Active in the interpretive arts scene for more than 24 years, Tessa Goulet has worked as executive director of Diagramme gestion culturelle, La danse sur les routes du Québec, Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault and–until last May–assistant executive director of Compagnie Marie Chouinard. In her communications roles at a number of oraganisations (TPQ, Théâtre Quat’Sous, TNM) and at her Proxima agency Goulet has developed a number of tools for marketing shows. In recent months, Goulet has been an active strategic planning consultant, focused on performance art distribution and organisational health.

Miriam Ginestier is the General and Artistic Director of Studio 303, a busy centre for dance and interdiscipinary art, and creates cultural events for Montreal’s lesbian community. An innovator at Studio 303, Miriam has prioritised the development of emerging artists and practices through a holistic vision incorporating residencies, artist exchanges, workshops and mentorships, alongside events such as Edgy Women and projet/projo. She sits on the boards of Culture Montréal, OUT Productions, and is the president of the RAIQ (Québec’s Interdsicplinary Arts Network).

Sylvie Lachance is the co-artistic director (with Jacob Wren) of PME-ART, a company whose creations have toured Canada and internationally since 1998, including: En français comme en anglais, it’s easy to criticize, Unrehearsed Beauty-Le Génie des autres, La famille se crée en copulant, HOSPITALITÉ 3 : l’individualisme est une erreur and HOSPITALITÉ 2 : peu à peu, une vue d’ensemble. Lachance has also directed Les 20 jours du théâtre à risque from 1990-1998 and the M.A.I. (Montréal, arts interculturels) from 2001-2006.

Jack Udashkin has produced more dance shows than anyone else in Canada. He is known for his instinct for innovation and his support for artistic creation, and more particularly for his support for emerging artists. Since 2007, Udashkin is director of Théâtre La Chapelle–a creation space, centre for presentation and distribution, and an organisation devoted to promoting the performing arts.

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