Habitations
With ÉDIFICE WILDER – Espace danse, a new era has arrived: we have brand new spaces specifically designed for dance and want to make the best use of them! After consulting with local dance artists regarding their wishes and expectations, we decided to offer them space for research, rehearsal, and creative residencies. We believe that the mission of a presenter is above all to make possible the encounter between artists and audience. But, in the end, there is also a necessity for the creative process to take place under conditions that favour innovation. Our residency and research projects take different forms.
Occupation, squat, space for free expression… These words characterize our Habitations projects. Newly imagined and made possible by our move into ÉDIFICE WILDER – Espace danse, Habitations allow artists to gather together for one or two weeks and develop various laboratory activities without any pressure to create and produce a finished work. Under the conditions of a no-tech residency (with minimal technical support), Habitations respond to the need and desire of the dance milieu to explore together, occupy the space, and to create temporary communities of experimentation and reflection.
Because of the impact of the pandemic on performances, the Habitations project is currently on hold.
Habitations Calendar
- Victoria Mackenzie – March 20 to 26, 2017 – Content
- Katie Ward – April 17 to 30, 2017 – Content
- Marie Mougeolle & Liane Thériault – May 8 to 14, 2017 – Content
- Karen Fennell – June 7 to 13, 2017 – Content
- Thea Patterson – September 25 to October 1, 2017 – Content
- Annie Gagnon – October 2 to 15, 2017 – Content
- Nate Yaffe – April 16 to 22 + June 11 to 17, 2018
- Sasha Kleinplatz – April 23 to 29, 2018 – Content
- Jesse Orr – April 30 to May 6, 2018
- Marie-Denise Bettez – November 5 to 11, 2018 – Content
- Hannah Sybille Müller – December 3 to 16, 2018 – Content
- Gabriel Beck – January 28 to February 3, 2019 – Content
- Emmalie Ruest – March 11 to 24, 2019
- Marc Boucher – June 3 to 16, 2019 – Content
- Sébastien Provencher – July 1 to 7, 2019 – Content
- Stacey Désilier – September 2 to 15, 2019
- Victoria Mackenzie – September 30 to October 6, 2019
- Alejandro Sajgalik – December 2 to 8, 2019
- Sandy Bessette – December 9 to 15, 2019
- Nate Yaffe – February 3 to 9, 2020
- Noémie Roy – February 10 to 23, 2020
- Stephen Thompson – May 4 to 17, 2020 (cancelled)
- Erin Hill – June 8 to 14, 2020 (cancelled)
- Kelly Keenan – November 1 to 5, 2021
- Alanna Kraaijeveld – March 21 to 25, 2022
- Victoria May – April 18 to 22 + May 16 to 20, 2022
Sara Hanley
Performer, rehearsal director, teacher
“The Habitation residency offered a time to be in a physical and mental creative space alongside peers...
” The Habitation residency offered a time to be in a physical and mental creative space alongside peers I share a connection with on different levels. It was a time of permeation between our individual practices and a precious time for open-ended research.”
Hanako Hoshimi Caines
Performer and Choreographer
“The Habitation was an opportunity to test out a communal work space as dancers...
“The Habitation was an opportunity to test out a communal work space as dancers. This is a very familiar way of working these days, i.e. laptop-cafes and communal office spaces, but sharing a studio is I think still rather rare in the way dance thinks about work space and time.”
Maria Kefirova
Performer and Choreographer
“The time we spent together in non-direct communication, everyone working...
“The time we spent together in non-direct communication, everyone working with their own process/problem, was a catalyzer for new choices and ideas, feeding my own search.”
Victoria Mackenzie
Performer and Choreographer
“From sitting in the corner and spying on all of the rehearsals with outside eyes, I learned about...
“From sitting in the corner and spying on all of the rehearsals with outside eyes, I learned about process, empowering artists, various ways to augment choreography without changing the blueprint.”
