Parts+Labour_Danse

Parts+Labour_Danse consists of Emily Gualtieri and David Albert-Toth, two Montreal choreographers who have become increasingly prominent on the national stage. Pitting the concrete against fantasy, collaboration is the key word in their creative universe. The methods they devise involve a call-and-response approach to collaboration that has given rise to the company’s unique vocabulary, which pits the performer between script and spontaneity.

The company’s flagship works include In Mixed Company (2013, Prix Vue sur la relève 2015), La chute (2013, Audience Choice Award dance:made in canada 2015), La vie attend (2017, Dora Award nomination, Outstanding Ensemble), Efer (2021, Prix Rideau 2021), and À bout de bras (2021, Parcours Danse Official selection 2023).

David and Emily regularly teach masterclasses and workshops, have been called upon for nearly a dozen commissioned works on a national level, and have recently begun more international activity. David and Emily are long-term artists in residence at Compagnie Flak and associate artists at Cas Public.