Workshops for Professional Artists

Calling all Quebec choreographers, directors, performers, dramaturges and designers! A chance to engage in fruitful dialogue, to work together and share experiences, the intent is to dismantle barriers and open minds and doors in a spirit of exchange and hospitality.

In association with Union des artistes + Compétence Culture

TransFormation Danse

TransFormation Danse is a contemporary dance intensive workshop for professional dancers, choreographers, teachers, and emerging artists. A variety of workshops, laboratories and classes are offered on an à la carte basis. The artists themselves choose and design a schedule and programming which best embodies the pursuit of their own artistic development. This year’s edition features three choreographers and offers a plunge into their approach to dance creation.

Manuel Roque
June 3 to 5 (10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.)
Linked to SIERRANEVADA

Mélanie Demers
June 3 to 5 (10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.)
Linked to Post coïtum

Sovann Rochon-Prom Tep
June 1 to 4 (6:15. to 8:15 pm)
Linked to Un temps pour tout

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CANCELLED WORKSHOPS

Due to the current context, the workshops offered by nora chipaumire and Camille Louis unfortunately had to be cancelled.

nora chipaumire, Introduction to Nhaka

Born and raised in Zimbabwe, the choreographer nora chipaumire has been developing a living technique, a physical manifesto called Nhaka (inheritance legacy in Shona, her mother tongue). By incorporating dances from the African continent into Shona philosophy and spiritual practices, she creates a dance form with no references to classical ballet or modern dance. Initiation into a liberating and demanding practice.

In English
In association with MAI – Montréal, arts interculturels
Linked to #PUNK 100% POP *N!GGA

Roving Dramaturgy: Establishing Relations

In rethinking and editing the present, she establishes links between worlds, activating the unseen background of artistic creation. Paying attention to the context and particular issues of each aspect, she shares a vast, vibrant cartography of dramatic potential that is anchored in practice and action.

In French

About the FTA Playgrounds

Getting to Know Each Other Again. Together, let’s pick up the lost thread of our conversations. Let’s fill the spaces between us with precious and abundant materials: curiosity, knowledge, encounters. Let’s pave the way towards wisdom and real-world experiences that replenish our heritage and help to shift preconceived notions.

This year, the FTA Playgrounds will mend the damaged social rituals and reactivate essential knowledge. In the early mornings, tiny forms will emerge throughout the city. At the QG, artists, writers, thinkers, and citizens will nourish discussions, moderate debates, and share their rich creative journeys.

A genuine little theatre of ideas, the Playgrounds will be broadcast live and hosted online for the duration of the entire Festival. This way, we’ll have everything we can wish for: art, sunshine, springtime, cultivated encounters and conversations, live or rebroadcast. Let’s open our windows at last, to let our thoughts breathe and roam free!