Curator: Janet Lumb Zab Maboungou William Lau 7 Moments

Establishing her roots in Montréal in 1984, Janet’s passion to form Accès Asie, now in its 10th year, was in response to a need for a stronger Asian presence in Québec. The cultivation of national and local links with culturally diverse arts organisations has resulted this year in this exploration between Chinese and African traditions. Janet’s inspiration to push the limits and boundaries has brought many chaotic as well as magical moments.

A pioneer of African dance in Canada, Zab Maboungou has been performing in Africa, Europe, Asia and America for the past twenty years. Deeply infused with a knowledge of tradition, her art expands contemporaneity in dance. Her choreographies, which she calls “poetics,” explore movement and gesture rooted in time, emphasizing codified spaces of the intimate while revealing a dimension that is universal.

Originating in Hong Kong, William Lau grew up in Montréal and studied both Chinese traditional dance and Western classical ballet. With a graduate degree in dance at York University and as a disciple of the Masters Song Chang Rong, he specializes in ambitious female roles from Peking Opera. During the last twenty years, William Lau has widened the horizon of traditional dance while collaborating with artists from various cultural backgrounds.