«Boivin, in particular, enlivened the space (…) In his long poses that are part of the choreography, he’s never static, but waiting, listening (…) for him, the abstract is a dynamic place that speaks about and doesn’t ignore human essence. »

– Kaija Pepper, Dance International (1995)

With nearly 30 years of experience in teaching and interpreting contemporary dance, improvising, and more recently creating choreography, my choices have always been guided by research and practice. Everything is first and foremost about encounters. Throughout my career, my various practices have been more cumulative than successive. Some have helped to shed light on others. Interpretation brings me to share and translate sensations while finding ways to explore somebody else’s world. Teaching forces me to identify and synthesize tools and elements of research. Improvising is a matter of instinct and experience, which requires a balance between listening and acting. For a long time, performing and teaching fulfilled my desire to create. In the last decade, this same desire has manifested itself differently. Choreography has become a vehicle for expressing the relationship between the individual and the world, more particularly the part played by the surface of the body, that sensitive interface between what vibrates both inside and out. 

- Marc Boivin

Interpretation-photo credit : Ginelle Chagnon/ Improvisation-photo credit: Jonathan Inksetter/ Choreography-photo credit: John Lauener