Marie-Hélène Falcon
Marie-Hélène Falcon OQ (born 1942) is a former artistic director for theatre and dance in Quebec.[1]
She was born in Montreal and studied philosophy and theatre at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She was artistic director for the Festival du théâtre étudiant du Québec and co-director for the Association québécoise du jeune théâtre. Falcon was co-founder of the Festival de théâtre des Amériques which later evolved into the Festival TransAmériques[1] and served as its director and artistic director until her departure in June 2014.[2] She also founded Théâtres du monde in 1996 and Nouvelles Scènes in 1997.[1]
Falcon has been frequently invited to participate in international festivals and conferences on contemporary theatre. She has been a member of various award juries and advisory committees in Canada, the United States and Latin America. She received the Gascon-Thomas Award from the National Theatre School of Canada in 1998. She was named a Chevalier in the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and became an Officer in the National Order of Quebec in 2003.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Marie-Hélène Falcon". National Order of Quebec (in French).
- ^ "Marie-Hélène Falcon to step down as head of FTA". Festival TransAmériques. September 17, 2013.
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- Jean-Louis Roux (1987)
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- Jeanne Renaud (1989)
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- Gilles Tremblay (1991)
- Vincent Warren (1992)
- Monique Mercure (1993)
- Martine Époque (1994)
- Walter Joachim [fr] (1995)
- François Morel (1996)
- Raymond Lévesque (1997)
- Gilles Pelletier (1998)
- Jean-Pierre Ronfard (1999)
- André Brassard (2000)
- Paul Buissonneau (2001)
- Édouard Lock (2002)
- Robert Lepage (2003)
- Walter Boudreau (2004)
- Clémence DesRochers (2005)
- Hélène Loiselle (2006)
- Paul Hébert (2007)
- Anik Bissonnette (2008)
- Roland Lepage [arz; fr] (2009)
- Marie Chouinard (2010)
- Yannick Nézet-Séguin (2011)
- Leonard Cohen (2012)
- Monique Leyrac (2013)
- Denis Marleau (2014)
- Marie-Hélène Falcon (2015)
- Lorraine Vaillancourt (2016)
- Louise Lecavalier (2017)
- Diane Dufresne (2018)
- Angèle Dubeau (2019)
- Yvon Deschamps (2020)
- Michel Rivard (2021)
- Charles Richard-Hamelin (2022)
- Marie Tifo (2023)
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