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Jean-Sébastien Couture, Soloist
“I like ultra- precise movement that blends perfectly with the music, but I love completely free movement that makes no sense at all and that forces us NOT to ask ourselves any questions…the kind of movement that makes dance what it is.”
Origin : St-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Québec). Canada Training2002 École supérieure de danse du Québec
1992-2000 École de danse Maureen MacDonald (jazz and tap)
Career1999-2002 Jeune ballet du Québec
2000 Takes part in the Banff Festival for the Arts
2001 Part of the Balanchine repertoire at the Banff Festival for the Arts. He teaches tap, jazz and the jig at the École de danse Maureen MacDonald
2002 Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal (corps de ballet)
2004 Promoted to demi-soloist
2008 Promoted to soloist
Awards2000 AROP Award State diploma for the instruction of dance
2000 Andrea Boardman scholarship
2001 Lieutenant Governor’s award
2008 David Sela Public Award (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal Choreographic Competition)
RepertoireJean-Sébastien Couture has performed main roles in dance works by Françoise Vaussenat, Brian McDonald, Thierry Malandin, Marie-Christine Dabadi, Christophe Garcia, Hélène Blackburn, Ginette Laurin, Carlos Ovarez, Jean-Louis Morin and Louis-Martin Charest. He has also danced in The Nutcracker (Fernand Nault) and The Queen of Spades (Kim Brandstrup).
He has also appeared in works by Denise Biggi, Jane Mappin, Roger Sinha and Frédéric Tavernini, Shawn Hounsell, Wen Wei Wang, Joe Laughlin, Crystal Pite, Jiří Kylián, Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, George Balanchine, Stijn Celis, Didy Veldman, Helgi Tomasson and Jean-Christophe Maillot.
