Sophie Corriveau

Artist

Sophie Corriveau has worked in the field of dance as a performer, choreographer, teacher, rehearsal director and artistic consultant. She is interested in the transformation of dance practices and the porous nature of the relationship between the work of the performer and the perception of the spectator, seeking to connect the sensitive aspects of the artist’s poetic and social experience.

Sophie Corriveau has been associated with the work of many choreographers, including Louise Bédard, Danièle Desnoyers, Sylvain Émard, Alain Francoeur, Benoît Lachambre, Jean-Sébastien Lourdais, Jean-Pierre Perreault, Manuel Roque and Catherine Tardif. Collaboration is central to her own creative projects; she co-created the solo Jusqu’au silence with her brother, visual artist Thomas Corriveau, and she collaborated with Marc Boivin, Michel F. Côté, Benoît Lachambre, and Catherine Tardif to create 6.3 évanouissements. Together with Katya Montaignac, she conceived the event Nous (ne) sommes (pas) tous des danseur.se.s, an unusual project that brought artists together to explore inherent issues in the field of dance. In the autumn of 2017, Corriveau conceived and created Fluid Grounds with Benoît Lachambre, an ambulatory work combining visual art and the somatic body that explores notions of connectivity and memory in a cartography of presence.

In 2016, she received the Prix de la danse de Montréal – Prix interprète, an award that acknowledged the longevity of her career, her ability to reinvent herself and her dedication to her practice and to her community.