Marie Claire Forté
Chorégraphe, Enseignant.e, Chercheur.se, Interprète, Dramaturge
June 2026 ·
Marie Claire is inspired by the relational, and joyous potential of dance, language and art. Based in Montréal/Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang, she dances, choreographs, translates, writes, teaches, supports and loves. Her child born in 2018 is a clarifying force. Her career has been shaped by long-term relationships with artists from different generations and aesthetics sharing a love of process, rigour and exploration. Important influences include Peter Boneham, artistic director of the now-defunct Le Groupe Dance Lab in Ottawa; Toronto-based choreographer Ame Henderson; Gatineau-based visual artist Sophie Bélair Clément; Montréal-based choreographer Louise Bédard and multidisciplinary performance group PME-ART. She creates art—in choreography, performance, language, video and sound—and works with artists she admires, recently PME-ART, Priscilla Guy, Catherine Lalonde, Louise Bédard and Katie Ward. She was Artist in Residence at Concordia University in 2024 and Dancer in Residence at l’Agora de la danse from 2017 to 2019. She has taught since 2007, namely at Concordia University. She regularly works in different artistic capacities as artistic support/outside eye, conversation facilitator, writer, editor, translator and interpreter. She is currently working on a book with Peter Boneham about his teaching practice.