Lucie Vigneault

Lucie Vigneault pursued her professional training at the Université du Québec à Montréal, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in performance in 2001 and a diploma in dance education in 2008. For more than 10 years, she has worked on various artistic projects as a performer, teacher, rehearsal director, and choreographer. She has danced under the direction of Johanne Madore and Alain Francoeur (Cirque Éloize), as well as with Roger Sinha, Hélène Langevin, Tony Chong, Peter James, Frédérick Gravel, Danièle Desnoyers, Manuel Roque, Stéphane Gladyszewski, Daniel Léveillé, and Louise Bédard. In 2003, she won a Gemini Award for her performance in Cirque Orchestra by Cirque Éloize. In 2004, Lucie took part in the 20th-anniversary tour of Joe, the renowned work by choreographer Jean-Pierre Perreault. She danced for Compagnie Marie Chouinard as a freelance performer from 2009 to 2014.

In parallel with her performing career, Lucie has been teaching for seven years in the dance department at Collège Montmorency. She has also taken on the roles of choreographer and rehearsal director for various artistic projects. She worked with Oriol Tomas on the creation of Menotti’s The Consul and as rehearsal director for the remounting of Aléa Canto (Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal, 2010), Solitudes, and Offenbach’s La Périchole (Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, 2009 and 2010). In July 2013, she was assistant choreographer for the revival of La damnation de Faust by Robert Lepage (Ex Machina) in Québec City. For the Festival Montréal Complètement Cirque 2014, she assisted Anthony Venisse and Manuel Roque in the creation of Babel Remix, an outdoor show featuring 40 dancers, acrobats, and musicians. The following year, she choreographed Duels alongside stage director Anthony Venisse (Montréal Complètement Cirque, 2015).