Noam Gagnon/Co.Vision Selective
Vancouver, BC

In a world obsessed with surface, exposing what lies just under the skin becomes a form of transgression. The Vision Impure is a solitary attempt to expose and reveal the little-seen beauty of complexity and complication, and the effort required to surmount the constant push and pull of life. The idea of the ‘arena’, as a site where disheveled elegance and chaos collide, is used as an anchoring element throughout the work to examine ideas of beauty, purity and their oppositional elements.

Choreographer Bio: Daniel Léveillé

Daniel Léveillé began his career as a choreographer in 1976. In 1991, after many years working as an independent choreographer, he founded his own company, Daniel Léveillé Danse. Since 1988, he has also held the position of professor in the Dance department of the Université du Québec à Montréal. He is an alumnus of the Nouvelle Aire group, a company and creative laboratory founded by Martine Époque. He received most of his training as a dancer from Linda Rabin and further explored creative issues with visual artist, choreographer and Refus Global signatory Françoise Sullivan. Among his many creations, Amour, acide et noix (2001) - Dora Mavor Moore award 2004 for an “outstanding choreography; Public Award 2005, 22. Dance Week Zagreb 2005, La pudeur des icebergs (2004) and Twilight of the Oceans (2007) are landmark works in his choreographic career.

Noam Gagnon

Noam is the Artistic Director of Co. Vision Selective and the Director of Noam Gagnon's Wellness Center/Beyond Pilates Inc. Since its inception in 2006, Co. Vision Selective has created a number of works including The Vision Impure that premiered at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre October 2007. Noam Gagnon also created a series of short films for Bravo! As the co-artistic director and choreographer of The Holy Body Tattoo, Noam Gagnon created work that received both critical and audience acclaim in Canada, U.S., Asia and Europe. The film version of Poetry & Apocalypse screened in over 16 different international film festivals, winning several awards.