Marie Chouinard


Marie Chouinard OC is a Canadian dancer, choreographer, and dance company director.

Life and work

In 1978, Chouinard presented her first work, Crystallization. After 12 years as a solo performer and choreographer, Chouinard founded her own company in 1990, the Compagnie Marie Chouinard. Chouinard has lived in many places, including New York, Berlin, Bali and Nepal. She has created more than 50 solo and group works. Chouinard's works since 1978 reflect her view of dance as a sacred art, her respect for the body as a vehicle of that art, her virtuoso approach to performance and the invention of a different universe for each new piece. In 1988, Marie Chouinard along with Wim Vandekeybus and Mark Tompkins, for the first time introduced the ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival. Chouinard is still closely connected with ImPulsTanz, which meanwhile has grown to Europe’s biggest contemporary festival. Her son is actor Théodore Pellerin.

Performances and solo works

Works of Marie Chouinard in repertory of other companies