Dance

Dance

This contemporary dance training program is for advanced and professional dancers aged 16 and over, who are passionate about dance. The Domaine Forget workshop stands out by offering a 2-weeks immersion in art and nature, on the banks of the St. Lawrence River.

The 2026 edition focuses on expressive dances, whose physical intensity is matched only by their profound humanity. It is featuring repertoire teaching from the Italian company KOMOCO/Sofia Nappi and Quebec's Virginie Brunelle, as well as site-specific dance by Chantal Caron. This exceptional teaching team offers a diverse and engaging artistic journey through contemporary choreographic practices from both local and international stages.

GUEST ARTISTS & WORKSHOPS

Arthur Bouilliol — KOMOCO's artistic tools / Sofia Nappi Repertoire
From June 29 to July 10

KOMOCO Workshop aims to offer a sense of physical and sensorial totality through exploration and the discovery of new possibilities within the body. The practice invites participants to reconnect with an instinctive, embodied state—awakening awareness of their unique artistic individuality and allowing it to be expressed in endless ways, from expansive, high-volume forms to the most subtle and delicate qualities. Movers are encouraged to embody stories and emotions with visceral presence, accessing a raw state where movement, sensation, and emotion fuse. Through a series of games and guided improvisational tasks, the work reveals vulnerability, tension, conflict, and intimacy, offering tools to communicate complex inner worlds.

Virginie Brunelle — Atelier chorégraphique Virginie Brunelle
From July 4 to July 10

This workshop aims to help participants internalize and embody an excerpt from the repertoire of Compagnie Virginie Brunelle. It explores the range of gestural dynamics that the choreographer passionately unravels in her works. Through the chosen excerpt, participants will work on and develop several qualities, including musicality, attack, elasticity, ferocity, and release. Through rigorous and precise work, Virginie focuses primarily on the human element: its vulnerability as well as its strength, its authenticity and simplicity in its stage presence. To better address the partner work central to her choreographic approach, she will be accompanied by performer Sophie Breton.

Chantal Caron — Site Specific Dance
From June 29 to July 4

With her great sensitivity for what surround us, Chantal Caron invites participants to go outside and explore the Domaine Forget environment, as a catalyst for creation: the woods and their trails, the historic site and its buildings, the riverbank, and more. This class explores the relationship to the ground, to natural elements, to the memory of the place, and to the physical and poetic engagement of the body. The importance of a rigorous training adapted to working outdoors leads her to incorporate cardio, muscle strengthening, flexibility, and endurance. Her tools: Qi gong, physical conditioning and yoga. Beyond the physical aspect, she invites participants to cultivate an approach that is both practical and spiritual, focused on listening, sensation, and presence. She thus shares the foundations of her site-specific choreographic practice, rooted in the dialogue between the body, the land, and the forces of nature.

Emmanuelle Bourassa Beaudoin - Contemporary Technique
June 29 to July 10

My class is based on principles of Release Technique, José Limon, and functional anatomy. I combine this with my love of floor work, my expansive exploration of space, my musical sensitivity, and my search for essence. The core of my work is kinesthetic pleasure. We begin by allowing ourselves to be moved by our weight, slowly on the floor. Then, we establish our verticality. We allow ourselves to be carried by the flow, this balance between musicality, momentum, control, and surrender. We honor spirals and amplitude. Balance is constantly challenged by playing with the loss of visual reference points. We focus on proprioception. We move towards complex rhythms and weight transfers, investing ourselves in space. We play with the passage of the center through all levels, turns, and jumps. Physicality is deployed while attempting to keep the more subtle sensations vividly alive.

applying for admission

Complete all steps of the online application form, pay the registration fee (CAN $95), and provide the audition materiel by April 1, 2026.

All applications are automatically eligible for the scholarship program. For all details concerning scholarships and financial aid: click here.

AUDITION MATERIAL (MANDATORY)

• 1 recent solo performance, (less than 12 months old) in the style of your choice for a total length of 2 to 5 minutes.
  Recording should consist of a distinct video link; public or unlisted YouTube, Vimeo or DropBox links or any other link directly accessible without a password and clearly labeled.
  
  
• Profile picture

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

If you would like more information about the academy or the registration process, please consult the FAQ page or the student services manager: Félix Gauthier 

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE

Arrival: Sunday, June 28, 2026, between 2PM and 6PM (classes begin on Monday, June 29, 2025)

Departure: Saturday, July 11, 2026, 9AM

All transportation is the student’s responsibility.

For more the details, visit the regularly updated Transport page.

Photo credit for the Faculty section : Julia Perron-Langlois (Chantal Caron) , Patrick Woodbury (Virginie Brunelle) and Thomas Schermer (Arthur Bouilliol)

RATES (INCLUDING ROOM, BOARD AND TUITION)

Session from June 28 to July 11, 2026

CAN $2,336

PAYMENT INFORMATION

First installment
To confirm and reserve your place a non-refundable first deposit, covering the tuition fees of your session is required within seven (7) days following your acceptance letter and invoice.

Second installment
The second payment is due no later than June 1, 2026.

Cancellation / Refund

Le Domaine Forget de Charlevoix reserves the right to cancel any program if circumstances demand it. All fees already paid will then be reimbursed. Registration fees are non-refundable. Registration fees are non-refundable.

Cancellation policy:

1st installment (50% of session fees) payable within 7 days of receipt of your invoice. N.B.: This first payment is used to confirm and reserve your place in the program and is non-refundable.

2nd installment (remaining balance): 50% refund of the amount paid if cancellation at least 30 days before the start of the program.

No refund will be issued if one cancels their participation 30 days or less before the start of the program for any reason other than medical (doctor's note required).

No refund issued passed June 2, 2026.

THE PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES

• Participation in a student concert/show from the Academy’s program or from "Domaine on the Road" series

• Video Recording of the student concert/show

• Free access to Domaine Forget International Festival concerts and dance shows during the program. (Restrictions may apply for some events).

• Official attestation of participation to the program

• Access to all Academy classes and activities during the program

• Student activities such as bonfire, sports activities, tourist outings, movies, yoga etc.

• Individual practice huts and spaces situated on the enchanting site in the middle of nature

• Three meals a day in the Joseph-Rouleau pavilion

• Double or quadruple occupancy lodging