Collectif LA TRESSE
Established in 2014, LA TRESSE is a laterally arranged organization whereby the three founding members: Geneviève Boulet, Erin O’Loughlin, and Laura Toma, create, co-choreograph and perform physically driven works which embody a connection to pleasure and assert that we can be more ourselves by being together. Through the use of imagery and archetypal symbolism, they create worlds of contrast where the audience is transported to places both familiar and unknown. Their work includes trios, ensemble works, and commissions and has been presented at numerous festivals and venues winning them awards such as the Gibney/Springboard Emerge Award. LA TRESSE’s work, Beauté Brute (2015) has been presented at Zone Homa, Vue Sur La Relève, OFFTA, Dance Matters (Toronto) and La Rotonde (Quebec). Volume II (2017) won the Audience Choice Award at Festival Quartiers Danses and has been presented at VALSPEC and The Grand (Calgary). LA TRESSE has created works for Springboard Danse Montreal in both 2017 and 2019, and EDCM in 2019. Agora de la Danse presented L’Encre Noire, in 2019 and since then have proven to be essential partners and mentors in establishing LA TRESSE’s position within Montreal’s dance ecology; presenting their new creation, KIN, in Spring of 2023.
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As performers, choreographers, teachers, and administrators, the Collective strives to share our perspective on art and collaboration through listening and intuitive decision-making. In addition to creating choreographies as a three-person ensemble, we create larger group works through commissions and self-produced projects. Through our involvement as teachers and choreographers with professional training institutions and organizations we also contribute to nurturing the development of young dancers.