Marc Boivin
Photo: © Michael Slobodian
Workshop - The interpretation dissected
Physical training, somatic data, the dynamic body, the sensory experience of movement, the inhabited space, the intention, the proposition, all layers of the link between technique and interpretation. Going through a warm-up period, followed by the learning of two movement phrases, one solo and the other in duo, this workshop is designed to weave links between physical training and interpretation. Interpretation is a zone of listening and action, of vulnerability and generosity, of self-confidence, of confidence in the other, in the process.
Marc Boivin​
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Dancer, improviser, teacher, Marc Boivin began his career at the Groupe de la Place Royale in Ottawa under the direction of Peter Boneham and in 1985 joined Ginette Laurin and her young company O Vertigo Danse. Since 1991, he has worked as a freelancer in the work of several choreographers from here and elsewhere, including Louise Bédard, Mélanie Demers, Sylvain Émard, Jean-Pierre Perreault, Tedd Robinson and Catherine Tardif. Affiliated with the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal since 1987, he regularly teaches and choreographs in various schools and organizations across Canada. Marc Boivin chaired Espace Perreault – Transmissions chorégraphiques from 2006 to 2024. He also chaired the board of directors of the Regroupement québécois de la danse from 2010 to 2014 and sat on the Conseil des arts de Montréal from 2005 to 2010, among others. In 1999, Marc Boivin won the Jacqueline-Lemieux Prize, awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts, and in 2014, the Dora Mavor Moore Prize for his performance in the piece WOULD, danced alongside Kate Holden, a choreography by Mélanie Demers.