Emily Chessa

2024-08-02T14:39:42-04:0001/08/2024|

Emily Chessa (elle/she) est originaire de Richmond, en Colombie-Britannique, et a commencé sa formation professionnelle en danse à la Royal Winnipeg Ballet School en 2006, où elle a reçu la bourse Paddy Stone en chorégraphie ainsi que la bourse Arnold Spohr pour ses accomplissements dans le domaine de la danse. Après avoir obtenu son diplôme en 2010, Emily s'est ...

Jérémy Galdeano

2024-07-22T14:36:06-04:0022/07/2024|

Born in Nîmes, France, Jérémy Galdeano graduated from the École Nationale de Danse de Marseille. He began his career as an apprentice at the Ballet National de Marseille before joining Les Grands Ballets Canadiens in 2001, where he evolved for 19 years to become the first soloist. His varied repertoire includes plays by Mats Ek, Jiri Kylian, Ohad Naharin, ...

Merryn Kritzinger

2024-06-19T12:07:24-04:0018/06/2024|

Introduction to the career of a contemporary dance performer Montreal-based freelance dancer Merryn Kritzinger has been invested in the contemporary dance scene since 2006. Originally from Toronto and trained at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (New York), she has created and performed across North and South America, Europe, and Asia, and on television. Inspiring collaborations include artists Lydia ...

Sara Harton

2023-12-21T11:02:09-05:0021/12/2023|

A native of Quebec City, Sara is a graduate of the École Supérieure de Ballet Contemporain. Recipient of numerous awards of excellence, including that of the Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec, she has distinguished herself within the Jeune Ballet du Québec. On several stages around the world, she performs creations by many choreographers including Shawn Hounsell, Hélène Blackburn, Mario Radacovsky, Victor ...

Frédérique Doyon

2023-08-23T10:54:43-04:0023/08/2023|

Frédérique Doyon has been curator and head of audience development at Agora de la danse since 2015. She contributes to the artistic programming of this Quebec venue dedicated to contemporary dance creation in Montreal for 30 years. Also responsible for cultural mediation, she implements various projects that demystify and promote dance and its artists to audiences. Previously, she spent ...

Marc Boivin

2024-08-01T13:31:41-04:0010/06/2020|

Marc Boivin has been working as a dancer in Quebec, Canada and abroad for more than 30 years. A dancer gifted with evocative sensitivity, he has received accolades from critics and the public for his performances. Since the beginning of his dance career in 1982 with Le Groupe de la Place Royale in Ottawa, under the direction of Peter ...

Sarah Gibson

2023-08-23T10:59:46-04:0004/04/2020|

Sarah received her training at l’École Supérieure de Ballet du Quebec where she studied with: Christine Clair, Daniel Seillier and Alexandra Wells. After graduating in 1996, she joined the Alberta Ballet for one year. She then came back to Montreal to dance with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. During her thirteen years with the company she danced in ballets choroegraphed by ...

Emmanuelle Bourassa-Beaudoin

2024-08-01T14:21:54-04:0001/12/2019|

Student to master , teacher and coach , Emmanuelle was first interpreter for many choreographers including Dave St-Pierre, Desnoyers. She combines her love in her classes work on the ground, his expansive conquest of space, his musical sensitivity and search for the essence. Rigor living with his sweet madness. After a long training Cecchetti in Limon and " release ...

David Cronkite

2019-06-12T12:40:47-04:0012/06/2019|

A musician, composer, singer and teacher, David Cronkite has created over 15 original instrumental, electroacoustic and interactive works as well as music for theatre (Soulfishing Theatre), spoken word (Catherine Kidd) and dance (Trial & Eros). Holder of a Ph.D. in Music from the Université de Montréal, he received scholarships and the Joseph Stauffer Prize (from the Canada Council for the ...

James Viveiros

2024-08-06T16:06:55-04:0004/04/2018|

James Viveiros is a dance artist of mixed Cree, Metis and Portuguese descent whose performance career spans over 25 years, most notably with Montreal’s Compagnie Marie Chouinard. Having graduated from both Musical Theatre and Dance Programs at Alberta’s Grant MacEwan University in 1998, James has since performed in various theatre, performance, film and choreographic works in festivals and theatres ...

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