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Sandy Bessette
Co-Artistic Director
La marche du crabe
Canada (Quebec)

Trained in contemporary dance, Sandy Bessette specializes in creation for early childhood in Europe. She creates four shows for toddlers and different performances in situ combining circus, theater, music and singing. Interested in meeting with others, she advocates a sensory approach of proximity, nourishing imagination and curiosity.

Emie-Liza Caron St-Pierre
Operations and development director
Fleuve | Espace Danse
Canada (Quebec)

With a Bachelor’s degree in marketing and communications, Emie-Liza now works for the development of the contemporary dance company Fleuve | Espace danse. As a world traveler and dancer for 16 years, she looks forward to bringing the company to its full potential and is always seeking for new growth opportunities.

Anne-Flore De Rochambeau
Choreographer
Anne-Flore De Rochambeau
Canada (Quebec)

Anne-Flore de Rochambeau evolves as a performer and choreographer on Montreal scenes since 2013. Exploring the social nature of the individual, her compositions reflect unconscious mechanisms that characterize our interactions. Investing space with a refined aesthetic, she proposes an organic and intuitive language to awaken a sensory relationship with the audience.

Farah Fancy
Co-Founder
Le Groupe Herencias
Canada (Quebec)

Farah Fancy is an artist, director, cultural worker, consultant and co-founder of Le Groupe Herencias, focusing on multidisciplinary performance to inspire and create more inclusive societies through the promotion, exchange, and acceptance of identity, culture and heritage.

Julien-Robert Legault Salvail
Co-Artistic Director
Video Phase
Canada (Quebec)

Video Phase is the result of the collaboration between two musicians creators, Julien-Robert and Julien Compagne. They’re using technology to develop a new kind of art that equally combines music and images. On stage, they mix together percussions, electronics and interactive videos to create for the audience an immersive visual experience.

Andrea Peña
Choreographer & Artistic Director
Andrea Peña & Artists
Canada (Quebec)

Andrea Peña a Colombian multidisciplinary artist based in Montreal, founded dance company Andrea Peña & Artists in 2014. Recognized within Canada and internationally the company is supported by various international festivals and residencies abroad. Her works are focused on the creation of critical, alternative and spatial universes that question the individual within society.

CAPACOA

CAPACOA will hold its 31th annual conference in conjunction with the CINARS Biennale.The event will take place November 12-13, 2018.

The CAPACOA Conference offers a critical national opportunity for presenters, producers, agents and managers to engage with developing trends and key issues that shape and transform the performing arts. The 2018 edition will explore game-changing insights on cultural participation and will provide many opportunities to depart from the status quo. This partnership entitles CAPACOA presenter members to a 50% rebate to the CINARS Biennale when they register to the CAPACOA Conference.

CIRCUIT-EST

Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique has supported professionals on both technical and artistic levels by offering access to studios adapted to research and creation, professional advanced training activities, and international exchanges programs.

This organization counts ten member companies: Louise Bédard Danse, Sylvain Émard Danse, Danièle Desnoyers/Le Carré des Lombes, Fortier Danse-Création, Et Marianne et Simon, Danse Carpe Diem / Emmanuel Jouthe, maribé – sors de ce corps, Frédérick Gravel /Grouped’ArtGravelArtGroup, MAYDAY and Cie Manuel Roque. Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique is pleased to be associated with the CINARS Biennale for the first time as part of the "OFF-CINARS" by the members of Circuit-Est. centre chorégraphique”, which will be held from November 13 to 17, 2018.

LES COUPS DE THÉÂTRE

An international event, Les Coups de Théâtre festival contributes to the enrichment of arts and culture for children and young people while deepening their interest in the performing arts and new artistic practices. Providing a space for discovery, exchange and reflection, the Festival has become an artistic event unique in Canada whose high quality, innovative and diverse programming ensures that performing arts for young audiences has a place in the international theatre community. The partnership with CINARS allows national and international broadcasters to benefit from a preferential rate for all the shows of the Festival’s programming.

CQM

The Quebec Music Council is a non-profit organization bringing together Quebec’s professional organizations and individuals working in the fields of jazz, classical, contemporary and world music. The organisation offers individual and collective services to its community, supporting the music community’s local, national and international presence. The Quebec Music Council promotes concert music by awarding the Prix Opus to Quebec’s best musical achievements.

QMC invites CINARS delegates to its music showcases on November 13, 12:00 PM, at Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur. Constantinople, Flûte Alors, Jazzlab Orchestra and Piano Caméléons will present excerpts of their repertoire.

DAM

Diversité artistique Montréal (DAM)  is proud to be for the first time one of the partners of the Biennale CINARS and to be able to provide so-called artists of diversity with exclusive access to its events. In keeping with its mandate to promote the recognition and inclusion of these artists in professional circles, this partnership will enable two of its members to attend all activities on the Biennale program and explore the exhibition hall. Under this new agreement, two DAM members will also be given the chance to take part in the My First Biennale initiative. Here’s what to look forward to this year: Anne-Flore de Rochambeau, Farah Fancy, Mohsen El Gharbi and the Regard Persan trio.

DANIEL LÉVEILLÉ DANSE - Série B

Initiated in 2016 by DLD (Daniel Léveillé Danse), Série B is a contemporary dance and performing arts programming presented alongside Biennale CINARS. It invites its audiences to discover or rediscover audacious works by established or emerging creators with a bold, unique artistic signature. This edition, Série B partners with the Swiss Confederation to offer double bills featuring Swiss choreographers and Quebec artists on a single stage. Presented in various Montreal neighbourhoods, Série B is a unifying event of undeniable artistic vigour.

DSR

La Danse sur les routes du Québec is teaming up with CINARS. DSR is an organization that works closely with artists, companies and presenters, to promote dance and encourage its vitality with an ever-growing audience. This partnership provides the DSR’s presenting partners with access to the shows and activities being held as a part of the CINARS Biennale at a preferred rate.

LE VIVIER

Comprising 50 members and organizations, Le Vivier is a community initiative. Its mission is to facilitate the development of new music, and offering through presentation of quality works, an open door to culture. A mission it has been doing for more than 10 years! Le Vivier is proud to be associated with CINARS this year. The group will be in the exhibition hall, at the different activities of the CINARS Biennale and is presenting, on November 12, the CINARS Showcase at Gesù.

ELAN

ELAN (English-Language Arts Network) is a not-for-profit organization in Montreal that connects, supports, and creates opportunities for Quebec’s English-speaking artists and arts communities. Together this network reflects an evolving Québec identity and celebrates the province’s cultural, artistic, and social diversity. ELAN is joining CINARS Biennale for the first time through the Performing Arts Market Access project. ELAN is organizing a showcase, a booklet of tour-ready work, will be present at the exposition hall, and will offer a practical workshop on market access for its members and the Ma Première Biennale participants.

FOCUS QUÉBEC

FOCUS Québec is once again proud to be associated with CINARS. Focus Québec is the only biannual showcase exclusively devoted to Quebec theatre and dance for young audiences. Produced by the Maison Théâtre, this professional conference is organized jointly by the Festival Les Coups de Théâtre, in association with L’Arrière Scène, centre dramatique pour l’enfance et la jeunesse en Montérégie, and Les Gros Becs, centre de diffusion de théâtre jeunesse. That partnership allows presenters who register for FOCUS Québec to also benefit from free access to all the shows and networking activities of the biennial CINARS international performing arts showcase.

MUNDIAL MONTREAL

Mundial Montréal is North America’s premier world music industry gathering. In collaboration with Biennale CINARS, 4 artists were selected for a joint showcase the prestigious Salle Pierre-Mercure. This partnership will give delegates from both events the opportunity to network and to connect with some of Canada’s finest world music talent.

RAR

For the first time this year, the partnership between CINARS and Regroupement des Arts de rue du Québec (RAR), will offer new opportunities of development for artistic projects in public space. The RAR’s primary objective is to illustrate the vitality and diversity of the discipline. The members of the RAR will present a few showcases for you to discover the richness of the " street art  " artistic proposition. Be ready for an amazing treat!

SAT

For the first time this year, the Montreal-based Society for Arts and Technology (SAT) is partnering with the CINARS Biennale to allow international professionals from the performing arts around the world to discover Quebec's digital arts.

The SAT is an arts and research center recognized around the world for its pioneering role in the development of immersive technologies.

Nathalie Roy
Press Officer
514 889-3622
nathalie.roy@bell.net