in Belgium and France. This work toured the Americas, Europe and Asia. Meanwhile, her next project sauVeR sa Peau also enjoyed considerable success on both sides of the Atlantic after its premiere in 2008. Following a career path based on artistic aspirations and social activism, Demers travels and teaches in Kenya, Brazil, Niger and Haiti, where she in involved in developing an artistic program in a cultural centre.

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CONTACTDiagramme Gestion Culturelle / Valérie ParentTel: 514 524–7665, ext. [email protected] / www.maydaydanse.caDéveloppement : Tessa GouletTel: 514 970 [email protected] ph

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dAncers mélanie demers

Brianna lombardo nicolas Patry

Jacques Poulin-denis and Angie cheng

AssistAnt coAch Anne-marie Jourdenais

Junkyard / ParadisJunkyaRd/PaRadis was first presented at Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis, May 22-23, 2010. The work maintains a fragile equilibrium between horror and happiness, elegance and disgust, grace and devastation.

Between lyrical leaps and nightmarish descents, where at any moment one can become the other, JunkyaRd/PaRadis plays with what is visible and what is invisible, what is present and what is evanescent. We ask ourselves what is precious, what is ready to be thrown away. What defines us as human beings or vulgar pawns is ultimately our ability to read the world, to understand it and to find a little beauty in the daily grind of our lives.

JunkyaRd/PaRadis is a co-production with Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis and Agora de la Danse. The project was made possible with support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and the Circuit-Est Centre Chorégraphique, and was helped by creative residencies at usine C, at the Operaestate Veneto Festival in Bassano, Italy and at the CCN in Caen/Lower Normandy.


Sylvain Émard began his dance career with several well-known choreographers, namely Jean-Pierre Perreault, Jo Lechay and Louise Bédard. In 1987, he expanded his talents in choreography and founded his own dance company, Sylvain Émard Danse.

Known primarily for a marked theatricality, his pieces strongly tend towards more formal dance featuring virtuosic performers. Sylvain has been a prolific artist over the last 20 years, having created more than 20 original works that still resonate with audiences here and abroad.

Interested in the crossing of genres, Sylvain is regularly approached by groups in theatre, opera and film for collaboration, as seen with his work with Robert Lepage on Lorin Maazel’s lyrical 1984, which premiered at London’s Covent Garden in 2005. At Robert Lepage’s request, Sylvain Émard led the repeat performance at Milan’s La Scala in May 2008.

Very involved in the arts community, Sylvain Émard has received numerous prizes, including the prestigious Jean A. Chalmers Award for his body of choreographic work.

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dAncers monique miller

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oriGinAl mUsic michel f. côté, Jan Jelinek

Artistic AdVisor Ginelle chagnon

liGhtinG André rioux

stAGinG richard lacroix

costUmes denis lavoie

mAKeUP And hAir Angelo Barsetti

excerPt from the dUo BicéPhAle

laurence ramsay et manuel roque

A co-production of sylvain émard danse and the canada dance festival,

in collaboration with the Goethe-institut

Fragments — Volume 1urgency, cut into detached pieces. Four contrasting universes where the depth and authenticity of movement reveals the complexity and vulnerability of the human soul. As intense as she is surprising, actress Monique Miller slips effortlessly into this new work. Her minimalist gestures are striking for their eloquence, and offer an intense counterpoint to the raw energy of the three brilliant performances by Laurence Ramsay, Manuel Roque and Catherine Viau. A piece comprising a collage of miniatures to christen a diptych that places the performer at the centre of creation. Three solos and two dazzling duos.


The company’s main mission is to encourage exploration and experimentation as part of an effort to enrich contemporary creations through ongoing development and research.

For Emmanuel Jouthe, sharing the imaginary and transmitting states of being are at the soul of any production. In a process centred on the performer, this choreographer seeks to move the audience by offering human relationships that are colourful, hectic, sensual and poetic.

The company also has an educational mission: Emmanuel Jouthe leads workshops for youth, and as frequently as possible, shares his vision of dance with the audience through discussions forums.

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EMMANuEL JOuTHE

CONTACTDanse Carpe Diem/Emmanuel Jouthe Tel: 514 525 156, ext. [email protected] ph

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Cinq-HumeursHumeurs, as in “moods”! Energetic, intense, with exaggerated movements and exuberance, cinq-humeuRs is inspired by the works of Antonio Vivaldi.

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons is revisited and adapted by composer Laurent Maslé to create a new sonorous texture that is more urban, closer to sounds from our era. Emmanuel Jouthe ventures into this piece with the next generation of young dancers from each city in which the company appears.

This roaming project will meander from town to town, perpetually renewing Jouthe’s choreography with each new destination, meeting and exchange.

A piece that inspires the next generation of dancers, it is foremost a reflection of the encounter between choreographer and dancer. In each new city, there is the possibility of capturing, synthesizing and sharing those local flavours that are visible to the choreographer’s eye.


creAted in 2009

choreoGrAPhy emmanuel Jouthe

coAch And Artistic consUltAnt christine charles

mUsic extraits d’œuvres d’Antonio Vivaldi

soUnd desiGn laurent maslé et emmanuel Jouthe

set desiGn emmanuel Jouthe et laurent maslé

costUmes emmanuel Jouthe,

en collaboration avec madeleine saint-Jacques

liGhtinG caroline nadeau

dAncers sonia montmigny

et mélanie therrien (québec) maryline st-sauveur

Ève lalonde simon desrosiers

and edward toledo (montréal)

dAncers for the fifth seAson depending on the city

thanks to the canada council for the Arts, the conseil des arts et des lettres

du québec and the conseil des arts de montréal for their financial support, and to

the Première ovation program in québec city and the ministère de la culture, des

communications et de la condition féminine

for the exerPt Ève lalonde

et myriam tremblay


La Otra Orilla (the other shore) is a flamenco company created in 2006 in Montreal by artists Myriam Allard and Hedi “el Moro” Graja. La Otra Orilla is the result of a shared vision that came to maturity during the founders’ many years in Andalusia. The company draws its inspiration from an intimate knowledge of the many modulations and nuances of flamenco. The flamenco of La Otra Orilla both exemplifies and champions the timeless and universal values embodied in this Andalusian art form.

La Otra Orilla’s repertoire numbers four works: decLaRación en idioma fLamenco, performed to sold-out houses in Québec City and Montreal in February 2006; denominacón de oRigen desconTRoLado, a public and critical success that toured the province during the 2007-2009 seasons; mue_s, which was warmly received at the Montréal en Lumières Festival in 2008. Their latest show, El12, co-produced by Danse Danse and Place des Arts, was a great achievement and was nominated at Toronto’s Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding Production.

LA OTRAORILLA

CONTACTLa Otra OrillaTel: 514 [email protected]

El 12LE 12, Au ZÉNITH

Suspended on our walls, adorning our wrists, its incessant wheel triumphs over us. It simultaneously breaches and sets the rhythm in motion, hinders it and allows it to flow.

Reconciling the end and the starting point, 12 is flawless and finite, and yet it marks time with no mercy.

This ruler to whom we yield is, in turn, kind and monstrous, beloved and despised, generous and tyrannical: 12 rules our art form, Flamenco, just as it rules our troubled relationship with the passage of time.

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creAted in 2008

choreoGrAPhy myriam Allard

direction heidi Graja

dAncers myriam Allard

hedi Graja caroline Planté

éric Breton Bob Benson

Geneviève Allard laurent routhier and susana Vera


Rio Tinto Alcan, un leader mondial de l’industrie de l’aluminium, n’hésite pas à entrer dans la danse pour faire rayonner le talent et le savoir-faire des gens d’ici.

Encore cette année, Rio Tinto Alcan est fier d’appuyer La danse sur les routes et son Parcours Danse, l’événement phare de la danse au Québec.

99% création 1% aluminium

RIO TINTO ALCAN ET LES ARTS DE LA SCÈNE : UN ALLIAGE SOLIDE

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