Lively force of Quebec’s artistic  milieu, Harold Rhéaume built a prolific, accessible and authentic work  since his beginnings in Le Groupe de la Place Royale in 1989. Intuitive,  admirative of Fred Astaire’s work, he suggests a sensitive and  expressive dance. An author’s dance, theatrical and aesthetical,  charming throughout Quebec, Canada, France, Belgium, Scotland and the  United States. The artistic director and general co-director of Le fils  d’Adrien danse contributes greatly to the progress and the promotion of  contemporary dance in the area of the national capital and beyond.

Graduated from L’École de danse de  Québec, he joined the prestigious company Groupe de la Place Royale in  Ottawa where he learned his profession as a choreographer while  performing the works of many renowned artists. After five years in  Ottawa, he migrated in 1994 to Montreal in order to work as a performer  and a choreographer. He will dance for seven years the works of Danièle  Desnoyers, Louise Bédard, Hélène Blackburn, Estelle Clareton, Sarah  Bild, Daniel Soulières and Isabelle VanGrimde.

At the same time as his profession as  a performer, he would refine his own choreographic vocabulary through  personal creation with FATRAS, SES PROPRES AILES, HYBRIDE, TROÏKA,  PICTURE SHOW 1 and 2, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, ÉPITAPHE presented at Tangente, L’Agora de la danse, Danse Cité and La Place des Arts.

He returned to his hometown to found  his company Le fils d’Adrien danse in 2000. Three years later, it became  the company in residency for La Rotonde, Quebec City’s contemporary  choreographic center. Partners in every step, they developed together  many structuring projects for Quebec’s dance community as la Maison pour  la danse which officially opened in September 2017.

The quality of his artistic work, his  initiatives and his multiple talents were often rewarded throughout the  years. In 1996, the Canada Council for the Arts awarded him the  Jacqueline Lemieux prize to honor the promising, thoughtful and humane  characteristics of his work. Amongst his numerous collaborations in  dramatic works, two brought him a Masques award: Antigone from Brigitte Haentjens in 2003 and On achève bien les chevaux  from Marie-Josée Bastien in 2007. In 2008, it was Conseil de la Culture  de la Ville de Québec’s turn to award him with the Cultural Development  prize.

Versatile and involved artist, he is  as well teacher, activity leader, speaker and artistic advisor in  addition to participate on many major creations for: L’Opéra de Québec,  Ex Machina, L’Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, Le Théâtre du Trident, Le  Théâtre de la Bordée, Le Théâtre Périscope, L’École de danse de Québec,  L’École de danse contemporaine de Montréal, The School of Dance, The  York Dance Ensemble, The Holland College, Le Conservatoire d’Art  dramatique de Québec, Machine de Cirque, Flip Fabrique and Le Cirque du  Soleil.

For 17 years Harold Rhéaume worked in  a remarkable way with a rare dedication for the long-term development  in the art and the community by taking action in creation, in  transmission and in local and worldwide cultural action. Whether it is  by his research and his work in contemporary dance, by the training, the  teaching or the mentoring, by the important impact of his company on  Quebec City performer’s employability, by his involvement in many  mediation and public development projects, by his active contribution in  the development of coherent structures for the community as la Maison  pour la danse, by defending the interests of this discipline as the  president of the RQD from 2014 to 2017 or by working to mutualize  resources with other organizations from the community (L’Artère), it is undeniable that he established himself as a real pillar for Quebec’s dance community.

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