Montreal’s Festival TransAmériques info session

May 25th to June 9th, 2022 (days off TBD: May 29th & June 4th)

An intensive course (14 days) organized around the programming of the Festival TransAmériques that will provoke encounters between the arts and its practitioners. The course will expose students to national and international contemporary choreographic and theatrical creations. Students will be given tools to observe, appreciate and critically reflect on various theoretical and embodied notions from different artistic perspectives. These will include the language of the body, relationships to space and to audience, dramaturgy in dance, dance versus non-dance aesthetics, theatricality, performativity and sociopolitical contexts. Students will be expected to attend seven obligatory performances (6 paying, 1 free) that will form the basis for discussion and analysis. The course may also include guest speakers, artist exchanges, films and public lectures. Lectures will be given in English and provision will be made for translation from French to English during festival events, if required. As far as possible, classes will take place at the Quartier Général (festival headquarters). 

Registration & payment deadline: April 6th, 2022

N.B. Concordia International Field Schools require a downpayment of $500 at the time of registration. This includes the course fee as well as the total extra costs of $162 for six obligatory performance tickets. All payments are refundable in case of cancellation.

Professor:  Angélique Willkie, Department of Contemporary Dance.

For further information, contact Angélique.