Summary

Joe (1983, student work)

Large group work for 22 female dance students and 2 male dance students.  This work was set on the students of the Bachelor’s degree in dance of l’Université du Québec à Montréal.

Choreography:  Jean-Pierre Perreault
Music, scenography and costumes:  Jean-Pierre Perreault
Lighting:  Michel Dozois
Sound design:  Philippe Overy

Dancers: Christine Asselin, Lise Beausoleil, Hélène Blackburn, Linda Boileau, Claudette Brousseau, Michelle Brousseau, Josée Charpentier, Danièle Desnoyers, Annie Dréau, Johanne Dubuc, Jacinthe Giroux, Brigitte Gonthier, Danielle Gonthier, Roger Gosselin, Johanne Labarge, Julie Lachance, Sylvie Lanouette, Lyne Pelletier, Marie Portelance, Ginette Prévost, Catherine Tardif, Nicole Turcotte, Bruno Verdi, Denise Vinet

Premiere:  March 23rd 1983, Salle Marie-Gérin-Lajoie, Université du Québec à Montréal
Produced by the Dance Department of l’Université du Québec à Montréal
Duration (approximate): 55 minutes

Joe (1984, 1st professional version)

Jean-Pierre Perreault reconstructed the student version of 1983 and reworked it for 19 female dancers and 5 male dancers.

Choreography:  Jean-Pierre Perreault
Music, scenography and costumes: Jean-Pierre Perreault
Lighting: Jean Gervais
Sound design: Philippe Overy
Rehearsal director: Ginette Prévost

Interprètes: Joanna Abbat, Lise Beausoleil, Louise Bédard, Hélène Blackburn, Gilles Brisson, Michelle Brousseau, Fraçoise Cadieux, Annie Dréau, Jacinthe Giroux, Brigitte Gonthier, Marie-Andrée Gougeon, Sylvie Lanouette, Ginette Laurin, Hélène Lemay, Manon Levac, Catherine Martin, Sylviane Martineau, Cheryl Prophet, James Saya, Gilles Simard, Daniel Soulières, Catherine Tardif, Alain Thompson, Nicole Turcotte

Premiere: November 14th 1984, Salle Marie-Gerin-Lajoie, Université du Québec à Montréal.  This version was only presented in Montreal.
Produced by the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault
Duration: 69 minutes

Joe (1989 remount)

The 1989 version was reworked by Jean-Pierre Perreault for 30 dancers, more specifically for 16 female dancers and 14 male dancers.

Choreography:  Jean-Pierre Perreault
Music, scenography and costumes: Jean-Pierre Perreault
Lighting: Jean Gervais
Sound design: Philippe Overy
Rehearsal director:  Christina Coleman

Dancers:  Conrad Alexandrowicz, Jean-Rémi Arsenault, Lise Beausoleil, Hélène Blackburn, Richard Blackburn, Michel Boisclair, Sylvain Brochu, Maryse Carrier, Sylvain Coutu, Danièle Desnoyers, Annie Dréau, Sylvie Fortin, Brigitte Gonthier, Suzanne Gosselin, Marie-Andrée Gougeon, Jeff Hall, Manon Labrecque, Heather Mah, Sylviane Martineau, Denis Pelletier, Line Pelletier, Claire Samson, Mark Shaub, Roger Sinha, Daniel Soulières, Tom Stroud, Tassy Teekman, Brett Plager, Suzanne Trépanier, Gaétan Verret

Produced by the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault
Performed at the Théâtre Maisonneuve of Place des Arts, Montreal
This version also toured in the Netherlands
Duration (approximate):  69 minutes

Joe (1991 remount)

The 1991 remount of Joe, was coproduced by the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault and the Festival Iles de Danse, Paris.  It was performed at La Villette, Paris and danced with half the cast coming from Montreal and the other half from auditions held in France.  It was remounted for 31 dancers.

Choreography:  Jean-Pierre Perreault
Music, scenography and costumes: Jean-Pierre Perreault
Lighting: Jean Gervais
Sound design: Philippe Overy
Rehearsal directors:  Annie Dréau andTassy Teekman.
Dancers: the list is not available at this time
Duration (approximate):  69 minutes

Joe (1994 remount)

The 1994 version was the last that was reworked by Jean-Pierre Perreault.  This final version was remounted on 32 dancers, women and men of all sizes.  Jean-Pierre was aiming to work with a balanced cast.  This production was possible thanks to the collaboration of Toronto’s company Dancemakers and of the Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers.  Half the cast came from Montreal and the other half from both of these canadian dance companies.

Choreography:  Jean-Pierre Perreault
Music, scenography and costumes: Jean-Pierre Perreault
Lighting: Jean Gervais
Sound design: Philippe Overy
Rehearsal director:  Ginelle Chagnon

Dancers: Julia Aplin, Michel Boisclair, Tom Casey, Christine Charles, Marie-Josée Chartier, Carmen Chevalier, Ken Cunningham, Michael English, Claude Godbout, Brigitte Gonthier, Marie-André Gougeon, Christopher Gower, Andrew Harwood, Bonnie Kim, Sylviane Martineau, Jean-Pierre Mondor,  Maya Ostrofsky, Carol Prieur, David Rose, Yves St-Pierre, Julia Sasso, Mark Shaub, Alana Shewchuk, Daniel Soulières, Tom Stroud, Gary Tai, Olivia Thorvaldson, Gerry Trentham, Suzanne Trépanier, Gaétan Verret, Dan Wilde, Carolyn Woods

This coproduction was presented again at Théâtre Maisonneuve de la Place des Arts, Montreal.  It was also performed in Toronto at MacMillan Theatre, in Ottawa at the National Arts Center during the Festival Dance Canada, at the Grand Théâtre de Québec in Quebec and it was also performed at Centennial Hall in Winnipeg
Duration: 67 minutes

N.B. This version was shortened (55.50 minutes) for the shooting of ‘JOE’ a film by Bernard Picard and produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Joe (1996 remount)

In 1996, this 32 dancer production was remounted for an American tour with 25 dancers from Montreal and the 7 dancers of Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers.

Choreography:  Jean-Pierre Perreault
Music, scenography and costumes: Jean-Pierre Perreault
Lighting: Jean Gervais
Sound design: Philippe Overy
Rehearsal directors:  Tassy Teekman, Ginelle Chagnon
Dancers:  Deborah Axelrod, Karen Bennedsen, Alexia Bhéreur, Tom Casey, Christine Charles, Mireille Demerse, Lessandra Dodson, Michael English, Brigitte Gonthier, Chris Gower, Rachel Harris, Bonnie Kim, Manon Labrecque, Lynn Lamontagne, Patrick Lamothe, Jacqueline Lemieux, Sylviane Martineau, Jacques Moisan, Jean-Pierre Mondor, Maya Ostrofsky, Marie-Claude Poulin, Michèle Rioux, Dave St-Pierre, Yves St-Pierre, Cinthia Sabetti, Mark Shaub, Alana Shewchuk, Daniel Soulières, Gaétan Verret, Daniel Villeneuve, Dan Wild.

This production of JOE was also performed at Théâtre Maisonneuve de la Place des Arts in Montreal and toured in the United States in Burlington, Palm Desert, Los Angeles, Tempe and Pittsburgh.
Duration: 67 minutes

Joe (2004 remount)

In 2004, a year and a half after it’s creator’s death, Joe was remounted with 32 dancers

Choreography:  Jean-Pierre Perreault
Music, scenography and costumes: Jean-Pierre Perreault
Lighting: Jean Gervais
Sound design: Philippe Overy
Rehearsal directors; Ginelle Chagnon, Sonya Stefan
Dancers: Andrew Anderson, Deborah Axelrod, Mireille Baril, Anne Barry, Nathalie Blanchet, Darren Bonin, Anna Bozzini, Dominic Caron, Tom Casey, Catherine Castonguay, Tony Chong, Roberta Cooper, Caroline Cotton, Elinor Fueter, Nicole Fougere, Sara Hanley, Sophie Janssens, Audrée Juteau, Catherine Lalonde, Caroline Laurin-Beaucage, Pierre Lecours, Jean-François Légaré, Maya Ostrofsky, Alexandre Parenteau, Zoë Poluch, Stephanie Thompson, Stephen Thompson, Jonathan Turcotte, Elise Vaderborght, Lucie Vigneault, Gaétan Verret, Daniel Villeneuve

N.B. Brianna Lombardo, Monica Gan, Nick Peel, Luciane Pinto, Daniel Soulières et Natasha Torres-Garner performed in the twelve performances of the first part of the tour

This production of the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault was danced at the Grand Théâtre de Québec in Quebec, at the Salle Wilfrid Pelletier of the Place des Arts and at the National Arts Center in before engaging in an extensive tour of Europe.  Once more the exceptional team of dancers made it a great success

Duration: 67 minutes