Contemporary Art: Gold and Cheese Curds

By Catherine Lavoie-Marcus

Catherine Lavoie-Marcus is an interdisciplinary artist and live art researcher based in Tiohtiá:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal. Since 2009, she has been presenting choreographic works in various contexts: on stage, in situ, in art galleries and museums. She publishes zines, articles and essays to share her theoretical research, and, from 2014 to 2019, she has a free writing column at esse arts + opinions with Michel F Côté. For the 2022 edition of Festival TransAmériques, the pair launched the literary oddity Danses à venir, a collection of 161 dance proposals that speculate on choreographic art and its future. Catherine holds a PhD in Art Practice and Studies from UQAM.

Translated from French by Simon Brown (original version)

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