Studio 303 began operations in 1989 when three choreographers created a communal space where dancers could train, rehearse and perform. By day a dance studio, the space was transformed once a month to informally present new works within the Vernissage-danse series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1994, Miriam Ginestier and Paul Caskey took over as Co-Artistic Directors, and under their direction new recurring events expanded the organisation\u2019s interdisciplinary profile such as popular fundraising cabarets, Bruits du Noir, Edgy Women, the Home Show, and projet\/projo. From 1996 to 2005, Studio 303 also housed Gallery 303 (often voted Montreal\u2019s best gallery by Montreal Mirror readers), and for three years co-presented FA3 \u2013 an international performance art festival. Studio 303 created a residency program for emerging artists (1999), expanded the Edgy Women event into a festival (2005), and instigated several artist exchange initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From 2005 to 2018, Miriam Ginestier has been the sole artistic director. In 2009, Studio 303 celebrated its 20th anniversary with VINGT, a choreographic \u201cexquisite corpse\u201d presented at Place des Arts. Studio 303 created SPARK in 2010: an intimate arts showcase featuring 303 associate artists. The Edgy Women Festival celebrated its 20th and final edition in 2013 in situ at a local boxing club, inspiring artists and audiences with its sports\/art\/gender theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2013, Studio 303 lost its Canadian Heritage funding after 12 years of consistent support. To accommodate this loss, the organization has downsized its presenting activities and refocused its energy on its roots as an artist-run professional development and creation centre. This direction was confirmed in 2018, when Studio 303 officially became a service organization, centering residencies and workshops as its core programming. This decision was made in alignment with the opening of the Wilder building (just around the corner on Bleury), which hosts several well-equipped theatres dedicated to dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2018, a new co-directorship between Miriam Ginestier and Kim-Sanh Ch\u00e2u was established, and in 2023 it was renewed with the duo of Kim-Sanh Ch\u00e2u (AD) and Mari Deckers (ED).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Studio 303 is born! Incorporated on July 4, 1989, Martha Carter, Isabelle Van Grimde, and Jo Leslie take over Jo Lechay\u2019s fabulous space in suite #303 of the Belgo Building. With a mandate to offer a wide variety of services to the Montreal performing arts community, it immediately starts cooking with morning classes and space rentals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 October 1989 : Vernissage-danse #1 promises the beginning of great things to come. The inaugural \u201cverni\u201d featured new works by Nuria Casanova, Isabelle Van Grimde, Jo Leslie, and Martha Carter and began an informal performance series that opened doors for numerous local and guest choreographers. By the end of year 1, over thirty artists had presented works in these monthly events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Miriam Ginestier begins working at 303 as Administrative Assistant (Programme Extra) and Paul Caskey begins volunteering as Grunt Boy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Doors open\u2026 Classes continue to multiply as do the artists using the space. With its open door policy, 303 becomes the go-to place for those new to the city and visiting foreign artists. The 2nd season features performances and workshops by over 50 artists from Belgium (Avi Kaiser), France (Jean-Marc Matos), Boston (Chris Aiken), Ottawa (Yvonne Coutts), Italy (Ariella Vidach) and Montreal (far too many to mention).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 The interdisciplinary interests of the organisation are highlighted in the diversity found in the early vernissage-danse: musique actuel, clown theatre, and cross-disciplinary explorations were regularly featured beside dance performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 The Founders: by the end of the second season, Martha Carter was the lone founder<\/em> still active at 303. Her foresight and tireless passion would continue to drive the organisation for 2 more years.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Business as usual: workshops, performances, space rentals continue to occupy Studio 303 in its 3rd year of activity. Most staff are working on Extra or PAIE programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 The Mac Plus with its 30 megabyte hard drive and 4 meg\u2019s of RAM is joined by a second machine, a Mac LCII with an incredible 100 megabyte hard drive. Needless to say, \u201ccut and paste\u201d is still done with scissors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 A new floor is installed in 303\u2026 beautiful maple replaces the tattered plywood and Montreal gets one of its finest dance floors!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Responding to fiscal deficiencies and our love of a good time, Sara Porter, Lee Anholt and Paul Caskey begin organising a fun(d)raising Cabaret series. The first one, Cold Filtered Cabaret, takes place in Studio 303 in January and is promptly busted by the Fire Marshall when capacity is exceeded. The next 2 happen at the Lion d\u2019Or in March (Spring Loaded Cabaret) and June (Cabaret On Tap). While not many funds were raised, fun was definitely had.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Martha Carter begins moonlighting with Marie Chouinard and starts touring with the company, a fact that leads to her prolonged absences from Montreal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 When the cat\u2019s away the mice will play\u2026 Left alone to their own devices, Paul and Miriam begin expanding 303\u2019s performance series: Bruits du noir is born in January, followed by Edgy Women (Women from the Edge) in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Studio 303 inaugurates the Eglise Robert Bellarmin, new home of the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perrault, as a performance space, presenting the Hard Boiled Cabaret in January and Cabaret \u00e0 sucre in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 CACUM, the former incarnation of the Conseil des Arts de Montreal, becomes the first arts fundor to support Studio 303\u2019s presenting activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 In honour of the Belgo Building\u2019s long-standing history for clandestine activities, the pool table from the Hiawatha Festival of the Arts is transplanted into Studio 303\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n \u2013 In January 1995, Martha Carter passes the reigns to Miriam Ginestier and Paul Caskey, who take over the artistic direction of Studio 303. Martha remains active on Studio 303\u2019s Board of Directors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 The Canada Council for the Arts awards Studio 303 $4000 towards its operating expenses, becoming the 2nd Arts Fundor to support its presenting activities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Out goes the pool table, up comes a wall, and Galerie 303 is born. Gray Fraser becomes the first curator, prioritising \u2018outsider\u2019 art and presenting an Artist Book show each year. In its first year of operations the gallery is voted \u201cBest Gallery\u201d by readers of the Montreal Mirror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 The Fondation Jean-Pierre Perrault donates 16 lighting dimmers to 303. Tangente follows suit by permanently loaning some old lights and Studio 303\u2019s technical revolution hits warp speed. Prior to this, 47 Vernissage-danse were produced using 6 wall-mounted rheostats and a dozen 150 watt flood lamps.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n \u2013 A precursor to Short&Sweet, les p\u2019tites vites goes live with guest curator Natalie Morin picking 15 artists who deliver the goods in 3 minutes max. Artists are paid with a custom T-shirt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Studio 303\u2019s 1st collaboration with Tangente (Moment\u2019homme, April \u201897) proves to be a huge success when all shows are SOLD OUT before opening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 With \u201cLe Home Show\u201d, a classic is born: the Kitchen and the Bedroom are featured environments within which performers get up close and personal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 The Power PC age is heralded by the arrival of a Mac Performa. After 8 years of service, the Mac Plus retires.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Edgy Women\u2019s 5th anniversary edition is a 2-night affair of visual art, performance art, dance, clown and experimental music. The line-up included C\u00e9line Bonnier, Danielle Lecourtois\/H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Langevin, Jenn Goodwin, Karen Bernard, Sebastian Yeung, Sylvette Babin<\/strong> and Victoria Stanton<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Le Home Show II features the Bathroom and the Livingroom and reflects a coming shift in 303\u2019s priority towards interdisciplinary arts. Dave St-Pierre, Alexis O\u2019Hara, Leah Vineberg, Lina Cruz<\/strong> and Louise Dubreuil<\/strong> were among the 16 artists presented.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n \u2013 www.studio303.ca is launched during the 10th anniversary party\/cabaret. Farewell to stud303@aei.ca \u2013 our first email address, shared by the whole team!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Studio 303 creates an artist exchange program with Karen Bernard\u2019s New Dance Alliance in New York. Over the next decade, Studio 303 programmes 3 artists from New York into its season, and vice versa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 The landmark 10th season features the launch of our first publication, a collection of essays on the season\u2019 events featuring local writers\/performers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Studio 303 introduces the Montreal public to neo-butoh Goddess Yumiko Yoshioka<\/strong>. Yumiko teaches a one-week workshop that leaves students gasping and then wows the public in Vernissage-danse #73.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 \u201cHome Movies\u201d reveals 303\u2019s credentials as a player in the realm of video art. 0ver a dozen dance films by artists from across Canada are projected in makeshift cinemas built in Suzanne Miller\u2019s space and Studio 303.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Studio 303 co-presents Yumiko Yoshioka\u2019s renowned solo \u201cAll Moonshine\u201d at the Usine C. All shows are sold-out and the piece is mentioned among the Top 10 dance events of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 In October, 303 presents Jos\u00e9e Tremblay\u2019s Festival Art Action Actuel (FA3) at Tangente and then hosts D\u00e9rapage Contr\u00f4l\u00e9. In addition, 303\u2019s office becomes headquarters for the coordination of Inter2000 \u2013 the first pan-Canadian conference on Interdisciplinary Practices in Art. These events provide defining landmarks for 303\u2019s transition into becoming an interdisciplinary presenter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 303\u2019s annual budget breaks the $100,000 mark & 303 acquires its first I-mac, becoming a 3-computer office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Studio 303 inaugurates its annual summer residency for emerging artists with Tammy Forsythe.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n \u2013 In August, Studio 303 curates its first-large-scale event, FLEXX \u2013 a free outdoor contemporary dance show in Berri Square as part of DiversCit\u00e9\u2019s festivities. The event attracts an audience of 2000, and features local and visiting choreographers, and simultaneous video projection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Projet\/projo is a project that evolved from Home Movies, which itself evolved from le Home Show. For the 1st time in its history, 303 has project resources to cover travel expenses for artists. 30 artists from across Canada participate and over 750 people show up during two nights of memorable action at the MAI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 A proposed 40% rent increase forces the beginning of a search for a new space and a brainstorming of 303\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n \u2013 The 100th Vernissage-danse features a return of les p\u2019tites vites. Over 20 local choreographers salute the verni\u2019s longevity with 3-minutes pieces over 2 nights of festivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 The Canada Council\u2019s InterArts Office awards 303 project $$ and the Interdisciplinary series is officially born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Projet\/projo 02 draws over a thousand people, leading to the doubling of 303\u2019s annual attendance figures from 2 years previous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 303\u2019 annual budget breaks the $200 000 mark, and with nearly $50 000 from the Fonds de Stabilisation, is able to hire a full-time administrator & 2-part time technicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 FA3 founder Jos\u00e9e Tremblay curates Gallery 303 for the next two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 With a grant from the CALQ & a donation from the Agora de la Danse, Studio 303 equips itself nicely as an intimate multimedia theatre space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Always looking for new sources of income, 303 launches the VIP card \u2013 a humourous 1-of-a-kind membership giving discounts to clients.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Studio 303 is invited to curate 4 evenings of dance for Espaces \u00c9mergents, a one-time festival presented at the American Can & Zest in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. Featured artists include Natalie Morin, Karine Denault & Motaz Kabbani<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Lys Stevens authors \u201cTaking the Leap\u201d, published by Studio 303 and launched in 2002. This guidebook offers production advice to emerging choreographers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 The 10th anniversary edition of Edgy Women gets coverage in Elle Magazine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Projet\/projo becomes a ten-day event and international artists are invited to participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 A Flying Squad II grant enables the hiring of a General Manager at a critical junction in the organisation\u2019s history. Lyne Maurier is hired for a two year contract and begins a strategic organisation of 303\u2019s resources and potential<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n \u2013 The 15th season gets launched with a boom: 4 different shows during a 2 week period culminate with a 3 night run of Vancouver-based Battery Opera\u2019s work Spektator. Co-presented by the F!ND, the shows are sold-out and go on Paula Citron\u2019s (Globe and Mail) Top 10 list of dance in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 303 partners with Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de L\u2019L and sends 7 Canadian choreographers to Brussels to participate in a creation-residency & festival, Danse en vol. Five months later 303 presents the festival in Montreal: 6 Belgian and 6 Canadian works are presented during a 2 week run at the Mai. And 3 of the artists do a 3-city Canadian tour with support from the Candance network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Group of n, a dynamic collective, takes over the curation of Gallery 303, organising eclectic thematic shared exhibitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 303 abandons the search for a new space and renovates its digs, taking over a 2nd office space & building a new change room & entranceway to the Studio.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n 2004-2005 was challenging, and we survived!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 For our 15th anniversary, we acquired a new logo and a custom-made sign made from bowling alley planks rescued from the Belgo\u2019s basement! We also organised our first Open Doors event, and presented a retrospective exhibit created by the Group of n, in our gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Despite a lack of funding, the programming is very eclectic featuring uncommon projects in a variety of venues such as the Sala Rossa, a private shed and the Darling Foundry. These included first major works by Ame Henderson and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Gravel \u2013 two artists who made a splash at the FTA five years later. Moreover, Studio 303 tours for the first time, taking the Edgy Road Show to Toronto\u2019s Hysteria Festival, to great acclaim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Our administrative future feels shaky following the departure of Co-Director Paul Caskey (off to Halifax), and Administrator Lys Stevens (on maternity leave), and the announced end of the Flying Squad II programme, which financed our General Manager\u2019s salary. Yikes! Adding to this scary human ressource crisis is a cumulated deficit of $20,000 hanging above our heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 In the context of the serious difficulties that plagued the FIND and the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault, Studio 303\u2019s Board of Directors decides to attack the deficit with a very tight managing system, the non-replacement of vacant posts, and the cancellation of 2 events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 The year ends well financially and Miriam Ginestier becomes the Studio 303\u2019s only Artistic Director.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n This year we undergo the consequences of last year\u2019s changes\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Gallery 303 closes its doors to make place to a new reception area and a resource centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 In September the RAIQ \u2013 a new association of Interdisciplinary arts in Quebec, joined us in sharing some of our office space. Studio 303 was involved in the creation of the organization and Miriam Ginestier sits on their Board of Directors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Two new sources of funding go a long long way! We receive for the first time an important grant from Emploi-Qu\u00e9bec to support our professional workshops. This allows us to invite teachers of international calibre, and to take risks in the types of workshops offered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 With support from the Canada Council\u2019s Inter-arts office, Edgy Women blossoms into a 3-week \/ 4-venue festival of performances, installations, workshops and artist-encounters. Edgy Women becomes Studio 303\u2019s most popular project to date and quadruples its audience!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Initiated by the artists in summer residency (Situation 5, headed by kg Guttman), Studio 303 presents its first series of intimate discussions with Martin B\u00e9langer, Marie Brassard, Guy Cools and Sylvie Lachance. This encourages us to do more network-sharing activities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n Studio 303 takes charge: financial challenges and visibility<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Studio 303 loses two significant sources of funding (Fonds de stabilisation and Flying Squad 2) related to 2 permanent salaries. Following an historic meeting with all four government levels, the CAM and the CALQ offer a non-recurring grant to help us out. During all this turmoil, Studio 303 is showered with incredible support from the community, and the Cirque du Soleil becomes a new partner for the 3 years to come. Despite all the positive energy, Studio 303 closes for 2.5 summer months, laying off staff temporarily, to avoid a crippling deficit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Studio 303 hosts two IETM sessions, and Danse Transit, a springboard for more than a hundred young fresh artists. Miriam Ginestier is increasingly active on several Boards (RAIQ, Culture Montr\u00e9al), committees (the Grands Chantiers) and panels (Perfomance Creation Canada in Calgary and Ottawa, Mesto Zensk in Ljubljana, FreeFall in Toronto), and is consulted for Vue sur la rel\u00e8ve, Kelemenis (France), and Clash (Lynda Gaudreau), amongst others. Our website gets 6000 visits per month! Edgy Women makes the front page of the Hour. Studio 303 exports a showcase of artists from Edgy Women to Berlin (Ausland) and Ljubljana (Mesto Zensk).Lys Stevens inaugurates themes for the Vernissage-danse Series<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n \u2013 A season full of firsts \u2013 Studio 303 launches its first major fundraising campaign and becomes the first dance presenter in Canada to have a Facebook page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 An extraordinary year in terms of interdisciplinary programming \u2013 from 2boys.tv<\/strong>\u2019s Phobophilia for 20 spectators at a time, to the Nuit blanche, with its bustling, free-flowing 1,500 spectators!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 With the last year of presenting support from the Inter-arts office, we invite two highly original artists, Belgium\u2019s Marijs Boulogne<\/strong>, and Bulgarian Ivo Dimchev<\/strong>, to perform at Studio 303 which turns out to be the place where, in all his years of touring, Ivo gets the best price ($50) for a vial of his blood during his performance\/auction!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Another record is broken on International Women\u2019s Day March 8th, when Montreal has a massive snowfall \u2013 the same day that we programmed a workshop, a career day, 2 performance events and a party! One brave spectator skied to the studio!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n \u2013 A year of hope and new beginnings \u2013 we start off by tearing down a wall and re-arranging the office furniture to accommodate our new projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In terms of events\u2026 \u2013 FACTORY PROJECT (co-produced by OUT Productions) enjoys a 5-night run and becomes one of 303\u2019s most successful and exciting events, attracting enormous media attention, and involving over 20 artists from across Canada. This event also marks the start of a new relationship between 303 and the Eastern Bloc \u2013 a new interdisciplinary venue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In terms of services\u2026 \u2013 303 embarks upon a year of research supported by the CR\u00c9-CALQ to develop a new arm of support services for emerging independent artists. Project developer Kris Nelson, visits several support organisations and hosts a series of artists\u2019 brunches to discuss challenges and brainstorm solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 303 decides to honour its night classes, a portal for some peoples\u2019 first experiences of contemporary dance \u2013 and presents its first end-of-year student show in June.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n \u2013 After 145 editions, we say goodbye to Vernissages-danse<\/em> which are replaced with theme nights programmed by guest curators such as Lys Stevens, Wants&Needs Danse and Kris Nelson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 A new partnership was developed with les Escales Improbables de Montr\u00e9al around the project Boutique Arcade<\/em> by 2boys.tv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Our service of Support Labs is launched, based on the brainstorming brunches with artists in 08-09. The first Salon Labs are hosted by Dana Michel, Normand Marcy and 2boys.tv within Recommendation 63 <\/em>at Tangente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 We revamp our website and update Lys Stevens\u2019 self-production guide Taking the Leap<\/a>, finally making it available online. 600 people consult the document within the first 6 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 303 celebrates its 20th anniversary at the 5\u00e8me Salle with VINGT: a choreographic exquisite corpse created by over 20 artists, with an original score by Alexis O\u2019Hara<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n \u2013 The first edition of SPARK \u2013 an artistic safari for 10 international presenters \u2013 is organized in collaboration with our associate artists and many partner venues. These meetings resulted in a dozen international invitations for participating artists, and led to an exchange between Studio 303 and Mains d\u2019Oeuvres in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 After 11 years, the exchange with Performance Mix in New York sees its end. As a gift for the festival\u2019s 25th anniversary, 303 offers the exquisite corpse choreography concept and Alexis O\u2019Hara extends the original composition that was designed for the 303.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Corps Atypik<\/em> is produced in partnership with other presenters. Our contributions Mobilise<\/em> and Twisted<\/em>, highlighted disabled dance. Coincidentally, the day of the premiere, the two elevators in teh Belgo are down \u2013 that never happened before! Fortunately, one of the two was repaired in time to welcome our several wheelchair using audience members!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Edgy has its last year at Tangente, who has lost its space, and hosts outstanding international artists including Annie Sprinkle, anti-cool, Narcissister and Karen Sherman who created a choreography on ice, documented in the short film Slippery<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 After eight years, M\u00e9lissa Guay, our star of communications and production, takes maternity leave and chooses not to return after a change in her profession. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Ascen\/danses<\/em> \u2013 Three weeks highlighting contemporary African dance, in collaboration with several partner organizations. Studio 303 hosted a film screening, performances and a workshop, curated by Lys Stevens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 Our first SPARK Studio Series, for professionals during the FTA and OFFTA, presented works-in-progress and talks by 8 artists, attracting over 45 international presenters from 12 different countries! Salon labs \u2013 a series of monthly discussions with season artists helped shape 303\u2019s Dramaturgy workshop and Re-tours project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 The Lactation Station<\/em> \u2013 after years of planning, we got this unique event off the ground, co-presented by the OFFTA. A diverse crowd of 200 people came to taste and\/or discuss breast milk at Usine C \u2013 our partner venue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 A year brimming with site-specific collaborations including Piss in the Pool, Diary of a Neighbourhood (on apartment windows), les Escales Improbables at the Fonderie Darling, J.E.U.X<\/em>. (an interactive happening) at Eastern Bloc, a peculiar take on hockey at a public arena, and Janvier<\/em> in an old railway building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Studio 303 doubles its Vernissage-danse presentations and relocates its mainstage Edgy Women programming to Tangente, an invaluable partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 303 rethinks the prizes it offers via Vue sur la Rel\u00e8ve, the Fringe and Concordia University, creating a flexible package of studio time, presentation support and mentorship. Recipient Virginie Brunelle\u2019s work is picked up by an Italian presenter who sees her off-CINARS presentation at 303.<\/p>\n\n\n\n