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Paul-André Fortier

Paul-André Fortier (born in 1948) is a Canadian choreographer and dancer, living in Montreal.

Paul-André Fortier’s career as a dancer started in 1973 with Groupe Nouvelle Aire in Montreal, where were trained choreographers of the same generation such as Edouard Lock, Ginette Laurin, or Daniel Léveillé .

His first creations were Derrière la porte un mur in 1978, Parlez-moi donc du cul de mon enfance in 1979, Violence in 1980 and Fin in 1981. That same year, he won the Jean A. Chalmers National Dance Award and his company, Danse-Théâtre Paul-André Fortier, founded in 1979, was renamed Fortier Danse-Création.

His next creations were Pow !…t’es mort (1982), Ça ne saigne jamais… (1983), Chaleurs (1985), Le Mythe décisif (1987) and Désert (1989). Gradually, Paul-André Fortier’s works slipped from the “narrative into the abstract” leaving “the way open to multiple interpretations, giving the viewer free reign [sic?] to his feelings.”[1]

As a solo artist, Paul-André created Les Males Heures (1989), the first part of a trilogy that would go on to include La Tentation de la transparence (1991) and Bras de Plomb (1993), created with the participation of visual artist Betty Goodwin. La Tentation de la transparence received the Dora Mavor Moore Award.[2]

Returning to group compositions, he created La Part des anges (1996), the epitome of interiority, a quartet exploring the chemistry that connects and disconnects feelings between people; and Jeux de Fous (1998),) a piece for three young graduates of the Université du Québec à Montréal dance department.

The year 2000 witnessed the creation of Loin, très loin, a solo piece for Toronto dancer Peggy Baker. Next, Paul-André Fortier created Tensions for the 10th edition of the Festival international de nouvelle danse in 2001. The work takes an unusually look at human loneliness and bears the stamp of the choreographer’s maturity. The choreographer performs in this duo, which represents a renewal by integrating dance, video and electronic music. Tensions marks a major turning point in Fortier’s choreographic approach, and has toured nationally and internationally.

Risque, created for six young dancers, was presented in 2003 at Agora de la danse. With this project, Paul-André Fortier pursues his goal of supporting a new generation of dancers, whom he feels are able to create a strong connection with the public as well as an enlightening dialogue.

At the Canada Dance Festival in 2004, Paul-André Fortier created Lumière, a group piece including Fortier as performer. In the tradition of Tensions, this work crosses choreography with images and music, and integrates a musical composition by Alain Thibault, video images by Patrick Masbourian, set design by visual artist Pierre Bruneau, and lighting by John Munro.

In 2006, Paul-André Fortier returns to the solo form with his site-specific creation Solo 30X30, presented outdoors, thirty minutes for thirty days. He also creates Solo 1X60 – Un jardin d’objets, which is, this time, meant for the stage at the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (YCAM) in Japan.

Then Cabane was created in 2008. It takes place in and around a shack which can be completely opened. The piece is performed by Paul-André Fortier himself and the visual artist, writer and musician Rober Racine. It can be presented as well on a traditional stage as in a site-specific venue.

His last piece Vertiges is a duet for Paul-André Fortier and Malcolm Goldstein and was created in 2012.

From 2003 to 2007, Paul-André Fortier was appointed choreographer in residence at la Cinquième Salle de la Place des Arts in Montreal. Moreover, he is also member of the Sponsorship Committee at the Grand Théâtre de Lorient (France), created during its inauguration in June 2003.

In 2009, Paul-André Fortier was appointed Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by la République Française. In 2012 he received the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards for Lifetime Artistic Achievement [3] and an appointement to the Order of Canada. In 2013, Paul-André Fortier received a Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec career grant.

Over the course of his career, he has created 40 works in more than 30 years, presented in 10 different countries, and at the age of 64, Paul-André Fortier is still performing on stage.

Honours

  • 1993 : Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Choreography
  • 1981 : Prix Jean A. Chalmer
  • 2009 : Appointed Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by la République Française
  • 2012 : Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement[4]
  • 2012 : Appointed to the Order of Canada
  • 2013 : A career grant from the Conseil des Arts er des Lettres du Québec

Works

  • 2012 : Vertiges
  • 2011 : Box, l'homme au carton, Bras de plomb(revival)
  • 2008 : Cabane, Spirale
  • 2007 : -20°
  • 2006 : Solo 1x60 - Un jardin d'objets, Solo 30x30
  • 2004 : Lumière
  • 2003 : Risque, Sparks
  • 2002 : Excès
  • 2001 : Tensions, MVTS
  • 2000 : Loin, très loin
  • 1998 : Jeux de fous
  • 1996 : La part des anges, Entre la mémoire et l'oubli, Tête d'ange
  • 1995 : Novembre
  • 1993 : Bras de plomb, Double silence
  • 1991 : La tentation de la transparence, Lost, Plein le coeur
  • 1989 : Les males heures, L'été latent, Désert
  • 1987 : O-Pé-Ra Savon, Sans titre et qui le restera, Le mythe décisif, Tell
  • 1986 : Brûler
  • 1985 : Chaleur
  • 1984 : Venus 84, Assis soient-ils
  • 1983 : Gravitation, Ça ne saigne jamais…
  • 1982 : Non coupable, Moi King Kong, Lavabos, Pow!... T'es mort
  • 1981 : Fin, Bande dessinée
  • 1980 : Violence
  • 1979 : Parlez-moi donc du cul de mon enfance, Rêve 1
  • 1978 : Images noires, Derrière la porte un mur

Notes

  1. ^ Guylaine Massoutre - The dancer's assertion : the solos of Paul-André Fortier
  2. ^ "1993 Winners of the Dora Mavor Moore Award" (PDF). Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  3. ^ "Rush wins Governor General's Award". CBC News. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Paul-André Fortier biography". Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation. Retrieved 11 February 2015.

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