Friday, March 14, 2025
2:00 to 5:00 pm
Registration required: Free (or donation via Zeffy)
Language: French and English
In collaboration with Big Bang, and the dance departments of Concordia University and UQÀM.
DESCRIPTION
Open to emerging choreographers: recent graduates, self-taught and students. Taking the Leap is a space for exchange and connection that helps participants navigate the professional dance world. During this event, we will hear from choreographers and independent artists who will share their early career concerns and challenges. Small discussion groups will then be formed around specific themes.
On request, a childcare service will be offered free of charge in the adjacent office – Please contact us at info@studio303.ca before Monday, March 10th, 2025 at 9 am.
HOW TO PREPARE TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS EVENT?
– Read the introductory chapter “Montreal” in our guide Taking the Leap
– Listen to our four podcasts featuring conversations between artists and cultural workers
– Check out Re-tours: personal stories by Dana Michel, Virginie Brunelle, Mélanie Demers and others, about touring and how their careers got started.
GUEST ARTISTS
Claudia Chan Tak is a multidisciplinary artist, trained in visual arts (Concordia, B.A. with distinction 2009) and contemporary dance (UQAM, B.A. 2012 & M.A. 2017).
She is recognized for her work as a choreographer, performer, actor, costume designer and videographer, as well as for her community and curatorial work, which was awarded the Envol Dance Prize in 2022. Her creations have been seen on many venues in Quebec and abroad. In recognition of the quality of her artistic work, she was awarded the Prix William Douglas in 2015 and the Prix Mécènes investis pour les arts in 2018.
Camille Larivée is a street art artist, independent curator and cultural worker based in Montreal. She holds a bachelor’s degree in art history and a certificate in feminist studies from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). Iel has over 12 years of experience in the Canadian visual and multidisciplinary arts milieu, having worked for various national arts organizations such as the Independent Media Art Alliance and the Indigenous Curatorial Collective. As an author, he co-edited the book D’horizons et d’estuaires : entre mémoires et créations autochtones and his texts have appeared in several magazines, including Canadian Art and Espace Art Actuel. Camille is the General and Artistic Director of Montréal, arts interculturels (MAI).
Rozenn Lecomte is a Quebec-based choreographer and performer exploring rebellious bodies and anti-conformism. She premiered The gathering of the Gentle (2023) and The politics of regret (2024) after multiple residencies in Montreal and Europe. Her work is rooted in underground events and institutional spaces, blending performance, pedagogy, and artistic direction.
Maude Choquet-Blanchette, Juliette Pottier Plaziat, and Myriam (Milow) Foisy from Collectif NU.E.S will be present for the event!
NU.E.S, a collective of uninhibited artists, is a non-profit organization based in Hochelaga seeking to create performative, interdisciplinary and contemporary shows on topics such as intimacy, eroticism and sexually marginalized diversity. The collective holds authenticity, vulnerability and performativity at the heart of its artistic process. It unites artists who share a passion for these topics and who care to explore queer, intersectional feminist and sex-positive perspectives.
REGISTRATION FORM: Taking the Leap — March 14, 2025