Technique Classes with Marc Boivin
9:45AM to 11:15AM
À partir de 10$
To facilitate access to current and rigorous training, the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal opens its technique classes to dance professionals on weekdays, from 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM.
See conditions online.
About Marc Boivin
For over thirty years, Marc Boivin has worked as a dancer in Quebec, across Canada, and internationally. A prodigious dancer with evocative sensitivity, his stage presence has been repeatedly acclaimed by critics and audiences alike. Since his beginnings in 1982 with Le Groupe de la Place Royale in Ottawa, under the direction of Peter Boneham, Marc Boivin has brought his interpretive skills to numerous choreographers and creative projects, performing on stages in Canada, the United States, Europe, and Australia. Notable choreographers such as Ginette Laurin, Louise Bédard, Sylvain Émard, Jean-Pierre Perreault, James Kudelka, Tedd Robinson, Dominique Porte, Felix Ruckert, and Catherine Tardif, among others, have sought his contributions to dance, leaving a mark on his career. He also participates in several improvisation projects, notably with Andrew Harwood and Peter Bingham. In 1999, Marc Boivin won the Jacqueline-Lemieux Prize, awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts.
Alongside his career as a dancer, Marc Boivin began teaching at the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal in 1987. Passionate about pedagogical approaches, he regularly teaches and choreographs at schools and universities across Canada, creating numerous works presented nationwide. Internationally, he has been invited to the Palucca School in Dresden, Germany, ImpulstTanz in Vienna, Austria, and the 12th Yokohama Ballet Intensive in Japan.
Building on his experience, Marc Boivin deepened his choreographic work in 2004 with pieces such as To Somewhere Else for Jolene Bailie (Winnipeg), Between Here and Now for Jennifer Dallas (Toronto), Fictions Chroma Key for the Toronto collective firstthingsfirst, R.A.F.T. 70 for AH HA Productions, Impact, his first solo performance, and Une idée sinon vraie…, created in collaboration with the Bozzini Quartet and composer Ana Sokolovic.
Deeply involved in the contemporary dance scene in Canada, he is an influential figure in its growth. He has been the President of the Jean-Pierre Perreault Foundation since 2006 and was a member of the Conseil des Arts de Montréal from 2006 to 2010. He also served as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Regroupement québécois de la danse (RQD).
