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. Chouinard has lived in many places, including New York, Berlin, Bali and Nepal. She has created more than 50 solo and group works. Chouinard's works since 1978 reflect her view of dance as a sacred art, her respect for the body as a vehicle of that art, her virtuoso approach to performance and the invention of a different universe for each new piece. In 1988, Marie Chouinard along with Wim Vandekeybus and Mark Tompkins, for the first time introduced the ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival. Chouinard is still closely connected with ImPulsTanz, which meanwhile has grown to Europe’s biggest contemporary festival. Her son is actor Théodore Pellerin.
Bibliography.
Monographs
2008 : Chantier des extases (poetry), les Éditions du passage (Montréal)
2010 : Compagnie Marie Chouinard, Les Éditions du passage (Montréal)
2010 : morning glories :)-(:, Editions Compagnie Marie Chouinard
References.
(2)Herod, Kena "Marie Chouinard- myth and celebration"
October 2005 Dance Magazine http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1083/is_10_79/ai_n15966300/
(3)Strini, Tom "Compagnie Marie Chouinard puts body of work on display"
March 25, 2009 Journal Sentinel
(4)"The Arts | Dance Review | Chouinard gives "Orpheus and Eurydice" a provocative
twist | Seattle Times Newspaper." The Seattle Times | Seattle Times Newspaper. 15 April 
2009
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on=rss>.
(5)"Compagnie Marie Chouinard." San Francisco Performances. 15 April 2009
<https://web.archive.org/web/20090412234012/http://performances.org/performances/0809/CompagnieMarieChouinard.html>.