Collaborations
Morin/Leroux ·Arts vivants
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- Delegated production since 2025
Alexandre Morin is a choreographer, performer, and teacher at the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal. A graduate of EDCM in 2013, he received the Hnatyshyn Foundation grant awarded to a promising young contemporary dance artist in Canada.
As a dancer, he has danced for Marie Chouinard, Sylvain Émard, and Dominique Porte to name a few. In 2022, he was selected for a choreographic exchange between Italy and Quebec, offered by CALQ, Circuit-Est and CSC Centro per la Scena Contemporanea in Bassano del Grappa. The 2023 – 2024 season was a pivotal year for Morin, as he presented three well-received shows back-to-back: Anatomie d’un moteur (Agora de la danse), Plasticity/Desires (co-produced by MAI and La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines), and Cutting Through the Noise (Agora de la danse).
Mathieu Leroux is a writer, performer, stage director, and dance dramaturg. He holds a degree from Université du Québec à Montréal (Acting and directing), a masters from Université de Montréal (French literature), and received the Geneviève-De-La-Tour-Fondue scholarship for excellence in his master’s thesis. His novel Dans la cage (Héliotrope) was pre-selected for the Chambéry First Novel Prize in France. In 2013 – 14, he was a writer-in-residence at the Goethe Institute in Montreal and Berlin.
Leroux is the creator of a solo show (La naissance de Superman, TSF), a group piece (Scrap, Espace Libre), and a choreographic duet with Sébastien Provencher (Bones & Wires, Tangente). He has published several works (novels, essays, short stories). As a performer, he has danced/acted in works by Helen Simard, Louis-Karl Tremblay, Morena Prats, and Alexandre Morin. As a dramaturg, he has collaborated for many years with artists such as Victor Quijada, Dorotea Saykaly, and Catherine Gaudet. He has also been part of the creative team on productions for tanzmainz (Mainz, Germany) and Ballet BC (Vancouver, Canada).
Artistic intent
Morin/Leroux · Arts vivants is the result of the artistic collaboration between creators Alexandre Morin and Mathieu Leroux. Their work is deeply rooted in contemporary dance, yet resolutely transdisciplinary. As projects evolve, roles and mediums shift: choreography, stage direction, production design, dramaturgical research, and performance all merge into a vibrant and porous co-creation process.
Their work is built around precise physical tasks and refined bodily states, defined by strict spatial and temporal parameters. The body is often treated in its abstraction — as matter in motion. Their research is driven by both aesthetic concerns and sharp stage dramaturgy; it is infused with an awareness of pop culture, an attraction to media subcultures, a taste for literary material, and a strong sense of experimentation. Morin/Leroux projects advocate for the permeability of knowledge, aiming to engage both seasoned audiences of live arts and those discovering it for the first time. Far from elitism, their approach is rooted in the conviction that an artistic universe can be rigorous, accessible, and emotionally resonant all at once.
Since 2018, seven productions have emerged from the artists’ partnership, giving rise to a polished, introspective, and often exhilarating universe.