Chorégraphe, directeur de mouvement, artiste du vivant.
Nicholas, aussi appelé EAU, célèbre le vivant à travers des ballets punk et écologiques, des happenings immersifs, des ateliers de guérison somatique, du coaching individuel, des publications et des écrits. Que ce soit dans un studio, un champ, un théâtre, un bunker ou un rêve, iel cherche des façons de désapprendre, de sentir autrement et de créer des gestes qui infiltrent le possible.
EAU est cofondateur de Proto Studio
À travers ALWAYS ALREADY, un espace en constante évolution dédié à sa recherche et à ses pratiques artistiques, iel continue d’explorer l’incarnation, la relation, les systèmes, l’émergence et l’étrange intelligence de ce qui est déjà en mouvement. Iel active de futures mythologies à travers le corps, la technologie et la collaboration.
ALWAYS
ALREADY
Always Already is a space where the multiple practices, inquiries, and forms of creation that inhabit me can coexist. Each project is an autonomous container organizing its own space, time, and rhythm. Rather than defining a discipline, Always Already creates the conditions for each idea to find the form each project needs.
BELLEFLEUR
Nicholas Bellefleur (they/il) is an interdisciplinary artist, somatic facilitator, community leader and educator based in Tiothia:ke / Montreal. They create spaces of presence and transformation where dance, technology, play, and critical thought collide. Rooted in a queer and neurodivergent perspective, their practice moves fluidly between performance-making, improvisation, embodied research, alternative pedagogies, and collective experiments.
Whether through posthuman performance works, consciousness-oriented workshops, or choreographic systems, Nicholas explores how bodies, people, environments, and larger systems shape and transform one another. Their response is to develop practices and methodologies for unlearning conditioning, reawakening intuition, and cultivating embodied, situated, and sensitive ways of being.
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Kristina Hilliard
Kristina Hilliard
A CONSTELLATION OF ONE
SACRED DISASTER
COWORKER
LA NUIT NOUS APPARTIENT
RAVERIE
2014- 2026
Andrea Peña & Artists, Lo Fi Dance Theory, House of Youth (HY), Proto Studio, Ballet BC, Virginie Brunelle, Tangente, Animals of Distinction, Biennale Di Venezia, Nicolas Fonseca, Centre National de Danse-Thérapie, Dave St-Pierre, Le Fils d’Adrien danse, Sébastien Provencher, Les 7 Doigts de la Main, Christian Lalumière, Doux Soft Club, Kevin Calero, Wynn Holmes, Morgane Le Tiec, Gioconda Barbuto, Yvann Alexandre, Jonathan Chomko, Cas Public, Marion Paquette, Royal Mount, Amara Barner, Fannie Côté, MGM Resorts, Lumières, Centre communautaire LGBTQ+ de Montréal, Fleuve Espace Danse, Vue Sur La Relève, Antoniya, Julien Villeneuve, Miranda Chan, Jeune Ballet du Québec, Fondation PHI, Festival Quartiers Danses, Mauricie Arts Vivants, SDC du Village, Fierté MTL
A CONSTELLATION
OF ONE
CHORÉGRAPHE ET DANSEURPerformance — Solo
Always Already
Festival Quartiers Danses
Place des Arts
2026
SACRED DISASTER
CHORÉGRAPHE ET DANSEURPerformance — 9 artistes
Always Already
Production indépendante
2026
MIRAGE CORPORATIF
CHORÉGRAPHE ET DANSEURPerformance — 16 artistes
Always Already
Production indépendante
2025/26
COWORKER
CHORÉGRAPHE ET DANSEURPerformance — Solo
Always Already
Production indépendante
2025
BOGOTÀ
DANSEUR ET COLLABORATEURPerformance — 9 artistes
Andrea Peña & Artists
Biennale di Venezia
Agora x Danse Danse
2023/25
RAVERIE
CHORÉGRAPHE ET DANSEURPerformance — 7 artistes
Always Already
Fierité MTL
SDC du Village
2024
LA NUIT NOUS APPARTIENT
CHORÉGRAPHEPerformance — 14 artistes
Jocelyn Pelletier x Millimetrik
Carrefour
2024/25
FABLES
DANSEUR ET COLLABORATEURPerformance — 12 artistes
Compagnie Virgine Brunelle
Lugano Arte e Cultura
Danse Danse
2022/24
LE MONT-ANALOGUE
ACTEUR, DANSEUR, CHANTEURPerformance
Lo Fi Dance Theory (LFDT) / Wynn Holmes
Espace Go
Ballet Opera Pantomime (BOP)
2024
FLOREUS
DANSEUR ET COLLABORATEURPerformance
Sébastien Provencher
Festival TransAmériques (FTA)
2024
VARIATIONS
DANSEUR ET COLLABORATEURPerformance
Lo Fi Dance Theory (LFDT) / Wynn Holmes
2024
LA DANSE DE LA PAIX
DANSEURRituel collectif
Mouvement de paix
2024
RAPTURE
DANSEUR ET COLLABORATEURPerformance
Dave St-Pierre
Fierté MTL
Monastère
2022
Direction: House of Youth
Music: Jean-Michel Blais
Direction: Adrian Villagomez
Music: Ariane Moffatt
Direction: Soleil Denault
Rehearsal for the Future
Sept 17 - Oct 22, 2026Every Thurs
8-9:30PM
Sliding scale
25-35$/class
REGISTRATION
A recurring container for collective experimentation, where movement, play, imagination, conversation, meditation, and reflection become ways of practicing possible futures together.
There is no fixed choreography and no predetermined outcome. The practice unfolds through a fluid methodology that listens to the group and continuously reorients itself according to its energy, questions, needs, and curiosities. Sometimes we move. Sometimes we play. Sometimes we talk. Sometimes we soften into stillness.
Dance Workout Training
Sept 07 - 30, 2026Every Mon & Wed
9-10AM
14,77$ / class
REGISTRATION
September Series of Dance Workouts guided by Nicholas Bellefleur / Eau. Think gym with a view but with loud music, no pressure to perform or proove anything, good vibes, collective joy, and a lot of dance breaks !
Mobility.
Strenght.
Flexibility.
Sweat.
Collective Joy.
Open to all.
No prior dance background required.
SYSTÈMES
Sept 06 - 27, 2026Every Sun
12-2PM
Free / Gratuit
REGISTRATION
WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE
WHO WANT TO PLAY.
You will enter a shared set of conditions and discover what happens when you follow, respond, adapt, lead, pause, change direction and become part of something larger than yourself.SYSTÈMES is a choreographic research project where groups of people activate movement-based games, scores and systems together.
No dance experience required.
All ages, bodies and movement capacities are welcome.
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