Against the Neutral Canvas: Corporeal Dramaturgy in Dance Creation and Performance

A two-year, international research-creation project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC) led by research-practitioner Angélique Willkie. With collaboration from choreographers Pia Meuthen and Mélanie Demers, the project aims to rethink the body of the dancer as a political site of corporeal singularity and an active point of departure for creation, rather than merely an instrument for channeling the creativity of others. 

This project is composed of two main research-creations: Against the Black Canvas, with Pia Meuthen as choreographer, Tarek Rammo as performer and A. Willkie as dramaturg, and Confessions Publiques, with Mélanie Demers as performer, Anne-Marie Jourdenais as rehearsal director, and Angélique Willkie as performer and dramaturg.