2022-2023 Montreal Classes – Dominique Porte

Drop-ins welcome

Advance registration required

Sourcing different techniques and movement approaches significant to her, including release technique, Cunningham, tai chi, and hatha yoga, Dominique Porte invites you to increase your movement capacity and develop your physical, dynamic, and sensory skills through her technique class.

The class begins with different floorwork and standing exercises and combinations to engage your physical perception in relationship to yourself and your environment. You will experiment with notions of weight and coordination, modulating dynamics to increase awareness of muscular and skeletal connections, and improving your cardiovascular capacity to imbue your movement with presence and vitality.

The second part of class is dedicated to learning a combination that will challenge your dynamic skills, and your proficiency to travel and inhabit space through dance. Considering that no position nor movement is a static balance, you will be encouraged to use “appropriate effort.”

Maximum capacity: 50 people

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Trained at the Conservatoire de Danse in Avignon, and then at the Centre National de Danse Contemporaine d’Angers, France, Dominique Porte moved to Montréal in 1989.

Initially recognized as a dancer, namely with Compagnie Marie Chouinard, William Douglas and José Navas, she has received numerous commissions from the ECDM, Danse-Cité, and more recently, the National Circus School. She has travelled through Canada, Europe, in Korea, and in India with her choreography.

A part-time teacher at UQAM for more than 25 years, Dominic also teaches hatha and therapeutic yoga.

Advance registration and payment required

1. Fill out registration form.
2. Fill out your Services Québec participant profile. This form will be valid for all the classes you will take in Montréal for the current session, ending March 2, 2023.
3. Pay for classes via Interac before presenting yourself to class.

> Check if you qualify for the subsidized fee

The Regroupement québécois de la danse Montréal classes are made possible through the financial support of the Gouvernement du Québec and Compétence Culture, comité sectoriel de main-d’œuvre en culture.