Katya Montaignac – Objets dansants non identifiés| LABO#Sacre
[English description coming soon]
Laboratoire chorégraphique invitant des artistes issu.e.s de différentes pratiques des danses urbaines à explorer la célèbre partition du Sacre du printemps sous la forme contemporaine du battle.
Formed in the dance department of university Paris 8, Katya Montaignac has worked as a dancer, choreographer, dance dramaturg. She has, since 1998, created “unidentified dancing objects” and has regularly overseen the artistic direction of projects for La 2e Porte à Gauche since 2007 (Blind date ; le pARTy ; Danse à 10 ; Rendez-vous à l’hôtel ; Pluton, ATTABLER). She collaborates as dramaturge with different choreographers (Frédérick Gravel, Marie Béland, Milan Gervais, Nicolas Cantin, Karine Ledoyen…) and for the physical theatre company Chaliwaté (Belgium). She completed the doctoral program in the study and practice of the arts at UQAM, teaches dance aesthetics, and writes for various journals (Jeu, Esse, Apparté, Canadian Theater Review…). She was dance curator for 7 years at the offta Festival. She wrote a book about Josephine Baker and contributed to books on the company Danse-Cité and about FTA. She created with Sophie Corriveau the event (Not) All of us are Dancers.
Credits
Choreographic research project in collaboration with Alexandra Spicey Landé, Axelle Munezero et Helen Simard.