Winter 2026 Regional Classes

Geneviève Robitaille in Morphs, created by Lina Cruz, a co-production by Production Fila 13 and Agora de la danse, presented by DanceWorks, Fleck Dance Theatre, Toronto © John Lauener

$10/class

Drop-in accepted after registering for the 2025-2026 season.
Classes are open to professionals only.

About enrollment in regional classes

Sara Hanley

Laurentians

January 12, February 2
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Laurentians Dance Studio

Class description
Sara Hanley‘s Sensitive Bodies – Changing Environments class invites you to explore movement as a free and inhabited dance, guided by energy systems. The goal is to release tension, cultivate flexible intensity, and develop a presence that is sensitive to internal and external flows. Through cycles inspired by meridians, you will explore various qualities such as fluidity, radiance, precision, momentum, stability, and density. The approach is based on listening closely to your bodily systems (bone, muscle, energy, sensory), promoting an embodied and transformable presence. Various tools—improvisation, open scores, movement phrases, biomechanics, texture work, and imagination—will allow you to refine your perception, autonomy, and spontaneity.

About Sara

Sara Hanley is a Montreal-based artist who has been active in the contemporary dance scene for over 25 years. Trained as a performer, she has collaborated on the creation of works by numerous choreographers, most recently Sylvain Émard, Alexandre Morin, and Kimberly de Jong. Her work explores the relationship between the body and the environment, weaving sensitive links between the human, the more-than-human, and cycles of transformation. Since 2014, she has been developing co-creation projects with various communities, combining sensoriality, care, and poetic engagement. Sara teaches dance at Concordia University and UQAM and supports choreographers as an artistic advisor.

Jamie Wright

Laurentians

February 9
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Laurentians Dance Studio

Class description
Pleasure, relevance, precision, participation, and… imperfection. These are some of the areas explored in Jamie Wright ‘s class which takes a biomechanical approach to the body with the aim of increasing awareness of movement. The focus will be on the tactile connection with the floor, strengthening deep support, the relationship between the central axis and space, and the balance between engagement, efficiency, and effort. Incorporating live music, his class is one of research and creation that focuses on coordination, precision, and the poles of slowness and speed.

About Jamie

A native of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Jamie Wright studied at York University in Toronto, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in 1997. Arriving in Montreal in 1999, she quickly established herself as a committed and charismatic artist. She danced for the Flak/José Navas company from 2002 to 2008, then for several choreographers such as Ginette Laurin, Estelle Clareton, Dana Gingras (2015), and Frédérick Gravel. She has been teaching dance professionals in Montreal and elsewhere in Quebec since 2003, and is proud to have been a member of the faculty at the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal since 2006.

Geneviève Boulet

Québec
February 16 to 20
9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Maison pour la danse de Québec

Class description
Geneviève Boulet‘s class combines various somatic approaches and techniques to awaken your senses and cultivate your enjoyment of movement. She invites you to ground yourself, align yourself, and connect with yourself. She begins with a warm-up combining Pilates, yoga, and mobility exercises, promoting the activation of your deep postural muscles and your physical engagement in complete safety. Gradually, the class evolves into technical exercises exploring spatial awareness, risk-taking, and musicality. Throughout the session, you will be invited to travel between your internal sensations and the surrounding space, awakening your proprioception.

About Geneviève

Geneviève Boulet has been active in Montreal’s dance community as a performer, choreographer, rehearsal director, and teacher for over 20 years. Trained at the École de Danse Contemporaine de Montréal, she continually enriches her artistic practice by exploring various physical, energetic, and esoteric approaches. She has collaborated with O Vertigo, Roger Sinha, Dany Desjardins, Fleuve|Espace Danse, and Roy Assaf. Since 2009, she has been a member of the Destins Croisés company, where she forges human and artistic connections that deeply nourish her universe. She has had the opportunity to learn from and be inspired by Margie Gillis since 2018, where she acts as a performer and artistic advisor. She is also the co-founder of the collective La Tresse, where she has been co-choreographer and performer since 2014.

The regional classes of the Regroupement québécois de la danse, offered in collaboration with L’Artère art de la danse et du mouvement and Danse Laurentides, are made possible thanks to financial support from the Quebec government through the Intervention-Compétences program of Compétence Culture.