Since 2019, artistic co-curation has been a key pillar of Danse-Cité. These three-year cycles allow ideas to circulate, perspectives to intersect, and practices and sensibilities to enter into dialogue.
This year marks the end of Winnie Ho’s curatorial term.
With her lively, free spirit and constant attentiveness to emerging forms, Winnie has left a joyful imprint on how we think about artistic support. She will remain close to us as a member of our artistic committee. Thank you Winnie, we love you!
Welcome Michael Martini as co-curator
A new cycle begins with Michael Martini.
A curious and insightful artist, grounded in performance, theatre, dance — and everything that slips in-between — Michael will bring new energy to our conversations, shift perspectives, and give space to other narratives. Welcome Michael!
'It’s an honour to co-curate at DanseCité, in collaboration with Sophie Corriveau and on the heels of Winnie Ho, whose final handful of curatorial choices I will get to see come to fruition. I’m eager to listen to the wants and needs of DanseCité’s community, including the work this community wants to see on and off stage.'- Michael
Since completing fine arts studies in Montréal in 2017, Michael Martini has established himself in the city's interdisciplinary performance scene as a creator, performer, and collaborator, working both in French and English. As an artist, he creates works for a variety of contexts, from the black box to the video screen, from public space to the cabaret, with projects that blur theatre, performance art, literature, and dance. In the realm of Québécois dance, he has presented collaborations at Tangente, FURIES, and Festival TransAmériques, has worked as a production manager for several choreographers, and has written editorials speaking to topics within dance for the art journal Public Parking. Co-curating with Sophie Corriveau at DanseCité represents his first official foray into curation.
Paul Chambers, new board member
Paul Chambers is a lighting designer, visual artist, educator, and co-artistic director of the CHA collective. Paul joins Martin Faucher, Emmanuelle Gill-Houpert, Ariane Monjauze, Smaille Pierrilus, Sovann Rochon-Prom Tep, David Trudel, and Sophie Corriveau. Welcome, Paul!
Contemporary dance designs for Maria Kefirova, Clara Furey, Ellen Furey, Lara Kramer Dance, Katie Ward, Thierry Huard, Dorian Nuskind-Oder, Amanda Acorn, Catherine Lavoie-Marcus, PME-ART, Danse CarpeDiem, Sasha Kleinplatz, Benjamin Kamino, Thea Patterson, Sarah Bild, Susana Hood, Destins Croisés, Nathan Yaffe, Parts+Labour_Danse. Theater and Circus Collaborations: L'amour Ou Rien (Espace GO), Three Women of Swatow (Centaur Theater), A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction (Centaur Theatre, Espace Libre), Ricki (Scapegoat Carnival), Le Mont Analogue (Espace GO), Cabaret Noir (MAYDAY), L'ombre de Marie Brassard (NAC & Rideau Vert), Chokola (Espace Libre), Phoenix + Candide (Montréal Complètement Cirque).
In 2022, Paul won a Prix de la Danse de Montréal for his career in design and his essential contribution to multiple choreographic works, as well as a META Award for outstanding lighting design in English-language theater in Montreal for the production A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction. Paul has been a professor at Concordia University since 2015 and at the National Theatre School of Canada since 2018.