Marie Chouinard

Marie Chouinard OC (born 14 May 1955) is a Canadian dancer, choreographer, and dance company director.

Life and work
In 1978, Chouinard presented her first work, Crystallization. After 12 years as a solo performer and choreographer, Chouinard founded her own company in 1990, the Compagnie Marie Chouinard. In 1988, Chouinard, along with Wim Vandekeybus and Mark Tompkins, introduced the ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival. Her son is actor Théodore Pellerin.

Performances and solo works

 * 1978 : Cristallisation
 * 1979 : Cristallisation (les 5 cycles)
 * 1979 : Dimanche matin, mai 1955
 * 1979 : Danse pour un homme habillé de noir et qui porte un revolver
 * 1979 : 5 Chorégraphies pour le public pieds nus
 * 1979 : Les oeufs, ou autrefois il y avait, il y a longtemps, au temps où...
 * 1980 : Voyages dans les limbes
 * 1980 : Auto-portrait no 1
 * 1980 : Auto-portrait no 2
 * 1980 : Petite danse sans nom
 * 1980 : Les Grenouilles
 * 1980 : Mimas, Lune de Saturne
 * 1980 : La Leçon
 * 1980 : Dislocations
 * 1980 : Chanson de gestes
 * 1980 : Quelques façons d'avancer tranquillement vers toi
 * 1980 : Jaune
 * 1980 : Récréation
 * 1980 : Dimanche matin, mai 2005
 * 1980 : Conversations
 * 1981 : Plaisir de tous les sens dans tous les sens
 * 1981 : Danseuse-performeuse cherche amoureux ou amoureuse pour la nuit de 1er juin
 * 1982 : Meat meets meat, avec Claude-Marie Caron
 * 1982 : Marie Chien Noir (Mimas, Lune de Saturne; Chien Noir et Plaisirs de tous les sens dans tous les sens)
 * 1984 : Table of Contents I
 * 1985 : Chebre, avec Claude-Marie Caron
 * 1985 : Earthquake in the Heartchakra; Table of Contents II
 * 1986 : Drive in the Dragon; Crue; S.T.A.B.(Space, Time and Beyond)
 * 1987 : L'Après-midi d'un faune
 * 1988 : Biophilia
 * 1989 : Poèmes d'atmosphère
 * 1990 : Lettre ouverte à Terpsichore
 * 1992 : Endangered species; Cet instant-ci et l'éternité; Terpsichore a cappella
 * 2010 : Lingam, Campagne
 * 2012 : In Museum

Choreography works

 * 1991 : Les Trous du ciel
 * 1993 : The Rite of the Spring
 * 1994 : Prelude to the afternoon of a faun
 * 1996 : L’Amande et le diamant
 * 1998 : Les Solos 1978-1998
 * 1998 : Étude Poignante
 * 1998 : Humanitas
 * 1999 : Des feux dans la nuit
 * 1999 : 24 Preludes by Chopin
 * 2000 : Le Cri du monde
 * 2001 : Étude no 1
 * 2003 : Chorale
 * 2005 : Mouvements
 * 2005 : bODY_rEMIX/gOLDBERG_vARIATIONS
 * 2008 : Orpheus and Eurydice
 * 2009 : morning glories
 * 2010 : The Golden Mean (Live)
 * 2012 : Henri Michaux: Mouvements
 * 2013 : Gymnopédies

Works in repertory of other companies

 * 2003 :  Prelude to the afternoon of a faun and The Rite of the Spring/Ballet Gulbenkian, Portugal
 * 2008 :  24 preludes by Chopin/ Ballet national de Toronto, Canada
 * 2009 :  Prelude to the afternoon of a faun/São Paulo Companhia de Dança, Brésil

Film

 * 2003 : Cantique no 1
 * 2008 : bODY_rEMIX/gOLDBERG_vARIATIONS (produced by Amérimage-Spectra and realized by Marie Chouinard)

Multiscreen film

 * 2003 : Cantique no 2

Installations

 * 2004 : Cantique no 3 (participative installation created with Louis Dufort)
 * 2009 : Icônes (video installation created with Luc Courchesne)

Awards and distinctions

 * 1981 - Studio du Québec à New York (Gouvernement du Québec), first recipient awarded to Marie Chouinard
 * 1986 - Prize Jacqueline-Lemieux awarded to Marie Chouinard
 * 1987 - Jean A. Chalmers awarded to Marie Chouinard
 * 1993 - Prize Artist Lifetime Achievement awarded to Marie Chouinard
 * 1994 - Prize Boat Award (Glasgow, Scotland) for The Rite of the Spring
 * 2000 - Bessie Award for sustained achievement (New York) awarded to Marie Chouinard
 * 2003 - The French Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers award SACD, Paris
 * 2003 - The movie Cantique no 1 receives a prize at the Moving Pictures Festival of Danse on Film and Video, Toronto (performance prize for Carol Prieur and Benoît Lachambre)
 * 2003 - National Arts Center Award, a companion award of the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards
 * 2006 - Archanget Award for Le vol de Lindbergh and Les 7 Péchés capitaux, choreographed by Marie Chouinard, Edinburgh Festival
 * 2006 - Grand Prix du Conseil des Arts de Montreal for the Company's impact on Montreal dance and is workbODY_rEMIX/gOLDBERG_vARIATIONS
 * 2007 - Officier of the Ordre of Canada awarded to Marie Chouinard
 * 2009 - Gemini Award (Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series) awarded to Compagnie Marie Chouinard dancers for their performance in the movie bODY_rEMIX/gOLDBERG_vARIATIONS
 * 2009 - Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France awarded to Marie Chouinard
 * 2010 - Compagnie Marie Chouinard was awarded by the Imperial Tobacco Foundation's Arts Achievement Award 2010
 * 2010 - Prix du Québec (Denise Pelletier Prize) awarded to Marie Chouinard
 * 2015 - Knight of the National Order of Quebec
 * 2016 - Lifetime Achievement Award, Dance, Governor General's Performing Arts Awards