Caroline Laurin-Beaucage

Choreographer, Dancer and Teacher

Choreographer, performer and teacher for 25 years, Caroline Laurin-Beaucage has created a repertoire of more than ten works, including installations, in situ performances, architectural projections and a virtual reality film. Her work has been presented in Montreal (Danse Danse, Agora de la danse, Tangente, Festival TransAmériques, OFFTA), as well as in Canada, France, Spain, Hungary, Germany, South Korea, Switzerland, Israel and Italy. In 2020, she received the CALQ Prize for Best Choreographic Work for her stage work Intérieurs. Her virtual reality film Bodies of Water (Une eau la nuit), co-created with Chélanie Beaudin-Quintin, is presented in the official competition at the 2024 Venice Biennale.

As a performer, she has worked with Ginette Laurin (O Vertigo), Jacques Poulin-Denis, Paul-André Fortier and Jean-Pierre Perreault. She is also co-founder of the structure for choreographers Lorganisme – of which she is still a member – and, in 2022, she joined Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique. Caroline first trained at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre, then obtained her Master’s degree from Concordia University’s INDI program in 2022. She taught in Concordia’s contemporary dance department as a lecturer from 2005 to 2019. She joined the faculty of UQAM’s dance department in 2020, where she is currently developing the field of dance and new technologies.