Margaux Labossière

I’m a Queer Franco-Manitoban artist from Winnipeg, Manitoba (Treaty 1). My voice echoes from my roots within the tall grass prairies as I seek to unite my passion for story-telling, the environment, and social activism through movement and self-exploration. I’m passionate about using dance to generate positive social change through choreography, community-based projects, and pedagogical experiences. As an artist, I’m interested in taking risks to challenge my physical limitations and critically examining modes of existence. I’m a graduate with distinction from Toronto Metropolitan University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance Dance. Throughout my professional studies I was awarded the Pamela Hackett Excellence in Dance Award and the Orly Watkin Dance Award. 

 

I’ve performed the works of Peggy Baker, Vicki St.Denys, Anne Plamondon, Carmen Moreira, Apolonia Velasquez, Alysa Pires, Roberto Olivan, Robert Glumbek, Charles Moulton, and Merce Cunningham (staged by Dylan Crossman). I’ve studied in Israel with the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, as well as in Canada with the Metamorphosis Dance Company, Alias Dance Project and Kenny Pearl's EAI. 

 

In 2020 I joined SQx Dance Company and now serve as Dance and Assistant Director. I have presented SQx's work across Canada, as well as in the USA and Portugal. I'm proud to have contributed to the development and presentation of SQx's Active Inclusion Program (AIP) over the past three years. AIP is a socially-conscious performance program that uses dance to disrupt discrimination, intolerance, racism, and hate as a method for increasing awareness about Canada's diversity and issues affecting underserved populations in fully participating in society.  

 

Most recently, in 2023, I took part in an international co-creation with CIRCE - Experimental Platform for Dance and Theatre (Tbilisi, Georgia). I also contributed to the development of a new dance work that aims to raise awareness about the oscillation between environmental sustainability and climate change with social inclusion. The work was performed in Santa Maria, Graciosa, and São Miguel Islands in the Açores, Portugal.

 

In 2024, I will be working with SQx to develop a new dance work in Egilsstadir, Iceland at the Skriðuklaustur Residency.

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I offer personalized  workshops for youth and diverse professionals. Additionally, I'm in demand as a guest choreographer for competitive programming and have been recognized for my creative concepts and choreography  at national and international levels of competition.