In 1990, the soloist and choreographer Marie Chouinard founded her own company, Compagnie Marie Chouinard. Ever since then, it has benefited from an international reputation, performing all over the world and co-producing its creations with renowned partners such as the Venice Biennale, the ImPulsTanz International Dance Festival (Vienna), the Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), the Fondazione Musica Per Roma (Rome), Place des Arts (Montreal), Festival TransAmériques (Montreal) and the National Arts Centre (Ottawa).
PRÉLUDE À L’APRÈS-MIDI D’UN FAUNE
Artistic Direction and Choreography Marie Chouinard.
Music Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, Claude Debussy (1894).
Lighting Alain Lortie.
Costumes Marie Chouinard, Luc Courchesne and Louis Montpetit.
Makeup Jacques-Lee Pelletier.
Performer Carol Prieur.
A production of Compagnie Marie Chouinard, co-produced with the National Arts Centre (Canada) and the Laidlaw Foundation (Canada).
RIRES-PLEURS
Choreography and Artistic Direction Marie Chouinard.
Lighting, Props and Costumes Marie Chouinard.
Performer Luigi Luna.
LASCIA CH’IO PIANGA
Choreography and Artistic Direction Marie Chouinard.
Music Georg Friedrich Handel (Lascia ch’io pianga, performed by Montserrat Caballé).
Lighting, Set Design, Additional Sound, Hairstyling and Costumes Marie Chouinard.
Performers Adrian W.S. Batt, Valeria Galluccio.
OUTCH !
Choreography and Artistic Direction Marie Chouinard.
Lighting, Props and Costumes Marie Chouinard.
Performer Adrian W.S. Batt.
A production of Compagnie Marie Chouinard.
HENRI MICHAUX : MOUVEMENTS
Artistic Direction, Choreography and Vocal Score Marie Chouinard.
Music Louis Dufort.
Texts and Drawings Henri Michaux, from the book Mouvements (1951), used with the permission of the rights holders of Henri Michaux and Éditions Gallimard.
Lighting, Set Design and Video Marie Chouinard.
Costumes and Hairstyling Marie Chouinard.
Voice Marcel Sabourin.
Performers Michael Baboolal, Adrian W.S. Batt, Justin Calvadores, Rose Gagnol, Valeria Galluccio, Béatrice Larouche, Luigi Luna, Carol Prieur, Sophie Qin, Ana Van Tendeloo and Jérôme Zerges.
A production of Compagnie Marie Chouinard, with the support of ImPulsTanz (Vienna).
TEAM
Artistic Director Marie Chouinard.
Rehearsal Director Paige Culley.
Tour Director Martin Coutu.
Technical Director Félix Lefebvre.
Logistics Assistant Martin Coutu.
Booking Agent (Canada) Mickaël Spinnhirny.
An artistic summit inspired by Hamlet, between choreographer and principal dancer Guillaume Côté and theatre maker and director Robert Lepage. An exceptional evening!
Rooted in Irish traditions, mysterious and full of passion, MÁM casts its spell. A wild celebration where feet pound the floor, bodies ignite, and ritual turns into jubilation.
Relentless pulsations, synchronized energies. At once dynamic and meditative, My Fierce Ignorant Step unfolds as an ecstatic soundscape, bursting with the contagious bliss of being alive.
After touring 96 cities across 17 countries, Dance Me – Music by Leonard Cohen returns to Montreal one last time. A unique opportunity to experience — or rediscover — this powerful work that has moved audiences around the world.
Raw energy, spatial geometries, and electronic pulses. In the intimate setting of Agora de la danse, the Morin/Leroux duo delivers a physical performance in which five dancers search for the tipping point between exhilaration and transcendence.
Hailed throughout the world, Danza Contemporánea de Cuba galvanizes audiences with the rhythms of contemporary Cuban dance. In a dazzling two-part choreographic display, the contagious energy of some 20 performers ignites the stage. A grand celebration!
