Marc Boivin

A generous and prolific dancer whose career has spanned nearly 25 years, Marc Boivin has worked and performed in Quebec, Canada, and abroad. He began his career in 1982 with Ottawa’s Groupe de la Place Royale, under the direction of Peter Boneham, and has since lent his interpretive qualities to many choreographers and projects. He joined O Vertigo, under choreographer Ginette Laurin, in 1985, participating in the company’s earliest creations and in several tours in Canada, the United States, and Europe. He began to work as a freelance artist in 1991. Many renowned choreographers such as Louise Bédard, Sylvain Émard, André Gingras, James Kudelka, Jean-Pierre Perreault, Dominique Porte, Tedd Robinson, Felix Ruckert, and Catherine Tardif have since solicited his talent and skill as a dancer for their works. Over the years, Boivin has also taken part in numerous improvisation projects, notably with Peter Bingham and Andrew Harwood, which have proven to be determining influences in his artistic trajectory. In 1999, Boivin was awarded the Jacqueline Lemieux Prize by the Canada Council for the Arts.

Parallel with his work as a dancer, Boivin has pursued a very active teaching career since 1987, when he joined the faculty at LADMMI l’école de danse contemporaine, in Montreal. His pedagogic approach is infused with the same passion that he brings to interpretation, and he is regularly called upon to teach and choreograph in professional schools and universities across Canada.

While Boivin has evolved over many years as a performer, giving shape and meaning to the languages of different choreographers, he has also developed a marked interest in creation. His fascination with human beings nourishes his desire to explore a choreographic vision and voice of his own. His first choreographic works were realized in the context of teaching activities, commissioned by prestigious schools across Canada. Since 2004 he has created solos (To Somewhere Else for Jolene Bailie of Winnipeg and between here and now for Jennifer Dallas in Toronto), as well as group pieces (Fragments, for Code Universel in Quebec City and The Fictions Project for Toronto collective firstthingsfirst, amongst others).

The creation of R.A.F.T. 70 and Impact marked a pivotal moment in his career, opening the creative potential that exists between the realms of choreography and guided improvisation.

Highly involved in the contemporary dance milieu, Boivin has been the President of Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault since 2005, was a member of the Conseil des arts de Montréal from 2006 to 2010, and was elected President of the Regroupement québécois de la danse (RQD) in October 2010.

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