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A chapter comes to an end: the end of a term at UQAM
December 2025 marks the end of an important cycle for Danièle Desnoyers, who is concluding her tenure as a professor in the Dance Department at UQAM. A member of the institution since 2012, she has had a profound impact on an entire generation of dance students thanks to her keen sense of movement, her unique choreographic vision, and her commitment to research-creation. From 2019 to 2022, she also served as department chair, guiding the student and faculty community with rigor and openness to new practices.
Throughout these years, she has successfully balanced her role as an artist-teacher with that of artistic director and choreographer of Le Carré des Lombes, fostering a fruitful dialogue between creation and pedagogy. Her constant back-and-forth between the stage, the studio, and the university has undoubtedly nourished her teaching approach, which is firmly rooted in reality.
This departure, far from being an end, is above all a moment of transition: the conclusion of a dense, generous, and transformative chapter. Transmission will always remain present in her career, but in different contexts, such as her Compagnonnage project, which she hopes to see grow.
I would like to thank the entire team at Le Carré des Lombes and the Dance Department, who have given me invaluable support during this incredibly demanding period. Without all these fabulous people, it would have been impossible for me to develop the artistic projects I have completed while teaching at a professional training institution. I would also like to highlight the complicity of the performers with whom I have worked over the past few years. These kind-hearted individuals have always brought me immense joy and constantly renewed my desire to create. My final words go out to all the students I have met in the department. Your curiosity, your impetuosity, and your questions have been a great source of inspiration and commitment to dance for me.
I miss you already!
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