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Under the artistic direction of Kathy Casey, we produce contemporary dance performances with invited choreographers – creators who are rethinking, redefining and reworking what is dance. Through a process of deep questioning performance and the body, we encourage bold ideas and help discover ways to express them and give them form. Together we explore new ways to be with the audience and share fresh, powerful propositions.

This unique accompaniment nourishes works like no other – mature, exciting works, supported by experienced and committed dancers. Work after work, Montréal Danse creates a vibrant repertoire that reflects the most advanced choreographic desires and contemporary issues. Founded in 1986, Montréal Danse has produced more than fifty works, all marked by audacity and singularity. Benoît Lachambre’s Prisms won the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec Prize for the best choreographic work of the season – a work seen in Montreal’s cultural centres and as far away as Denmark, Korea and Indonesia. Recently, Montréal Danse has been creating with Peter Quanz, Benoît Lachambre, Caroline Laurin-Beaucage, Marie Béland, Aurélie Pedron:

• GROUND by Caroline Laurin-Beaucage (with Lorganisme)
• REBO(U)ND by Caroline Laurin-Beaucage (with Lorganisme and HUB Studio)
• Instant Community by Peter Quanz + collective
• Prisms by Benoît Lachambre
• BETWEEN by Marie Béland (with maribé – sors de ce corps)
• BESIDE by Marie Béland (with maribé – sors de ce corps)
• Reel Two Real by Benoît Lachambre (with Par B.L.eux | in creation)
• Invisible by Aurélie Pedron (with Lilith & Cie and Danse-Cité | in creation)

We are stimulated by our milieu and seek to energize it in return, to incubate creations, explorations and discussions. In this way, we open up creative processes for choreographers, allowing them to work with seasoned and skilled performers:

• Choreographic research workshops (a week of creation with 4 choreographers paired with 2 dancers, under the supervision of 2 facilitators)
• Research Events (3 weeks, one choreographer in the studio, in complete freedom, with 2 or 3 performers as needed)

During each Workshop, the company also offers talks with dance thinkers that are open to the public. Generous and committed, Montréal Danse expands the definition of what a contemporary dance company is and the role it can play in its community and with many choreographers.

Montréal Danse is spearheading the cause Dance Against Violence, which it co-founded with Agora de la danse, La Dauphinelle and Amélie-Dionne Charest. The company offers women and their children who are violence survivors, movement workshops that empower them to regain control of their bodies and their self-esteem. Since 2010, these non-conventional workshops give them the lead role in the path towards their own well-being. The workshops are given by dancers-moderators that are professional performers of the company (Maryse Carrier, Elinor Fueter, Rachel Harris). Their sensitivity and expertise of the body and movement play a major role on the path to recovery and better-being. Since 2010, nearly 500 workshops have been held, with close to 2400 women and children participating. Recently a new format of workshops is dedicated to women and their children together.

General audience, lovers of dance and performance

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Choreographers, dancers, creators

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Presenters, professionals

• discover our works in Art Circulation’s portfolio

Montréal Danse / Dance Against Violence
372 Sainte-Catherine Street, West #109
Montréal (QC) H3B 1A2
514 871-4005

Charlotte Calais, Development and Administrative Director
administration@montrealdanse.com

Kathy Casey, Artistic Director
kathycasey2008@gmail.com

Christine Charles, Production Coordinator & Danse Against Violence
coordination@montrealdanse.com

Martine Boisvert, Communications Coordinator
communications@montrealdanse.com

Booking Art Circulation

• Frédéric Lapierre, Booking Agent, North America
  agent@artcirculation.org
  (+1) 514 476-5400
• Karolina Rychlik, Booking Agent, Europe & Asia
   developpement@artcirculation.org
  (+48) 733-131-503
• Olivier Delaire, Coordinator
  contact@artcirculation.org
  (+1) 514 871-3873
• Booking for GROUND and REBO(U)ND is Fove Diffusion https://www.fove.ca/
  Contact : Nicolas Filion, Director, nicolas@filigrane.info, (+1) 514 220-1542

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