Interpreters

Myriam Arseneault Campbell is a dance artist and researcher based in Tio’tià:ke / Montreal, Canada. Trained in classical music, she went on to study literature and dance at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She collaborates assiduously with Le Carré des Lombes/Danièle Desnoyers as a performer, dances for choreographers Andréa Peña, Taoufiq Izeddiou and Alexandre Morin, and performs in the many research projects of artist and lighting designer Hugo Dalphond. She cultivates and archives her somatic, philosophical and magical experiences in order to exercise and complexify her links with the living. Her enigmatic presence is revealed as much in large-scale works as in intimate performances.

Based in Tiohtià :ke/ Montreal and initially trained in classical music, Léonie Bélanger began studying contemporary dance at the Cégep de Saint-Laurent, then completed her bachelor’s degree in the dance department at UQAM in 2021. Since then, she has worked as a performer with Caroline Laurin-Beaucage, Catherine Lavoie-Marcus and is now collaborating with the Carré des Lombes.

Although in love with the work of a performer in all its forms, Léonie is also driven by the posture of an outside eye and by creation. She presents, among others, one of her creations co-created with Éloi Angers-Roy during the festival Art Souterrain (2021) with whom she is currently pursuing a research of digital art. In constant reaffirmation of her approach, she now likes to define her art as a practice of the body in the broadest sense. She therefore goes out to meet other art forms – visual art, theater, music and performance – wishing to inform her own and enter into dialogue with those of others. Photo | © Alexya Crôteau-Grégoire

Originally from Drummondville, Châtelaine Côté-Rioux is a contemporary dance artist based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, who places at the heart of her research a quest for sensations, meanings and the imaginary. Châtelaine completed a bachelor’s degree in dance at UQAM in 2020, where she took part in productions by Catherine Gaudet and Parts+Labour_Danse, followed by Stéphanie Decourteille’s BIG BANG training in 2021. In 2022, she presented her first piece, Théorie Popcorn, co-created with Pamela Aubé at Tangente’s Danses Buissonnières. She works as a performer with Le Carré des Lombes/Danièle Desnoyers, Caroline Laurin-Beaucage and Sarah Dell’Ava, as well as with several emerging artists, including Rozenn Lecomte, Claire Pearl and Noël Vézina. Châtelaine also teaches dance workshops for young audiences and cultivates a commitment to the poetic and political scope of the performing arts, getting involved in various cultural initiatives. Photo | © Maude Archambault-Wakil

Paige Culley is a native of Rossland, British Columbia. She studied at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre, where she received a scholarship for young contemporary dance artists from the Hnatyshyn Foundation. After obtaining her diploma in 2010, she worked for the company Dancemakers, performing works by Antonija Livingstone, Martin Bélanger and Ame Henderson. From 2011 to 2016, Culley worked closely with compagnie Marie Chouinard, performing the existing repertoire and developing original roles. Paige Culley is also the winner of the 2012 danceWEB scholarship at the Festival ImPulsTanz in Vienna. She was mentored by Robin Poitras and Benoît Lachambre. Paige Culley appeared in the original cast of More than Naked by Doris Uhlich and the Montréal version of Nature Redux by Marten Spangberg. Since 2012, she collaborates with Le Carré des Lombes / Danièle Desnoyers and continues to perform works by Daina Ashbee and Lucy May. In 2017, she received the “Découverte” award at les Prix de la Danse in Montréal. Photo | © Tony Chong

Kimberley de Jong is a dancer and choreographer based in the Tiohtià:ke territories. She will present her work Cycle, a collaboration with actor Jon Lachlan Stewart, based on the graphic illustrations in Ruth Gwily’s book, in February 2025 at Espace Libre. Her work, (M)other, an investigation into the reappropriation of motherhood with five dancers, cellist Anne Bourne and projectionist Philippe Leonard, was included in the exhibition Les engendrements at the Galerie de l’Université de Montréal in 2024. In October 2022, she presents her work The Day the Wild Cried with sound collaborator Jason Sharp and set designers Wendt/Dufaux at La Chapelle Scène contemporaine. She has danced for many choreographers over her 20-year career, including Marie Chouinard, Sylvain Emard, Frédérick Gravel, Caroline Laurin-Beaucage, Martin Messier and Danièle Desnoyers. Kimberley works as a rehearsal director for Compagnie Marie Chouinard. Kimberley de Jong is also a birth attendant, Pilates instructor and mother of three. 

Aurélie Ann Figaro is a performer originally from Haiti. As well as training in traditional Haitian dance with Shérane Figaro, she graduated from the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal in 2022. She has since collaborated with several companies, including Compagnie Oredans, Other Animals: Interdisciplinary Arts, Le Carré des Lombes/Danièle Desnoyers, Compagnie Catherine Gaudet and WAFD Interdisciplinary Creations. Ancestrality, eclecticism and versatility guide Aurélie in her career as a dance artist. Photo | © Julie Artacho

Gabby Kachan’s passion for dance emerged at a young age. Raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, she completed her training in the Intensive Training Program at Halifax Dance. As a major award winner from the Nova Scotia Talent Trust throughout her youth, Gabby regularly performed as part of Halifax Dance’s The Young Company and assumed a lead role in Symphony Nova Scotia’s The Nutcracker. In 2018, Gabby moved to Montréal to study at École de Danse Contemporaine de Montréal. During her time at EDCM Gabby worked with choreographers such as Andrea Peña, Andrew Turner, Charles Brecard, James Viveiros, Kanpai – Natalia De Miguel & Jorge Jáuregui Allue and Darryl Tracy, to name a few. Since graduating, Gabby has had the honour of working with Le Carré des Lombes in UNFOLD | 7 Perspectives at OFF-FTA in Montreal as well as performing and touring 6.58: Manifesto by Andrea Peña and Artists, including opening Tanzmesse 2022 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Gabby has always been interested in channelling her body’s capabilities in different forms both as a dancer and as a competitive rower for many years. She continues to be excited about exploring movement and the connection between the artists and the audience. Photo | © Bobby León

His initial passion for urban dance, combined with his training in contemporary dance, gives Jean-Benoit Labrecque a great versatility of interpretation sought by creators. Since his graduation from EDCM in 2014, he has collaborated with choreographer Danièle Desnoyers on four creations; Anatomie d’un souffle (2016), UNFOLD | 7 perspectives (2019), La Forêt Mixte (2021), and Faunes-Variations (2022). Jean-Benoit has also collaborated since 2015 with Toronto choreographer Riley Sims on several creations, including Are you still coming tonight (2016), Drunk Fiction (2017), Ode Parade (2017), Amorous Playlist (2019) and This lament i’ll lip-syinc until i’m born (2022). He also collaborates with choreographer Andréa Pena on several projects, including the piece Untitled I + III presented at Usine C in 2019, the short film Sainte-Monique presented by the Festival Quartier Danse in 2020, as well as the piece Manifesto 6.58 premiered at the Agora in 2021. He also collaborates with choreographers Virginie Brunelle, Catherine Gaudet, Frédérick Gravel, Alan Lake, Daniel Léveillé, Jacques Poulin Denis, Sébastien Provencher and George Stamos. Photo | © CPGN.photography