Benoît Lachambre

Benoît Lachambre, the magician of moving bodies, transcends the boundaries of reality to create choreographic works that defy imagination. Born on August 13, 1958, he is a free spirit among Canadian dancers and choreographers, exploring the depths of the human soul through his unique body language.

From his birth in Montreal, a dancing star was born. Benoît Lachambre grew up in a world where movements were echoes of invisible symphonies. His body, his palette of expressions, developed like a living watercolor, waiting to be revealed to the world.

He emancipated his early talent by studying dance at the École supérieure de danse du Québec, but he aspired for more. He left the shores of his homeland to reach the shores of the Rotterdam Dance Academy in the Netherlands. There, he immersed himself in a sea of artistic possibilities, drinking from the boiling waters of creativity.

Lachambre's journey led him through the fertile lands of contemporary dance, where he encountered bold spirits that illuminated his path. Édouard Lock, an enchantress of movement, was the first to recognize Lachambre's radiant promise. Meg Stuart, the sorceress of bodily expression, bewitched his mind, while Sasha Waltz, the mistress of grace, revealed to Lachambre the secrets of body language.

But it was the hidden worlds of butoh dance, contact improvisation, and somatic philosophy that captured Lachambre's soul. In these mysterious universes, he found the key that would unlock the doors of the unknown. He merged these eclectic techniques with his own vision, thus creating a unique style, a kaleidoscope of fluid and organic movements.

In 1996, Lachambre shaped his own universe by founding Par B.L.eux, a dance company where bodies become brushes and space an infinite canvas. His epic choreographies, such as "Is You Me," "Snakeskins," and "Fluid Grounds," have become legends of the global art scene, exhilarating the senses and awakening buried emotions.

Like a dance shaman, Lachambre shares his knowledge and love of art with the world. Through workshops and dance classes, he guides budding creative spirits, encouraging them to explore the dark corners of their own expressiveness. He breaks the barriers of conventional thinking, freeing the imagination to soar in uncharted skies.

But Lachambre is not just a dancer and choreographer. He is an alchemist of collaboration, blending visual arts, music, video, and installations in enchanting multidisciplinary performances. His creations are carnivals of the mind, fusions of emotions that transcend the boundaries of reality.

Honors and awards have inevitably crowned Benoît Lachambre's genius. The Jacqueline Lemieux Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Montreal Dance Prize have recognized the profound impact of his innovative work. But Lachambre's influence extends far beyond trophies and honors. He is a beacon guiding lost artists to unexplored shores of human expression.

Thus, Benoît Lachambre continues to inspire and dazzle audiences worldwide. His moving body is an enigma, an embrace of ephemeral beauty that never ceases to captivate us. He reminds us that in every dance step, a story and a truth lie hidden, transcending the language of words.

Félix-Antoine Morin

Whether using the medium of music or image, the overall approach of Félix-Antoine Morin’s work is guided by the aesthetic principle of a poetic execution. Transfiguring reality by shifting it into fiction and abstraction, his creations develop a lyric quality as they pass through multiple stages of writing, transforming, and mutating reality into new, perceptual, visual and sonic imagery. His area of exploration encompasses a wide range of mediums, including electroacoustic music composition, video art, graphic scores, photography, immersive installations, and new media.

In his work, he explores various possibilities of constructing between and within mediums, so that their execution translates into an incantation. This approach seeks to work through a logic of immersion by producing multisensorial work that invites viewers to merge with it and discover the potential of a unique imaginary. In a state of constant motion and metamorphosis, his creations become transit routes for examining various phenomena such as ubiquity, scales of magnitude, infra-worlds, psychoacoustics, and the musical subjectivity of imagery. These perceptual experiences translate representations of the world into universes that are unusual, realistic, or recomposed at different scales.

As a sound and visual artist, Morin draws inspiration for his compositions from traditional and sacred music, invoking the processual approach of ritual.

Félix-Antoine Morin studied visual arts at UQAM and electroacoustic composition at the Conservatory of Montreal. In 2008, he won a JTTP award and in 2012, he received the Joseph S. Stauffer award from the Canada Council for the Arts. His works have been featured in several national and international events. He is also a founding member of the Kohlenstoff Records label.