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MENTORS
The DAC Residency program is distinguished by the pairing of each of the recipients of residencies with mentors. The mentor committee is made up of recognized and experienced professionals (dramatists, rehearsal writers, sound and lighting designers) who have a wealth of professional experience and vast knowledge in their respective fields.
Our mentors will spend time with the selected artists to discuss and dig into topics and experiences such as (but not limited to) :
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Comment travailler la scénographie pour rejoindre le public
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Comment ajouter de l’intensité dans l’équipe artistique
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Comment exploiter pleinement l’éclairage pour créer une ambiance
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Comment travailler les émotions
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Comment gérer l’espace d’un théâtre
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L’impact de la musique sur une pièce
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L’importance et la compréhension de la technique dans une pièce
Marc Boivin
Dancer, improviser, teacher and choreographer, Marc Boivin began his career with 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, it is as a freelancer that we find him in the work of several choreographers from here and elsewhere, namely Louise Bédard, Mélanie Demers, Sylvain Émard, Jean-Pierre Perreault, Tedd Robinson, Tedi Tafel and Catherine Tardif . Affiliated with L’École de danse contemporaine de Montréal since 1987, he regularly teaches and choreographs in various schools and organizations across Canada. Marc Boivin has been president of the Jean-Pierre Perreault Foundation since 2006. 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. Marc Boivin won in 1999 the Jacqueline-Lemieux prize, awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts and in 2014 the Dora Mavor Moore prize for her performance in the piece WOULD, danced alongside Kate Holden, a choreography by Mélanie Demers.
Lisa Davies
Artistic Consultant Specialist in directing, ballet and contemporary dance. Lisa's career in the performing arts spans 27 years and 15 world-renowned dance companies. Lisa is known for her integrity, quality, passion and dedication to exploring and advancing contemporary ballet and dance on a community and global scale.
Vladimir "7Starr" Laura
Vladimir "7Starr" Laurore, is a multidisciplinary artist born in Montreal, Quebec. He is a pioneer of the Canadian krump scene. In 2005, he co-founded the first krump troupe in Canada, the Bzerk Squad. 7Starr is also the creator of Gutta Zone, the country's first and largest krump festival. He is a national and international competitor or guest judge in major competitions such as The International Illest Battle in Paris, EBS in Germany, The Phitted Talk in the United States and Royal Rumble in Switzerland, to name a few. . He has worked with Cirque Eloize and Moment Factory, among others, not to mention his appearances on television as a guest artist and his numerous performances. 7Starr is also recognized for its community involvement, speaking and teaching at elementary, secondary and university schools, charities and community centers. He is currently president of the Montreal Krump Alliance, an NPO specializing in the promotion of krump culture across Canada. In 2017, he received the Victor-Martyn-Lynch-Staunton Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts for his exceptional artistic trajectory. In 2018, the Black Theater Workshop awarded him the Gloria Mitchell-Aleong Award as an emerging professional artist in the performing arts. In 2019, 7Starr engages as a co-choreographer in a collaboration with the artist Lucy M. May for the piece Anima/Darkroom, a solo performance lasting 60 minutes. In 2020, he was a finalist for the Prix du CALQ – Artist of the Year in Laval. He also made his debut in krump music collaborating with producers such as DJ Shashu, Mozarf, Braze, Playa and Kid NY.
2020 is also the year in which 7Starr decides to reinvent himself as a krump music artist and return to his old loves: rapping and writing. He collaborates with many krump music producers from all over the world, including Montreal's Shash'U, and he released his first solo album, entitled Diff Diff, in addition to five music videos. His tireless efforts have caught the public's attention, earning him interviews with CTV News, CKUT and Télé-Québec. 7Starr continues to innovate and surpass itself in its various fields of interest, in addition to working on ambitious projects that will see the light of day in the near future.
2020 is also the year in which 7Starr decides to reinvent himself as a krump music artist and return to his old loves: rapping and writing. He collaborates with many krump music producers from all over the world, including Montreal's Shash'U, and he released his first solo album, entitled Diff Diff, in addition to five music videos. His tireless efforts have caught the public's attention, earning him interviews with CTV News, CKUT and Télé-Québec. 7Starr continues to innovate and surpass itself in its various fields of interest, in addition to working on ambitious projects that will see the light of day in the near future.
Alexandra 'Spicey' Landé
Alexandra ‘Spicey’ Landé is a Montreal choreographer, performer and dance teacher with over 20
years of experience, including 10 years as a choreographer. A major figure in Hip-Hop dance in Quebec, her
passion for this art was born in the 80s when she was very young. Alexandra notably created the
Bust a Move Festival (2005-2015), a major street dance event in Canada. At the end of 2015, she founded the
Ebnflōh dance company whose mission is to create, produce and distribute committed works,
authentic and innovative, and to promote an original choreographic language rooted in the essence of
Hip Hop. The symbiotic relationship she maintains with Hip-Hop culture in her choreographic work
constitutes the very essence of his artistic signature.
years of experience, including 10 years as a choreographer. A major figure in Hip-Hop dance in Quebec, her
passion for this art was born in the 80s when she was very young. Alexandra notably created the
Bust a Move Festival (2005-2015), a major street dance event in Canada. At the end of 2015, she founded the
Ebnflōh dance company whose mission is to create, produce and distribute committed works,
authentic and innovative, and to promote an original choreographic language rooted in the essence of
Hip Hop. The symbiotic relationship she maintains with Hip-Hop culture in her choreographic work
constitutes the very essence of his artistic signature.
Mathieu Leroux
Writer, actor/dancer, director and dance dramaturg, Mathieu Leroux is a graduate of UQAM’s École Supérieure de Théâtre (interpretation and directing profile).
stage). He founded and co-directed two theater companies (Putto Machine and Les Néos); he was part of the touring team of Théâtre Sans Fil — puppets
giantes for seven years, in addition to writing and performing a hundred short pieces within the Neos. He is the creator of a solo show (The Birth of Superman), a
group play (Scrap, Espace Libre), and co-signed the adaptation of six plays from the family saga Les Atrides (Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church). He is the dramaturg of the Twist of
tanzmainz in Germany — a piece for 20 dancers — and on the Relic created for Ballet BC in Vancouver. We find him on stage in The Sixth Sense by Michelle Parent (Salle
Fred-Barry, January 2020), in Bones & Wires — his choreographic co-creation with Sébastien Provencher (Tangente, May 2021), and in this interval by Morena Prats (tour
22-23). He dances in the Plasticity/Desires of Other Animals (2024). In theatre, he has accompanied several authors in the dramaturgical process at the time of the
production (Dominique Leclerc, Pascale Renaud-Hébert, Véronique Pascal); in dance, he has worked for several years alongside, among others, Victor Quijada, Helen Simard,
Alexandre Morin and Alexandra Spicey Landé.
Mathieu Leroux holds a master's degree in French literature (University of Montreal, 2011). We owe him several publications, notably Dans la cage, his first
novel (Héliotrope, 2013), the sequel, With a dagger (Héliotrope, 2020), and Something in me chooses the punch (La Mèche, 2016) — a work bringing together an essay
on self-performance and autobiographical theatre. He is one of the mentors (dramaturgy) of Danse à la carte.
stage). He founded and co-directed two theater companies (Putto Machine and Les Néos); he was part of the touring team of Théâtre Sans Fil — puppets
giantes for seven years, in addition to writing and performing a hundred short pieces within the Neos. He is the creator of a solo show (The Birth of Superman), a
group play (Scrap, Espace Libre), and co-signed the adaptation of six plays from the family saga Les Atrides (Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church). He is the dramaturg of the Twist of
tanzmainz in Germany — a piece for 20 dancers — and on the Relic created for Ballet BC in Vancouver. We find him on stage in The Sixth Sense by Michelle Parent (Salle
Fred-Barry, January 2020), in Bones & Wires — his choreographic co-creation with Sébastien Provencher (Tangente, May 2021), and in this interval by Morena Prats (tour
22-23). He dances in the Plasticity/Desires of Other Animals (2024). In theatre, he has accompanied several authors in the dramaturgical process at the time of the
production (Dominique Leclerc, Pascale Renaud-Hébert, Véronique Pascal); in dance, he has worked for several years alongside, among others, Victor Quijada, Helen Simard,
Alexandre Morin and Alexandra Spicey Landé.
Mathieu Leroux holds a master's degree in French literature (University of Montreal, 2011). We owe him several publications, notably Dans la cage, his first
novel (Héliotrope, 2013), the sequel, With a dagger (Héliotrope, 2020), and Something in me chooses the punch (La Mèche, 2016) — a work bringing together an essay
on self-performance and autobiographical theatre. He is one of the mentors (dramaturgy) of Danse à la carte.
Alisia pobega
Artistic consultant Alisia Pobega is a dancer, teacher and artistic co-director of LIBERAMAE performance & films, dance film company. After 12 years with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (soloist), she is now an independent artist, and dances main roles (Skeels Danse, Margie Gillis - Heritage Project, Jane Mappin Danse) and can be seen in several dance films. She is a guest ballet master with BJM Danse and Cas Public, and teaches for institutions such as the National Ballet School of Canada, the École supérieure de ballet du Québec, the EDCM and Springboard Danse Montreal.
Manu Roque
Formé en cirque, théâtre et musique, Manu oeuvre ensuite en danse contemporaine à tire d’interprète, chorégraphe et enseignant depuis 2005. Son intérêt pour le corps en mouvement passe par les notions d’intégrité, de curiosité, de bienveillance à l’autre et à soi, de générosité dans l’engagement… Ses recherches témoignent de préoccupations politico-sociales, mais aussi poétiques, formelles ou sensorielles.
Jacques Poulin-Denis
Jacques Poulin-Denis is a performing arts craftsman. Choreographer, director, performer and composer, he undertakes projects that blur the boundaries between dance, music and theatre. Through his humanist and wacky works, he seeks to deploy the powerful vulnerability of the characters he brings to life. With more than twelve creations to his credit, Jacques Poulin-Denis has seen his work presented in some twenty Canadian cities as well as in the United States, Europe and Asia. Jacques Poulin-Denis is an artist associated with the Agora de la danse.
Victor Quijada
Choreographer
Melissa A.Thompson
Author & Interdisciplinary Art Specialist
With a background in visual arts, Melissa brings with her a multiple perspective.
aspects of the performing arts. Designer and head of the Creative Intelligence team (Vigie) at
Cirque du Soleil for many years, its recent projects navigate between the direction
artistry from muzzle projects to the writing of a Finnish hybrid ballet on ice.
With a background in visual arts, Melissa brings with her a multiple perspective.
aspects of the performing arts. Designer and head of the Creative Intelligence team (Vigie) at
Cirque du Soleil for many years, its recent projects navigate between the direction
artistry from muzzle projects to the writing of a Finnish hybrid ballet on ice.
Peter Jasko
In 2001 Peter graduated from the J.L. Bella Conservatory of dance, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia.
He continued his graduate studies at the University of Music and Drama in Bratislava, SK, for a year before entering the international dance school P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels, BE, (2002), under the artistic direction of Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker.
He has been involved in the dance community in different parts of the world as a performer, choreographer and teacher for over 20 years. His professional experience includes dance/collaboration/choreography with/for international artists and companies such as Compagnie Roberto Olivan from Spain, Belgian Eastman Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Circus Eloize, Bill Coleman, Petr Forman, Roberto Magro, Peter James, EDCM, Concordia University and many more.
Since 2001 he has also collaborated with David Zambrano as a performer and assistant in his classes and workshops.
In 2006, Peter co-founded Les Slovaks Dance Collective and launched their first creation: Opening Night. This experience (a creative process that lasted a year) laid the foundations for a collective mode of operation and democratic decision-making. LS began to develop common skills: composing while playing, finding a gestural language, establishing rules for relating to others and to the public while playing, using dance, music and singing. Many tours followed.
In 2009, Peter Jasko created and danced Solo2009.
In 2014, he began collaborating and performing with Montreal dancer Clara Furey. His approach promotes dialogue between the different types of mediums that make up a living work of art, inviting them to interact in a horizontal hierarchy.
In the same year, Peter Jasko created a show for 300 elderly people as part of Europe's cultural city, Pilsen 2015.
His latest collaborations are linked to names such as Bill Colemean, Lucy M.May, Mohamadreza Akrami, Peter James, Clara Furey, Luka and Atom Jasko (his children).
Over the past 20 years, he has taught in approximately forty-six countries around the world.
He continued his graduate studies at the University of Music and Drama in Bratislava, SK, for a year before entering the international dance school P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels, BE, (2002), under the artistic direction of Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker.
He has been involved in the dance community in different parts of the world as a performer, choreographer and teacher for over 20 years. His professional experience includes dance/collaboration/choreography with/for international artists and companies such as Compagnie Roberto Olivan from Spain, Belgian Eastman Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Circus Eloize, Bill Coleman, Petr Forman, Roberto Magro, Peter James, EDCM, Concordia University and many more.
Since 2001 he has also collaborated with David Zambrano as a performer and assistant in his classes and workshops.
In 2006, Peter co-founded Les Slovaks Dance Collective and launched their first creation: Opening Night. This experience (a creative process that lasted a year) laid the foundations for a collective mode of operation and democratic decision-making. LS began to develop common skills: composing while playing, finding a gestural language, establishing rules for relating to others and to the public while playing, using dance, music and singing. Many tours followed.
In 2009, Peter Jasko created and danced Solo2009.
In 2014, he began collaborating and performing with Montreal dancer Clara Furey. His approach promotes dialogue between the different types of mediums that make up a living work of art, inviting them to interact in a horizontal hierarchy.
In the same year, Peter Jasko created a show for 300 elderly people as part of Europe's cultural city, Pilsen 2015.
His latest collaborations are linked to names such as Bill Colemean, Lucy M.May, Mohamadreza Akrami, Peter James, Clara Furey, Luka and Atom Jasko (his children).
Over the past 20 years, he has taught in approximately forty-six countries around the world.
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