Mélanie Demers is a Canadian dancer and choreographer from Quebec, most noted as founder of the dance compagny : MAYDAY[1]
Formerly a dancer with the O Vertigo dance company, she launched MAYDAY in 2007.[2] Works she has created with MAYDAY have included Les Angles morts,[3] Junkyard/Paradise,[2] Goodbye,[4] Something about Wilderness,[5] La Goddam Voie Lactée,[6] and Confession Publique.[7]
In 2024 she was named the recipient of the National Arts Centre Award from the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards.[8]
References
- ^ "Mélanie Demers, la danseuse contemporaine hyperactive". Ici Radio-Canada Première, May 10, 2022.
- ^ a b Catherine Lalonde, "Danse - Mélanie Demers : bonheur aveugle et beauté Dollarama". Le Devoir, January 22, 2011.
- ^ Frédérique Doyon, "Danse - Mélanie Demers traque les troublantes réalités de l'existence". Le Devoir, April 21, 2007.
- ^ Victor Swoboda, "Mélanie Demers finds new ways to say goodbye". Montreal Gazette, March 7, 2013.
- ^ Kathleen Smith, "Melanie Demers". Now, September 19, 2013.
- ^ Janet Smith, "Montreal's Mélanie Demers unleashes the female voice in La Goddam Voie Lactée". Stir, February 1, 2022.
- ^ Janet Smith, "MAYDAY's award-winning Confession Publique is an act of radical exposure, May 26 and 27". Stir, May 25, 2023.
- ^ "Andrea Martin, Maestro Fresh Wes to receive Canada's top honour in the performing arts". CBC Arts, February 22, 2024.
