Vocal Exploration
Parallel to her career as a choreographer, dancer and director, Marie-Josée Chartier studied voice for over 30 years and performs in numerous music, theatrical and multi-media productions. She studied in Montreal and Toronto most notably with Ginette Laroche, Helga Tucker, Richard Armstrong and Fides Krucker in classical and extended vocal techniques. She was a co-founder and member of URGE, a female collective based in Toronto (1990-2005) creating music and voice driven multi-disciplinary works. Marie-Josée has taught vocal exploration across Canada as well as internationally while on tour with her productions. Please find below a list of cities and institutions where she has taught vocal exploration combined with movement and improvisation between 1997 and 2021.
Canada
School of Contemporary Dancers (ongoing), Young Lungs Dance Exchange (Winnipeg)
Simon Fraser University (Vancouver)
University of Calgary (Calgary)
New Dance Horizons (Regina)
Ryerson University (Toronto)
Circuit-Est Centre Chorégraphique (Montréal)
Mocean Dance (Halifax)
Community workshops in: St John’s, Halifax, Moncton, Fredericton, St John, Ottawa, Peterborough, Toronto, Kitchener, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Whitehorse.
International
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Mexico City, Tlaxcala, Guanajuato (Mexico)
Amazonas, Bogotà (Colombia)
London (England)