For the second year running, the Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles is paying tribute to artists and professionals whose careers are closely linked to the Quartier with its Recognition Prize.
7 PERSONALITIES HONOURED IN 2024
Sylvain Émard, choreographer, co-general and artistic director - Sylvain Émard Danse.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor - Orchestre Métropolitain.
Madeleine Careau, Chief Executive Officer (2000-2024) - Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.
Jean-Claude Chabot, Vice-President France Film - Espace St-Denis.
Pierre Des Marais, Artistic and Executive Director - Danse Danse.
Ludmilla Chiriaeff, choreographer, dancer, founder and artistic director - Les Grands Ballets Canadiens.
Jean Duceppe, actor, founder - Théâtre Duceppe.
Among the 7 personalities honoured this year, we are proud to see Pierre Des Marais, founder, artistic director and general manager of Danse Danse.
“For the last 27 years, the founder and artistic and executive director of Danse Danse, Pierre Des Marais, has contributed to the success of contemporary dance and helped make Montreal an international dance hotspot. As a promoter associated with Place des Arts, Danse Danse presents the best in local and international choreographic art, right in the heart of the Quartier des Spectacles...”
The recognition prize takes the form of an architectural video projection, a signature practice of the Partenariat and the Quartier, to artistically illustrate the careers of remarkable people and bring them to the attention of a large Montreal audience.
Mouvements d'audace: sept portraits hommage, by Montreal digital artist Bar Rubinstein, will be projected daily on the façade of the WILDER | Espace danse building, from nightfall, from September 26 to November 6, 2024.