Attack Theatre’s latest pairs the troupe, for the first time, with outside choreographers Helen Simoneau and more

Simoneau, a native of Quebec, is a graduate of the North Carolina School for the Arts and directs her own company, Helen Simoneau Danse, which includes Pittsburgh’s own Jasmine Hearn. Simoneau has created works for the American Dance Festival and Springboard Danse Montréal, and this past November restaged her work “Flight Distance 1” on Point Park University’s Conservatory Dance Company.

Source: Pittsburgh City Paper

Hélène Simoneau Danse

Through choreographic design, Hélène Simoneau Danse (HSD) creates space for nuanced, intimate experiences that explore the vast spectrum of human dynamics. Committed to the artistic voice of its founder Hélène Simoneau, the company has performed nationally and internationally including recently premiering Simoneau’s new work “Delicate Power” at the American Dance Festival, a piece commissioned by the ADF and created through Simoneau’s Guggenheim Fellowship and as a resident choreographer at New York City Center. Additionally, HSD has been presented at Tangente (Montréal), the Festival Vue sur la Relève (Montréal), The Aoyama Round Theatre (Tokyo), Guggenheim Museum (NYC), Joyce SoHo (NYC), Bates Dance Festival (ME), Shanghai Dance Festival, Athens International Dance Festival, Danza Urbana (Bologna), VivaDanca Festival Internacional (Sao Paulo), Regensburger Tanzstage Festival, and PACT-Zollverein (Essen), to name a few. The company has enjoyed residencies at the Baryshnikov Arts Center (NYC), NYU/ Tisch, the NYU Center for Ballet and the Arts, The Yard (MA), and at the American Dance Festival. Simoneau has been described as “a Choreographer-on-the-rise” with a style that is both “athletic and smooth” — Dance Magazine. Originally from Luceville, a small village near Rimouski, in Eastern Québec, Simoneau currently divides her time between New York City and Montréal.

https://hsdanse.org
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