dancers
Carol Prieur
Carol Prieur started her career with Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers. She has worked with the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault. Grants permitted her to pursue her studies in New York, Europe and India where she was initiated into Kalarypayattu, an Indian martial art form. Since she became a member of COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD in 1995, three solos have been created for her: Humanitas, Étude Poignante, and Mouvements. She received an Award for Best Performance in Marie Chouinard’s film, Cantique no. 1, at the Moving Pictures Festival of Dance on Film and Video Award in Toronto. In 2010, Carol is named Dancer of the Year by the prestigious German magazine TANZ and in 2014, she is awarded at LES PRIX DE LA DANSE DE MONTRÉAL the PRIX RQD - INTERPRÈTE. In 2025, she will be celebrating her thirtieth anniversary as a dancer with the company.
Valeria Galluccio
Valeria Galluccio studied ballet with Annalisa Cernese in Italy. For three years, as part of the Venice Biennale, she danced the works of Ismaël Ivo as main performer before joining, in 2011, COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD. In 2015, she is named as best Italian dancer abroad by the magazine Danza&Danza. In 2017, she is awarded the Positano Prize for “Dancer of the Year on the International Scene”. In 2019, she received the new Premio Nazionale Sfera Award of Oro per la Danza, as ‘Italian Dance Personality on the International Stage in Ballet and Contemporary Dance’ as part of the Sfera Danza festival.
Motrya Kozbur
Motrya Kozbur is a graduate in contemporary dance from the Boston Conservatory. She worked as a seamstress for costume designer Naomi Luppescu in New York City, and danced for several years with LeeSaar The Company before joining COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD in 2017. She is one of the two dancers of the film event broadcast live JARDIN DE SCULPTURES ÉPHÉMÈRES by Marie Chouinard.
Paige Culley
Paige Culley is a dance artist originally from the West Kootenays, BC. A graduate of the School of Toronto Dance Theatre, Culley has worked and performed as a soloist with Daina Ashbee, the Compagnie Marie Chouinard (2011-2016), and Le Carré des Lombes. Culley produced, choreographed and performed her research project “Shapes” and has participated in works of film, performance and opera with artists including Albéric Aurtenèche, Kìzis, Robin Poitras, Tedd Robinson, and Doris Uhlich. Culley is the recipient of the Hnatyshyn Developing Artist Grant for contemporary dance, the danceWEB scholarship at ImPulsTanz, and the “Découverte” award of the Prix de la Danse de Montréal. She returned to the Compagnie Marie Chouinard in 2020.
Clémentine Schindler
Clémentine Schindler trained with l'École supérieure de ballet du Québec and was a member of the Jeune Ballet du Québec. She has danced with Le Carré des Lombes, Sinha Danse, Fleuve Espace Danse and Cas Public. She joined COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD in 2016. She is one of the two dancers of the film event broadcast live JARDIN DE SCULPTURES ÉPHÉMÈRES by Marie Chouinard.
Luigi Luna
Luigi Luna trained at the Balletto di Siena in Italy. Pursuing his/their interest in contemporary dance, he/they attended the advanced course of the Compagnia Zappalà Danza and was a member of the company’s young troupe. In 2017, he/they participated in the Venice Biennale College Dance programme, performing works by William Forsythe and Benoît Lachambre. He/they joined COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD in 2018.
Jossua Collin Dufour
Jossua Collin Dufour first evolved in urban dance with Rockwell Family. In 2014 they graduated from the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal. They have danced for Destins Croisés and collaborated with choreographers including Nico Archambault, Andrew Skeels, Sebastien Provencher, Wynn Holmes and Anne Plamondon. They joined the COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD in January 2019.
Celeste Robbins
Celeste Robbins studied contemporary dance and theatre at Booker T. Washington High School for Performing and Visual Arts. They recently graduated from The Boston Conservatory at Berklee with a Bachelors of the Fine Arts in contemporary dance performance. They have performed in a Netflix Original Series titled “Dancing Queen’ which premiered in October of 2018. They joined COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD in September 2019.
Adrian W. S. Batt
Adrian W. S. Batt graduated from the École supérieure de ballet du Québec, after starting his career at the Dance East School and completing two internships at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. His work as a performer was rewarded with a scholarship of excellence given by the Jeune scène d'affaires of the École supérieure de ballet du Québec. He joins COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD in September 2019.
Rose Gagnol
Rose Gagnol, originally from France, obtained in 2015 her/their baccalaureate option contemporary dance at the Lycée Beaussier, in La Seyne sur mer. She/they then began her
higher education in dance at the OFF JAZZ establishment, in Nice. There, she/they acquired the E.A.T (Technical Aptitude
Examination) in contemporary dance which is a first step in obtaining the state diploma of dance teacher. In 2021, Rose graduated from the Montreal School of Contemporary Dance
(EDCM). In addition, she/they hold a training support grant from Circuit-Est. Shortly after, she/they joined the COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD.
Michael Baboolal
Michael Baboolal holds a BFA in dance from Ryerson University in Toronto (2018). While pursuing his studies, he worked alongside many emerging artists as well as established company including Cirque du Soleil, Guillaume Côté and Hanna Kiel. In 2018, he participated in the Springboard Dance Montreal program, performing works by Slowdanger and Batsheva Dance Company. He joins COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD in 2020.