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Isabelle Poirier: Exploring the many paths of transmission (excerpt)
Place
MontrealDate
May 1, 2018Editor
AudiotopieRecording
Sandrine Carpentier-L.Length
0 min 59
Interview with Isabelle Poirier conducted by Sophie Michaud on May 1, 2018, at the artist’s house, in Montreal.
© Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault, 2018
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From May 15 to 18, the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault invited the entire dance community to take part in the focus day series Between Traces and Writing. Featuring round table discussions, conversations, performances and workshops, the event explored the themes of traces, notation, documentation, memory, body/archives…
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