Lara Kramer will offer the season’s final training classes from April 15th to 18th at the Centre des arts de la scène Jean-Besré. Choreographer and multidisciplinary artist, Lara will work with the participants to undertake the creative process based on the physicality and theatricality of the body.
From July 8th to 12th, the fourteenth edition of Sursaut’s summer dance camp will once again offer children from 6 years of age and up the opportunity to spend a week discovering the world of contemporary dance. Accompanied by professional artists in a playful and exploratory atmosphere, participants will be introduced to different approaches to movement and will acquire a variety of tools that will inspire their own choreographic creations. In this same creative spirit and always with a movement-oriented approach, participants will also work on a visual arts project throughout the week.
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Video | A glimpse of the camp >>
The Sursaut Dance Company is looking for a male dancer for its’ young and family audience production Me squared, choreographed by Stephanie Brochard. The candidate possesses a strong background and training in contemporary dance, has extensive professional performing experience, is in excellent physical condition with versatility in movement styles. Acrobatic movement skills, and ease in theatrical performance are a plus. Applications must be sent no later than March 27th 2019, to the attention of Francine Châteauvert. Only selected candidates will receive an invitation to the audition.
Audition date : April 9th 2019
The audition will be held in Sherbrooke, at the Centre des arts de la scène Jean-Besré (250, rue du Dépôt)
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We are pleased to welcome Kelly Keenan for another week of dances classes this winter. This workshop explores ways to transfer the tactile experience we get from the floor and each other into dancing through space. The class will propose different tasks, prompts, metaphors and images to guide, layer and shape our experience of a dance. The classes will weave from floor to standing and with a great interest in the artful play and pleasure of dancing. Not to be missed!
From February 25th to March 1st, 2019, 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Centre des arts de la scène Jean-Besré
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Don’t miss the Body-Mind Centering workshop with Mariko Tanabe at the Centre des arts de la scène Jean-Besré, from February 11th to the 14th, 9:30 am to 12:30pm. This workshop is open to all professionals in the performing arts working with movement.
Contemporary dance classes for adolescents will be back after spring break! Offered by Stephanie Brochard, dancer and assistant artistic director for the Sursaut Dance Company, the classes aim to develop the consciousness of the body through the principles of contemporary dance, while at the same time encouraging each participant to develop his or her own personal creativity and approach to movement. Register now!
Thursdays, from March 14th to May 16th, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Centre des arts de la scène Jean-Besré
Cost: $125 (+ tax) for the session
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The production Me squared begins its dissemination on tour this winter. Created by Stephanie Brochard, the show will be performed at the Carré 150 in Victoriaville, Quebec, on January 23rd, at the Riverview Arts Center in Riverview, New Brunswick, on January 26th, and finally at the River Run Centre in Guelph, Ontario, from January 29th through the 31st.
We all wish you a beautiful and happy 2019!
Please note that our offices will be closed from December 22nd until January 6th.
The company is thrilled to welcome dancer and teacher Carol Prieur for a workshop at the Centre des arts de la scène Jean-Besré on November 25th and 26th. A sensory movement workshop focused on finding each dancer’s individual voice as vehicles for communication, where the body’s possibilities will be explored by diving into the body’s landscapes, using movement as a language of individual expression and communication. A dancer with the Marie Chouinard Company since 23 years, Carol Prieur is a figurehead in contemporary dance in Quebec. An opportunity to benefit from her considerable experience that is not to be missed! Click here for the full class description >>
Sunday, November 25th and Monday, November 26th, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
$14 per class for dance professionals
For more information: 819-822-8912 | info@sursaut.ca
Choreographer and dancer Amandine Garrido Gonzalez is pictured here among the three finalists for the CALQ-Work of the Year Award in the Eastern Townships for Acuna, created in 2017 and produced by the Sursaut Dance Company. We are very proud of this nomination, which confirms the quality of this dance creation for very young children. Congratulations, Amandine!
