AMÉLIE DUGUAY |
In 2020, Amélie Duguay obtained her Master’s degree in Theatre Practice from the University of Ottawa. Having always had an interest in dance-theater and the place of the body on stage, she has taken various training courses with dancers and choreographers (notably Brandon Lagaert, Rob Hayden and Natalia Pieczuro) or in various dance centers including P.A.R.T.S (Brussels), Henny Jurriens Studio (Amsterdam) and L’École de théâtre physique (Strasbourg). Since then, Amélie has choreographed several projects, most recently Blue Light at La Nouvelle Scène Gilles Desjardins, Vivarium at the University of Ottawa, Structure sans visage as part of the Actoral Festival in Ottawa, and a co-direction with Pierre Antoine Lafon Simard, A.I : l’auteur créateur, based on the dialogue between choreography and artificial intelligence.
PIERRE ANTOINE LAFON SIMARD |
A graduate of the University of Ottawa and the Conservatoire d’art dramatique of the National Theatre School of Canada, Pierre Antoine Lafon Simard is a director, sound and video designer. Since 2010, he has worked as a programming assistant at Usine C, a narrative consultant for the NFB Interactive and MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and a visiting professor at the University of Ottawa. Since October 2016, he has been artistic director of Théâtre du Trillium. He has directed several productions, including Taram (2011), Déluge (2012), MILF (2017), Moon Mission (2018), Mon corps livré pour vous (2018), Néon
Boréal (2019) and Durant des années (2023), Insoumises (2024). He has also created several sound and video designs, including Jeff Koons, a spatial and digital design in VR (2019), Demain, j’étais ici: un parcours audio numérique (2021) and Le Virus et la proie (2023). In 2020, he co-founded the Scène Nationale du Son, a digital space for the performing arts, where he co-directs contemporary dramaturgy. In 2024, he was part of the team that founded CCAAI (co-creating for art and AI).
