Figurehead in dance in Quebec Martine Époque died in January 2018. Born in France, choreographer, rhythmician and computer choreographer Martine Époque was among all the conquests of dance in Quebec. A prolific creator for stage and screen, this leading figure in Quebec dance was the founder (1968) and artistic director (1968-81) of Groupe Nouvelle Aire. Since 1972, she has produced multimedia choreographic shows and since 2001 has devoted herself to research-creation in technochoreography, particularly in infochoreographic production. Recipient of numerous scholarships, subsidies and honours, including the Prix du Québec Denise Pelletier 1994 and the Clifford E. Lee prize 1983 (Alberta), his career has been the subject since 1969 of numerous articles and radio and television programs At UQAM , where she was a teacher from 1980 to 2007, we owe her the initiative for the creation of the Department of Dance (1985) — which she directed for many years, of the Agora de la danse (1991), of fields of studies in videodance and technochoreography at the bachelor's and master's level in dance (1993) and at the Passerelle 840 (1998). She has numerous publications to her credit, including the book Behind the scenes of new dance in Quebec: the New Aire Group in memory (1968-1981). Appointed professor emeritus by UQAM in 2007.
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Denis Poulin obtained his doctorate in Arts Studies and Practices at UQAM in 2012. He also completed a master's degree in television and cinema at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) in 1977. Montmorencien emeritus, Denis Poulin was a professor of dance at Collège Montmorency in Laval. Program he founded in 1985.
A director fascinated by dance on screen, since 1971 he has made numerous films and videos for his multimedia choreographic shows and those of Martine Époque. He received the Best Achievement in Cinematography Award from the University of Michigan (1976) for his dance film Solo and the Enta maratone dei Templi Cup from the Salerno International Film Festival (1983) for Ni Scène, Ni Coulisses ⁄ Beyond Curtains (1978), produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). He was the winner of the NFB's first "sought-after filmmaker (cinéaste recherché)" competition (1981), a prize that allowed him to make his first animated film (Le bouffe-pétrole, 1982). He directed with Martine Époque "CODA, The finale of The Rite of Spring (2014) which is internationally recognized. Since 2006, he has been an associate professor in the Department of Dance at UQAM and has numerous publications to his credit. He is a collaborato member of the "réseau de recherche-création en arts médiatiques, cultures et technologies" Hexagram.
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