 Marc Boivin
Photo : Luc Sénécal
 Lin Snelling
Photo : Michael Reinhart |
Marc Boivin
«Boivin, in particular, enlivened the space (...) In his long poses that are part of the choreography, he's never static, but waiting, listening (...) for him, the abstract is a dynamic place that speaks about and doesn't ignore human essence.»
Kaija Pepper, Dance International.
Dancer, teacher, improviser, and choreographer, Marc Boivin began his dance career at Le Groupe de la Place Royale in Ottawa, under the directorship of Peter Boneham. In 1985 he joined Ginette Laurin and her newly formed company O Vertigo Danse, touring extensively in festivals across Canada, the United States and Europe. Since 1991 he has worked as an independent dancer, performing in the company creations and the commissioned works of many choreographers from Montreal and abroad, notably Louise Bédard, Sylvain Émard, Jean-Pierre Perreault, Catherine Tardif and Tedd Robinson and in the improvisation projects of AH HA Production (Andrew de Lotbinière Harwood). More recently, he has also been seen in the works of James Kudelka and André Gingras.
Fascinated by teaching as much as performance, he has been affiliated with LADMMI in Montreal for the past 20 years and regularly guest teaches and choreographs in professional programs across Canada, more specifically with Peter Bingham and Andrew Harwood at the EDAM summer intensive as a member of the improvisation group The ECHO CASE. He is the 1999 recipient of the Jacqueline Lemieux prize, awarded each year by the Canada Arts Council.
The improvisation workshop will be approached through experimentation with exercises, scores and performance tools drawn from different sources. The practice will be broken down into two perspectives: first as a research technique and then as a performance skill. Though both of these are related, varying nuances can and will be highlighted. The participants will be taken through a series of games, situations, task solving challenges aimed at refining their skills, and deepening their commitment. Essential components of the work such as preparation, creative state of mind and composition will be addressed.
Lin Snelling
Lin Snelling continues to investigate, perform and teach improvisation, which has cultivated an exploration into bodywork in relation to dance and the spoken and written word. Lin performed with Carbone 14 from 1989 to 2001. As a choreographer, an interest in multidisciplinary art and re-invention fuel her work. This class is aimed at articulating relationship and shaping the forms that emerge in sound and movement, so as to bring vibration and resonance into the edges of these forms. The work introduces a way to begin to clarify multiple directions and layered thinking, giving a sense of depth to the body and perspective to the room.
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