Jolyane Langlois (she/her) is a dance artist from Tiohtiá:ke/Montréal, Canada with ancestral roots in the Mi’gmaq of Gespe’gewa’gi. After graduating from the professional training programme at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre in 2012, she worked as an interpreter, collaborator and movement facilitator with a myriad of independent choreographers and companies in Canada and internationally. Currently based in Vienna, Austria, she collaborated with Stefano D’Alessio, Magdalena Forster, Gat Goodovitch, Daphna Horenzcyk, Thandiwe Mqokeli, Barbis Ruder, Doris Uhlich, VRUM Performing Arts Collective and CieLaroque/Helene Weinzerl. A curious and versatile performer, Jolyane works in a variety of contexts ranging from traditional dance and theatre settings to site-specific installations, artistic interventions in public spaces, intergenerational community work, and dance and theatre for young audiences.
Her artistic practice is devoted to facilitating access to the sensuous, the magic and the poetic, to encouraging connectivity and nurturing the spirit of collectivity. She considers dance as catalyst for transformation and cares about bringing people together in felt and moving experiences. Topics that currently nourish her practice: hope, ‘the space in between’, the Pranic and the Subtle Body. She is currently developing a performance-installation with sculpture artist Gudrun Lenk-Wane, exposing in public space the long-term and intimate relationship between human and waste. Jolyane is a certified Yamuna Body Rolling practitioner and a Kundalini and Hatha yoga teacher.
22.04.2024
