SUPPORTED ARTISTS

Dance artist based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal, JACYNTHE works as a performer on various choreographic projects, collaborating with both emerging and established artists. Since 2024, she has also been part of a co-creative duo with Maéva Cochin.

Her work explores a liminal dialogue between the body as sound and the body as matter. Through her movement practice, she navigates the constant interplay of physicality, sound, and vibration. She also has a growing interest in the importance of cultural heritage in dance, which she investigates through research and archival projects.

PAX is a choreographer, performer, and curator specializing in street dance. Known for her multidisciplinary approach, her practice explores the connections between movement, visual arts, and technology. Her work has been presented in Canada and internationally, notably at the V&A Museum and Sadler’s Wells in London. She founded A.MUSE, HYBRID(X), and Free Form Lab to support creation and knowledge sharing.

Leaving behind his studies in history and philosophy, ANDREW TURNER began dancing in 2001. His latest solo, titled *18 P_R_A_C_T_I_C_E_S*, has toured to Montreal, Marsoui (for the FURIES festival), and the Spanski Borci Theatre in Slovenia, and will soon tour across Quebec. ANDREW is currently working on a new stage project—featuring nine magnificent performers—scheduled for presentation in 2028.

LAMONT is a movement and creation artist from Tio’tia:ke / Mooniyang (Montréal), recently graduated from the Modus Operandi program in Vancouver. Inspired by surrealism and queer non-linearity, their work explores choreographic wariting and improvisation. Since 2022, they have led self checkout, a collective bridging 2SLGBTQIA+ youth and the professional performing arts, now developing its first full show with Tangente and Parcours Cré’Ados.

STEPHANIE CUMMING is a dancer, choreographer, and actress based in Montreal/Tiohtià:ke. After more than two decades living and working in Vienna, she has built an international career spanning contemporary dance, theatre, and film. A co-founder of Liquid Loft, she has toured extensively as a performer and creator, collaborating with artists including Chris Haring, Yosi Wanunu, Gustav Deutsch, and Erwin Wurm across stage and screen.

HÉLÈNE REMOUÉ is a contemporary dance performer, creator, and teacher based in Montreal (Tio’ti:áke). After solid training at the conservatories in Bordeaux and Paris, she furthered her studies at the École de Danse Contemporaine de Montréal, graduating in 2014.

Since then, she has developed her own choreographic practice, crafting narratives that captivate and enchant audiences. Her works—*It Will Take Women* (2017), *Collision* (2018), *Sans rien forcer* (2019–2024), *Loch Ness* (2021), and *REVERSE* (2026)—have been presented in various professional settings, including Tangente, Festival Vue sur la relève, Centre National de la Danse / Camping (Pantin), Festival Quartiers Danses, and Festival RU.

Concurrently, since 2019, she has worked as a teacher and creator with artists in professional training programs, including at the École de Danse Contemporaine de Montréal, the École Supérieure de Ballet du Québec, and the École Nationale de Cirque.

LUCCA BELLA STOTHERS is a dance artist currently based in Montreal – Tiohtià:ke – Mooniyang. She graduated from UQAM in 2023 with a degree in dance performance. Trained in hip-hop, ballet, flamenco, jazz, and numerous other dance styles, Lucca Bella is interested in blurring the boundaries between these different genres. She is passionate about the aesthetic dimension of dance, the movement of textiles, and the integration of video into dance.

JEANNE TÉTRAULT is a multidisciplinary artist based in Laval, working across the fields of dance, photography, and video. After earning a college diploma (DEC) in cinema, she continued her studies at Concordia University, specializing in photography. She subsequently obtained a bachelor’s degree in dance from UQAM, focusing on choreography and creation. Jeanne devotes a significant portion of her time to teaching dance and working in photography and video.

LAURA BORELLO-BELLEMARE is drawn to the friction between the real and the imaginary. A dance artist based in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, she trained at BIG BANG before pursuing her bachelor’s degree at Concordia University, set for completion in 2025. Seeking a movement that already exists within us—waiting only to emerge—her choreographic aesthetic lies at the intersection of somatics, performance, and installation.

A graduate of the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal (Class of 2026), FANNY LAPLANCHE explores various approaches to the body—viewing it as a thinking, athletic, and sensitive entity. Driven by a growing curiosity, she delves into floorwork, partnering, and circus arts, cultivating a passion for physical movement while embracing the authenticity of her collaborators.

A Haitian artist based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, RÉGINE moves with a rich, multifaceted inner fire. Her time at the École de Danse Contemporaine de Montréal fostered an approach to the body that is both instinctive and thoughtful, blending rhythm, texture, floorwork, and partnering through the choreographic worlds of artists such as Alan Lake, Virginie Brunelle, Victor Quijada, and many others.

ALIDA ESMAIL is a Canadian dance and theatre artist of Indo-African descent whose practice spans performance, choreography, teaching, health research, and audio description. She holds a BFA in Contemporary Dance with a minor in Psychology from Concordia University and a MSc in Rehabilitation Sciences from the University of Montreal. Her training also includes Bharatanatyam, Kalarippayattu, Ballroom/Latin dance, and Pilates.

SASHA ASHWINI is a choreographer whose work centers on ethereal concepts, elemental energies, and alternative perspectives on time inspired by Indian philosophy. At the heart of her practice lies the conviction that memory can persist in the body across generations and that it is ultimately nature that shapes our identity.

NOEL is a queer, interdisciplinary, dance and movement artist based in Montreal (Tiohtiá:ke / Mooniyang). Largely community-taught, their process is highly intuitive and organic. Approaching performance as a tool to connect deeply, to themselves and to others, their work often takes on ephemeral and intimate forms. Alongside their performance projects, Noel organizes Montreal SPURS nights; a Queer line dancing initiative created in 2023.

ALICE develops her practice between France and Canada. Trained at the Jeune Ballet d’Aquitaine and subsequently at the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal, she cultivates a sensitive and embodied artistic language.

Originally from the Ain region, MARGAUX began her dance training with ballet. Driven by a desire for movement, she pursued a specialized technical diploma in classical dance in Lyon, where she encountered a highly codified movement language. Instinctively, she felt that finding a unique path was essential to exploring this aesthetic.

She subsequently discovered contemporary dance and earned her Diploma of Choreographic Studies in Lyon. She continued her training at the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal, where she enjoys immersing herself in imagination, lived experiences, and physical sensations to achieve greater proprioceptive precision.

ELISA MARTIN is a Montreal-based dance artist. After completing a bachelor’s degree in dance at the University of Strasbourg and the Université du Québec à Montréal, she is set to finish her training at the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal in 2026.

She is developing an affinity for visceral work, where physical commitment meets the poetry of movement.

CHRISTÈLE PEGEURRO is a dance artist of Haitian descent based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. With a background in rhythmic gymnastics, her relationship to movement was initially shaped by discipline and physical commitment. While completing her bachelor’s degree in dance at UQAM, she explored floorwork, physicality, and performance, developing a practice in which technique serves as a catalyst for sensitive exploration.

Originally from Peru, MAFER BAZO is a dance artist based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. Her artistic journey spans Peruvian folklore, Latin dance, urban dance, and contemporary dance. Set to graduate from UQAM’s dance program in 2026, she collaborates as a performer with Amélie Rajotte and Claudia Chan Tak. She is developing an artistic world defined by chaos, noise, contrast, and a sense of urgency, fueled by her experience of migration and the socio-urban context of Lima.