DADAO 2026-2027
DADAO 2026-2027
Gabrielle Bertrand-Lehouillier
NAIVE
The French Larousse dictionary defines naivety as “the simplicity and innocence of someone who expresses their feelings naturally and with confidence.”
So where has your naivety gone?
First performed at Tangente danse in Montreal in 2016, Naïve. offered a female perspective on the transition from childhood to adulthood. It was a reflection on the anxieties surrounding our professional and social performances that rob us of simple happiness.
Today, ten years later, the topic still resonates deeply. Gabrielle is developing a new perspective on wonder, conscious choice and on paying attention to oneself, others, and one’s surroundings. She is remixing and reinterpreting her first solo piece outdoors within children’s play structures to connect her inner child to the woman she is becoming every day.
In a nostalgic and touching setting, you are invited to the park to reconnect with your emotional intelligence.
Gabrielle Bertrand-Lehouillier
With a background in classical piano, a double DEC in literature, cinema, drama, and dance, and a bachelor’s degree in contemporary dance from Université du Québec à Montréal, Gabrielle Bertrand-Lehouillier is an artist who explores emotion and the movement that follows.
As a solo artist, she created and performed two pieces at Tangente danse in Montreal (Naïve, 2016; La Paix dans le Monde, 2017) that showcase her sensitive, intimate, and playful choreographic vocabulary. As a performer, she collaborates with Sarah Dell’Ava, Compagnie de danse Axile, and Pirata Théâtre. She is also a choreographer-performer, member of the Collectif Danse To Go since 2014, with whom she explores the intimate relationship with the audience through the in situ performances « Danse de Marché » and « Corpocalyptique ».
Because she firmly believes that art can change the world, she has also been working as a cultural worker since 2020 with Danse Bloom, Théâtre Aux Écuries, moveo, and La danse sur les routes du Québec.
As a complement to her artistic and cultural practice, she is interested in socio-ecological transition, writing, and the practice of Authentic Movement. She is convinced that beyond our various communities of thought, we first and foremost form a community of bodies and emotions.
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Photo: Marie-Ève Dion