Louis Laberge-Côté
Associate Professor The Creative School School of Performance Toronto, Ontario louislabergecote@torontomu.ca
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Louis Laberge-Côté is an Assistant Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, School of Performance since July 2018. He teaches modern and contemporary dance techniques and movement improvisation.
Laberge-Côté is an active Toronto-based dancer, choreographer, teacher, and rehearsal di...
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Laberge-Côté is an active Toronto-based dancer, choreographer, teacher, and rehearsal di...
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Bio/Research
Louis Laberge-Côté is an Assistant Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, School of Performance since July 2018. He teaches modern and contemporary dance techniques and movement improvisation.
Laberge-Côté is an active Toronto-based dancer, choreographer, teacher, and rehearsal director. An acclaimed performer, he has danced nationally and internationally with over thirty companies and has been a full-time member of Toronto Dance Theatre (1999-2007) and the Kevin O’Day Ballett Nationaltheater Mannheim (2009-2011).
He has created over eighty choreographic works, which have been presented and commissioned in Canada and abroad. His work has garnered him a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Choreography and ten other individual and ensemble nominations for Performance or Choreography. He is a triple KM Hunter Award nominee and has received several grants from all three levels of government, the Chalmers Foundation, the Metcalf Foundation, the Laidlaw Foundation, and the Dancer Transition Resource Centre.
He acted as Chair of the Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists - Ontario Chapter (2005-2007), Vice-President of the Canadian Dance Assembly (2013-2017), and Chair of the Dance Committee at the Toronto Arts Council (2013-2018). He is currently Vice-President on the Board of Healthy Dancer Canada.
He holds an MFA in Creative Practice from the University of Plymouth (UK) and the Transart Institute (USA). His research is centred on contemporary dance and somatic training. His writings have been published by the Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices, The International Journal of Arts Education, Choreographic Practices, The Dance Current, the International Dance Council Online Library, and the Calgary Beacon.. He continues to be a sought-after interpreter and investigator of new dance creations.
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Laberge-Côté is an active Toronto-based dancer, choreographer, teacher, and rehearsal director. An acclaimed performer, he has danced nationally and internationally with over thirty companies and has been a full-time member of Toronto Dance Theatre (1999-2007) and the Kevin O’Day Ballett Nationaltheater Mannheim (2009-2011).
He has created over eighty choreographic works, which have been presented and commissioned in Canada and abroad. His work has garnered him a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Choreography and ten other individual and ensemble nominations for Performance or Choreography. He is a triple KM Hunter Award nominee and has received several grants from all three levels of government, the Chalmers Foundation, the Metcalf Foundation, the Laidlaw Foundation, and the Dancer Transition Resource Centre.
He acted as Chair of the Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists - Ontario Chapter (2005-2007), Vice-President of the Canadian Dance Assembly (2013-2017), and Chair of the Dance Committee at the Toronto Arts Council (2013-2018). He is currently Vice-President on the Board of Healthy Dancer Canada.
He holds an MFA in Creative Practice from the University of Plymouth (UK) and the Transart Institute (USA). His research is centred on contemporary dance and somatic training. His writings have been published by the Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices, The International Journal of Arts Education, Choreographic Practices, The Dance Current, the International Dance Council Online Library, and the Calgary Beacon.. He continues to be a sought-after interpreter and investigator of new dance creations.
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