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Deadline to Register

May 4 2026

Exact Schedule

• Monday, May 11, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, May 12, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, May 13, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Thursday, May 14, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Friday, May 15, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Being a contortionist does not mean “being flexible.” It is a bodily technique that can be learned, practiced, and developed over time. There is no secret. Contortion is a heightened awareness of the body’s internal sensations and an intimate dialogue with one’s limits—the body’s allies. In constant conversation with one’s own body, contortion seeks to open it rather than bend it. Without ever pushing beyond our limits, we will learn to collaborate with them, always with complete respect for the body.

With the goal of demystifying movement and spinal range of motion, this workshop is intended for all body artists who wish to: improve their flexibility; discover a new bodily technique; gain new tools to integrate flexibility into their practice; develop confidence and understanding that allow them to explore focused, specific work on the spine; embark on a new journey into their body’s internal sensations; and open themselves to a new approach to the body.

These classes will be based on specific exercises in active flexibility and elongation. We will listen to and serve the body, addressing posture and endurance, and exploring the possibilities of its full range of motion.

Objectives

• Deepen techniques for alternating the roles of base and flyer.
• Strengthen communication skills that support a safe and healthy practice.
• Explore the integration of dramaturgy into lifts.
• Get introduced to group lifts and experiment with creative exercises.
• Analyze hand-to-hand work: power dynamics, gender biases, creative processes, and communication.

Who is this training for ?

For professional artists of the live arts.

Prerequisit

To have physical and acrobatic abilities.

Instructors

Gradué de l’École de cirque de Québec en 2018, le duo Agathe Bisserier et Adrien Malette-Chénier travaille aux frontières du cirque, de la danse et du théâtre/performance. L’échange des rôles porteur/voltigeur leur permet de développer un vocabulaire circassien et artistique unique.

Graduates of the École de cirque de Québec in 2018, the duo Agathe Bisserier and Adrien Malette-Chénier work at the intersection of circus, dance, and theatre/performance. Their alternating roles as base and flyer allow them to develop a unique circus and artistic vocabulary.

As emerging artists, Agathe and Adrien initially work with major circus companies in Québec. However, seeking to express their social and environmental values through engaged circus, they founded, along with Nathan Biggs-Penton, the company Acting for Climate Montréal, and turned to creation-based circus, presenting multiple works in Québec, including Branché, Piece of Mind, and now N.Ormes.

Tired of the outdated and toxic male/female relationship patterns still present in the circus world today, they blend circus codes, contemporary dance, and performative art to create a rich, complex acrobatic language, rooted in a feminist approach to redefining norms.

Questions ?

Contact Nicole Lemire
Associate Director
info@dynamotheatre.qc.ca

This training, offered by DynamO Théâtre in collaboration with the Regroupement québécois de la danse, is made possible thanks to the financial support of the Government of Québec—through the Intervention-Compétences program of   Compétence Culture—and the Montréal Arts and Culture Continuing Education Council (CFC).