Marie Chouinard
Canadian dancer and choreographer
Marie Chouinard OC (born 14 May 1955) is a Canadian dancer, choreographer, and dance company director.
Life and work
In 1978, Chouinard presented her first work, Crystallization. After 12 years as a solo performer and choreographer, Chouinard founded her own company in 1990, the Compagnie Marie Chouinard. In 1988, Chouinard, along with Wim Vandekeybus and Mark Tompkins, introduced the ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival. Her son is actor Théodore Pellerin.
Performances and solo works
1978 : Cristallisation
1979 : Cristallisation (les 5 cycles)
1979 : Dimanche matin, mai 1955
1979 : Danse pour un homme habillé de noir et qui porte un revolver
1979 : 5 Chorégraphies pour le public pieds nus
1979 : Les oeufs, ou autrefois il y avait, il y a longtemps, au temps où...
1980 : Voyages dans les limbes
1980 : Auto-portrait no 1
1980 : Auto-portrait no 2
1980 : Petite danse sans nom
1980 : Les Grenouilles
1980 : Mimas, Lune de Saturne
1980 : La Leçon
1980 : Dislocations
1980 : Chanson de gestes
1980 : Quelques façons d'avancer tranquillement vers toi
1980 : Jaune
1980 : Récréation
1980 : Dimanche matin, mai 2005
1980 : Conversations
1981 : Plaisir de tous les sens dans tous les sens
1981 : Danseuse-performeuse cherche amoureux ou amoureuse pour la nuit de 1er juin
1982 : Meat meets meat, avec Claude-Marie Caron
1982 : Marie Chien Noir (Mimas, Lune de Saturne; Chien Noir et Plaisirs de tous les sens dans tous les sens)
1984 : Table of Contents I
1985 : Chebre, avec Claude-Marie Caron
1985 : Earthquake in the Heartchakra; Table of Contents II
1986 : Drive in the Dragon; Crue; S.T.A.B.(Space, Time and Beyond)
1987 : L'Après-midi d'un faune
1988 : Biophilia
1989 : Poèmes d'atmosphère
1990 : Lettre ouverte à Terpsichore
1992 : Endangered species; Cet instant-ci et l'éternité; Terpsichore a cappella
2010 : Lingam, Campagne
2012 : In Museum
Choreography works
1978 : Cristallisation
1982 : Marie chien noir
1990 : Les Trous du ciel
1993 : Le Sacre du printemps
1994 : Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune
1996 : L'Amande et le Diamant
1998 : Les Solos 1978-1998
1998 : Étude poignante
1998 : Humanitas
1999 : Les 24 préludes de Chopin
2000 : Le Cri du monde
2002 : Étude #1, Des feux dans la nuit
2004 : Chorale
2005 : Mouvements
2006 : Body Remix / Les Variations Golberg
2008 : Orphée et Eurydice
2009 : Gloires du matin
2008 : Le Nombre d'or
2016 : Soft Virtuosity, Still Humid, on the Edge
2017 : Le Jardin des délices, transposition de l'œuvre de Jérôme Bosch
2023 : M
2025 : LA COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD EN CARAVANE
2025 : MAGNIFICAT
2025 : BodyremixRemix
Works in repertory of other companies
2003 : Prelude to the afternoon of a faun and The Rite of the Spring/Ballet Gulbenkian, Portugal
2008 : 24 preludes by Chopin/ Ballet national de Toronto, Canada
2009 : Prelude to the afternoon of a faun/São Paulo Companhia de Dança, Brésil
Film
2003 : Cantique no 1
2008 : bODY_rEMIX/gOLDBERG_vARIATIONS (produced by Amérimage-Spectra and realized by Marie Chouinard)
Multiscreen film
2003 : Cantique no 2
Installations
2004 : Cantique no 3 (participative installation created with Louis Dufort)
2009 : Icônes (video installation created with Luc Courchesne)
Bibliography
Monographs
2008 : Chantier des extases (poetry), les Éditions du passage (Montréal)
2010 : Compagnie Marie Chouinard, Les Éditions du passage (Montréal)
2010 : morning glories :)-(:, Editions Compagnie Marie Chouinard
Awards and distinctions
1981 - Studio du Québec à New York (Gouvernement du Québec), first recipient
1986 - Prize Jacqueline-Lemieux
1987 - Prize Jean A. Chalmers de chorégraphie
1993 - Artist Lifetime Achievement Award
1994 - Prize Boat Award (Glasgow, Scotland) for The Rite of the Spring
2000 - Bessie Award for sustained achievement (New York)
2003 - The French Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers award (SACD), Paris
2003 - The movie Cantique no 1 receives a prize at the Moving Pictures Festival of Danse on Film and Video, Toronto (performance prize for Carol Prieur and Benoît Lachambre)
2003 - National Arts Center Award, a companion award of the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards
2006 - Archangel Award for Le vol de Lindbergh and Les 7 Péchés capitaux, choreographed by Marie Chouinard, Edinburgh Festival
2006 - Grand Prix du Conseil des Arts de Montreal for the Company's impact on Montreal dance and is workbODY_rEMIX/gOLDBERG_vARIATIONS
2007 - Officier of the Ordre of Canada
2009 - Gemini Award (Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series) awarded to Compagnie Marie Chouinard dancers for their performance in the movie bODY_rEMIX/gOLDBERG_vARIATIONS
2009 - Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France
2010 - Compagnie Marie Chouinard was awarded by the Imperial Tobacco Foundation's Arts Achievement Award 2010
2010 - Prix du Québec (Denise Pelletier Prize)
2010 - The name of Marie Chouinard became a dictionary entry in Le Petit Larousse illustré
2011 - The name of Marie Chouinard became a dictionary entry in Le Robert
2012 - Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
2012 - Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec Award for best choreography work for THE GOLDEN MEAN (LIVE)
2014 - Prix Samuel de Champlain
2015 - Knight of the National Order of Quebec
2015 - Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec
2016 - Lifetime Achievement Award, Dance, Governor General's Performing Arts Awards
2016 - Positano Prize "Choreographer of the Year"
2016 : Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts
2016 : Prize for best international work for the film MARIE CHOUINARD: THE RITE OF SPRING, 20th “Coreografo Elettronico” International Festival of Video-dance
2020 - Officer of Arts and Letters (France)
2023 - Unveiling of her star on the Walk of Fame of Sibiu (Romania)
2023 - Marie Chouinard is one of the featured dancers in the book "Danseuses, 50 héroïnes" (Éditions Scala, France)
2024 - Induction into the Dance Collection Danse Hall of Fame (Canada)
External links
official site
[1] - official site of the solo gloires morning glories
Body Remix Goldberg Variationen 2008 arte
References
(2)Herod, Kena "Marie Chouinard- myth and celebration"
October 2005 Dance Magazine
(3)Strini, Tom "Compagnie Marie Chouinard puts body of work on display"
March 25, 2009 Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/41716237.html
(4)"The Arts | Dance Review | Chouinard gives "Orpheus and Eurydice" a provocative
twist | Seattle Times Newspaper." The Seattle Times | Seattle Times Newspaper. 15 April
2009
<https://web.archive.org/web/20110604061532/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thearts/2008279705_chouinard18.html?syndicati
on=rss>.
(5)"Compagnie Marie Chouinard." San Francisco Performances. 15 April 2009
<https://web.archive.org/web/20090412234012/http://performances.org/performances/0809/CompagnieMarieChouinard.html>.
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