LABdiff 9
Mary-Lee Brunet + Amrita Choudhury
ÉDIFICE WILDER | Espace Vert
April 11, 2026 - 7pm
April 12, 2026 - 4pm
April 13, 2026 - 7pm
20$
Doors: 30 minutes before the presentation
Bar service in the space
Discussion led by the curators every evening
Put on your slippers and take in two artistic offerings during an eclectic and lively evening! Following three weeks of exploratory research in our very own underground, Espace Vert, the artists offer you the fruits of their experiments in the form of a public presentation. Over a drink, the curators provide a space for a friendly discussion where the public’s experiences and thoughts come together to create a collective meaning. With this presentation model, Tangente opens the doors of its laboratory to cultivate a privileged and intimate relationship between artists and the audience.
90 minutes
The order of the pieces is subject to change.
Mary-Lee Brunet
Three performers combine movement and visual storytelling to explore their shared experience as adoptees struggling to navigate two distinct cultures.
Mary-Lee Brunet is an artist who explores storytelling through movement, primarily popping and strutting, and visual arts. Over the past few years, she has been honing her artistic skills under the tutelage of several renowned artists, including Rashaad Hasani. Since 2025, she has represented the Los Angeles’s Funny Bones Crew collective.
She is involved in her community by participating in various initiatives such as the JOAT International Street Dance Festival, Claudia Chan Tak’s La nostalgie du papillon malgache, and more. Her artistic practice now leads her to explore the quest for identity as seen through the lens of a Chinese-born Québécoise who was adopted.
Meihan Carrier-Brisson is a dance artist based in Montréal. Born in China and adopted into a Québecoise-Canadian family, she graduated and received a scholarship at Cégep de Saint-Laurent. In 2022, she graduated from École de danse contemporaine de Montréal, gaining experience in various creative processes and artistic styles. Passionate about the physicality of dance and its meaning of expression, Meihan also takes great interest in cinema, art, design, psychology, and music. Lately, Meihan has had the pleasure of diving into the works of Virginie Brunelle, Isabelle Van Grimde (Van Grimde Corps Secrets), Louise Bédard, Marie Béland (Maribé sors de ce corps), and Claudia Chan Tak. As an artist, she explores themes surrounding identity, both personal and cultural, and its significance as a Canadian-Chinese adoptee. She keeps on growing and blooming whilst sharing and diving deeper into her passion for movement and art.
Amrita Choudhury
The true story of a woman’s journey from birth to death, from transformation to rebirth, as told through konnakol, a verbal dance language.
Amrita Choudhury‘s intercultural productions highlight sociopolitical and spiritual issues, using dance as a tool for dialogue. She brings the opportunity to decolonize and democratize dance through an emphasis on diversity and inclusion. Her productions Sophia’s Resurrection, The Bridges of Hope and Shakti Rising all echo this path by presenting evocative issues surrounding marginalized groups, human rights, Indigenous issues, and women’s stories. Amrita studied in India, holds a degree in anthropology, and has dedicated herself to reviving ancient art forms to present them in today’s contemporary artistic milieu. She feels that dance is a powerful healing journey that builds bridges by working towards solidarity between people.
Residencies Centre de Création O Vertigo, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Charo Foo Tai Wei intertwines classical Chinese dance and butoh into a language of raw beauty and emotional depth. A former performer in Robert Lepage’s The Blue Dragon, her works Jin Gu Bang and Yearning explore trauma and transformation. She recently appeared at the Stratford Festival in Salesman in China and Wendy and Peter Pan.
A professional dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and personal trainer, Emmanuelle Martin collaborates with many choreographers and artists around the world. Currently based in Montréal, she specializes in contemporary dance and urban dances (hip hop, popping, waving, house).
We asked Amrita Choudhury to tell us about the last time she danced that was memorable:
“In May 2025, I collaborated with one of India’s few female Ghatam (clay pot) artists. I explored movement as a response to the Earth-born sound. The Ghatam, a clay pot instrument, resonated not just with music, but with memory and ancestral rhythm. In a traditional dance space, alive with sacred presence, I allowed the vibrations of the clay pot to lead my body. What emerged was not simply choreography, but surrender, an invitation to remember the Earth as the choreographer, and the body as its humble vessel. I felt these ancient rhythms in my bones, in my breath and body, as I unabashedly danced through my soul.”
