Pillow Lab:
Hélène Simoneau Danse
At Perles Family Studio: Oct 26
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About
Hélène Simoneau Danse
Developmental Residency | October 16-27, 2024
Invited Showing | October 26, 2024
During her residency, Hélène Simoneau Danse plans to develop a new work titled Late Bloomer, which will examine themes of power in the context of belonging. The work will explore the desire to be included, the consequences of exclusion, survival, and the effects of being ostracized.
Simoneau is a French-Canadian choreographer exploring themes of intimacy, agency, identity, sexuality, and power. Her choreography has been commissioned by Oregon Ballet Theatre, The Juilliard School, Charlotte Ballet, PARA.MAR Dance Theatre, Vitacca Ballet, Amy Seiwert’s Imagery, BalletX, the Ailey School, Dimensions Dance Theatre, and the American Dance Festival. As a recent Choreography Fellow at New York City Center and a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship recipient, Simoneau has also been a resident artist at Baryshnikov Arts Center, NYU/Tisch, and NCCAkron. Simoneau was a fellow of The Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU, Ailey’s New Directions Choreography Lab, the Bogliasco Foundation, and the Swiss International Coaching Project for Choreographers (SiWiC) in Zurich. Simoneau was awarded first place for Choreography at the 13th Internationales Solo-Tanz-Theater Festival in Stuttgart, Germany, for her solo the gentleness was in her hands. Originally from Luceville, a small village near Rimouski in Eastern Québec, Simoneau now divides her time between Montréal and NYC.
Additional support for this residency is made possible by the Vivienne Jones Endowment Fund at Jacob’s Pillow created by Christopher Jones, then President of the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Board of Trustees and his wife, Deb McAllister in honor of Jones’s mother. The Fund was established to enhance the reach of the Pillow Lab by supporting a residency for a company based outside of New York/New England.
Location
Perles Family Studio
WATCH HÉLÈNE SIMONEAU DANSE: INSIDE THE PILLOW LAB DOCUMENTARY
Want to see the work? Jacob’s Pillow Members at the $500 level and above, as well as our College Partners, are invited to Jacob’s Pillow to attend an in-person showing by the artists at the end of the residency. Video livestreams may also be available for certain showings. This opportunity is offered by email invitation in advance of the event.
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Lead support for the Pillow Lab is provided by the Mellon Foundation
