Perreault, Jean-Pierre 1947-2002 Les petites sociétés (Las sociedades pequeñas) (Nombre de persona)

VIAF. http://viaf.org/processed/BNF%7C14694846 Montreal 1947–Montreal 2002) In 1966, at the age of 19, Jean-Pierre Perreault met Jeanne Renaud, who was then preparing to found Le Groupe de la Place Royale in Montréal. That meeting would change Perreault’s life. He went on to train in classical and modern dance and was part of the company from 1967 to 1981. During that time, he danced, produced some 20 choreographies and served as co-artistic director with Peter Boneham. During his years with Le Groupe de la Place Royale, Perreault also came to know a number of plastic artists and composers from the Automatiste school, who were friends and collaborators of Jeanne Renaud: Marcelle Ferron, Serge Garant, Fernand Leduc, Françoise Sullivan, Gilles Tremblay. This stimulating environment had a lasting influence on his appreciation of other artistic disciplines and his personal creative vision, which combined drawing, choreography, set design, lighting, music and costumes. In the course of his extensive travels between 1969 and 1983, Perreault learned about sacred and traditional art, taking a particular interest in the influence of social organization on the vocabulary of dance and on choreography. In 1981, he embarked on a career as an independent choreographer. From 1984 to 1992, he taught in the dance department at Université du Québec à Montréal, where he mounted Joe, his most famous work. In 1984, he founded the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault, with which he would mount some 20 choreographic works and installations. After years with no fixed abode, the Fondation moved into an old church in 1993. In 2001, after renovations, the venue became the Espace chorégraphique Jean-Pierre Perreault. A long list of prestigious companies commissioned works from Perreault, including Sweden’s Cullbergbaletten, under the direction of Mats Ek (1991), Australia’s Chrissie Parrot Dance Company (1996) and the National Ballet of Canada, under the direction of James Kudelka. His pictorial works were shown in solo exhibitions in North America and Europe. Jean-Pierre Perreault won two Jean A. Chalmers Awards, the Grand Prix du Conseil des arts de la Communauté urbaine de Montréal and the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award. He was named an officer of the Ordre national du Québec. http://jeanpierreperreault.com/home