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Movement Theory Lab: Discussion with Angélique Willkie

12.04.2024 04:30 PM

Event Summary

A woman wrapped in a knitted blanket stands in front of microphone stands.

Photo of Angélique Wilkie by Kévin Calixte.

At this conversation, performer and dramaturg Angélique Willkie will discuss her artistic practice with members of the Movement Theory Lab, part of the Arts Labs research project the Neubauer Collegium. The event will follow an invitation-only showing of the solo Confession Publique and precedes an invitation-only workshop with the Movement Theory Lab (learn more here). This series of events is supported by MAYDAY, the Neubauer Collegium, Rebuild Foundation, and Monastery Foundation.

About the Speaker

Performer, singer, dramaturg and pedagogue, Angélique Willkie pursued a long career in Europe where, over 25 years, she performed with dance companies and independent projects throughout Europe, most notably Alain Platel/Les Ballets C. de la B., Jan Lauwers/Needcompany, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Helena Waldmann and as a singer with the Belgian world-music group Zap Mama. Since 2014, Angélique has been actively involved in Montreal’s professional dance community as teacher, performer and dramaturg, contributing to the work of prominent choreographers both on and offstage. She is the 2022 recipient of the Prix de la danse de Montréal, catégorie Interprète, for her solo performance, Confession Publique. She is Associate Professor in the Department of Contemporary Dance at Concordia University in Montreal, and her current research interests are firmly anchored in interdisciplinary artistic creation with a specific focus on the dramaturgy of the performer and decolonial dramaturgical practices. She holds a Concordia University Research Chair (CURC) in Ecologies of B/black Performance, is Special Advisor to the Provost on Black Integration and Knowledges and was chair of Concordia’s President’s Task Force on Anti-Black Racism. Angélique is a 2023 inductee as a Fellow into the Royal Society of Canada.

About the Moderator

Clara Nizard is a performer, translator, curator, and PhD candidate in English and Performance Studies at the University of Chicago. Their most recent work, summer games, was shown at The Lawn (Chicago) in Summer 2024. Other works include performances at the Logan Center for the Arts (Chicago), the Brink Festival (UK), and the Collisions Festival (UK). Their co-translations of the poet Cécile Mainardi have appeared in Asymptote and FENCE, and you can find their critical writing in Chicago Review, ASAP/J, and Performance Response Journal.