Created by Dana Michel & Tracy Maurice. Dana Michel is an associated artist of Par B.L.eux.

Produced by the ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art, organised by ANTI - Contemporary Art Festival, in collaboration with Par B.L.eux.

Co-produced with the support of the Visiting Dance Artist program, a joint initiative of the National Arts Centre and the Canada Council for the Arts.

Funded by the Saastamoinen Foundation.

Dana Michel is the 2019 Winner of ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art.

Dana Michel (CA)

 is a live artist. Her works interact with the expanded fields of improvisation, choreography, sculpture, comedy, hip-hop, cinematography, techno, poetry, psychology, dub and social commentary to create centrifuge of experience.

Before graduating from the BFA program in Contemporary Dance at Concordia University in her late twenties, Michel was a marketing executive, competitive runner and football player. In 2014, she was awarded the newly created ImPulsTanz Award (Vienna) in recognition for outstanding artistic accomplishments, and was highlighted among notable female choreographers of the year by the New York Times. In 2017, Michel was awarded the Silver Lion for Innovation in Dance at the Venice Biennale. In 2018, she became the first ever dance artist in residence at the National Arts Centre, Canada.  In 2019, she was awarded the ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art (Kuopio, Finland).

Michel is currently touring three solo performance works: YELLOW TOWEL, MERCURIAL GEORGE and CUTLASS SPRING . Based in Montreal, Michel is an associate artist with Par.B.L.eux.

Tracy Maurice (CA)

Tracy Maurice is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Montreal. She works across mediums in art, design and video. Her research-based practice embraces material exploration and analog special effects techniques. Themes often explore nature, temporality, movement, and existence. Her work has been shown at 11th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (QC), Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (NY), and Nuit Blanche (TO). Maurice was the Creative Director for the band Arcade Fire & created album artwork, music videos & live content for the albums Funeral & Neon Bible, including the interactive music video for the band’s single, Black Mirror. In 2008, Maurice won a Juno Award for Best Director of the Year for Neon Bible. She has given talks at Berklee College of Music, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, and taught at the IDFA Film Academy at the University of California at Berkeley.

How to get there?

There is an accessible entrance and accessible WC at the venue.