{"id":2591,"date":"2016-03-30T16:21:42","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T16:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/?p=2591"},"modified":"2023-02-09T16:35:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T16:35:22","slug":"les-7-doigts-de-la-main-co-winners-of-the-31st-grand-prix-du-conseil-des-arts-de-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/2016\/03\/30\/les-7-doigts-de-la-main-co-winners-of-the-31st-grand-prix-du-conseil-des-arts-de-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"LES 7 DOIGTS DE LA MAIN : CO-WINNERS OF THE 31ST GRAND PRIX DU CONSEIL DES ARTS DE MONTR\u00c9AL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Montreal, March 24, 2016 <\/strong>\u2013Not one, but two victors were crowned today at the 31st Grand Prix du Conseil des arts de Montr\u00e9al.\u00a0<strong>Les 7 doigts de la main<\/strong> and the\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Mus\u00e9e d'art contemporain de Montr\u00e9al\" href=\"http:\/\/www.macm.org\/en\/\">Mus\u00e9e d\u2019art contemporain de Montr\u00e9al<\/a><\/strong> were co-winners of the award and its $30,000 purse. The jury praised the two organizations as ambassadors of Montreal\u2019s vibrant artistic community.<\/p>\n<p>Since its inception in 2002,\u00a0<strong>Les 7 doigts de la main <\/strong>has become one of Quebec\u2019s leading contemporary circus troupes.Exploring all possibilities of the vast discipline, its artists have developed a unique artistic identity\u2014and earned worldwide acclaim. In 2015, the company enjoyed a banner year. With\u00a0<em>Triptyque<\/em>, a magnificent cross between circus and dance, Les 7 doigts de la main created a bold work featuring acrobatic performances of the highest level, a milestone in the history of circus in Quebec. In addition, Les 7 doigts de la main received a prestigious Drama Desk Award for\u00a0<em>Queen of the Night<\/em>, performed at the Diamond Horseshoe in New York.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Mus\u00e9e d\u2019art contemporain de Montr\u00e9al<\/strong> set out in 1964 to promote and preserve Quebec contemporary art. With theexhibition\u00a0<em>Flux<\/em>,\u00a0MAC transported us into the dazzling, vertiginous world of Montreal artist David Altmejd. A record-breaking 124,000 viewers visited the museum\u2019s galleries, where some thirty works were on display, including two previously unexhibited pieces. Through an ingeniously designed itinerary, visitors were treated to mirror and refractory images, demonstrating both the artist\u2019s technical mastery and his intelligent reinterpretation of sculpture. The exhibition was not only an artistic highpoint of 2015, but a galvanizing event for the museum, which attracted a wide audience of both novices and connoisseurs, of allages.<\/p>\n<p>The winners were announced by\u00a0<strong>Jan-Fryderyk Pleszczynski<\/strong>, Chairman of the Conseil des arts de Montr\u00e9al,in the presence of\u00a0<strong>Luc Fortin<\/strong>, Minister of Culture and Communications, Minister Responsible for the Protection and Promotion of the French Language, and Minister Responsible for the Eastern Townships, as well as<strong>Denis Coderre<\/strong>, Mayor of Montreal, and\u00a0<strong>Louis Lalande<\/strong>, Senior Vice-President of Radio-Canada, the official partner of the Grand Prix. More than 800 personalities from the artistic, municipal and business sectors attended this annual event hosted by\u00a0<strong>France Beaudoin<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Zab Maboungou\/Compagnie Danse Nyata Nyata<\/strong>, winner of the Conseil\u2019s 2015 Prix de la danse de Montr\u00e9al (Cultural Diversity), as well as soprano\u00a0<strong>Marie-\u00c8ve Munger<\/strong> and pianist\u00a0<strong>Louise-Andr\u00e9e Baril<\/strong> took part in the festivities, delighting audiences with their stirring performances.<\/p>\n<p>Presided over by Jan-Fryderyk Pleszczynski, this year\u2019s jury included<strong>Dani\u00e8le\u00a0Henkel<\/strong>, founder and President of Daniele Henkel Inc.,\u00a0<strong>Michel Lemieux<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Victor Pilon<\/strong>, artistic co-directors of Lemieux Pilon 4D Art and winners of last year\u2019s Grand Prix, and\u00a0<strong>Kim Thomassin<\/strong>, Managing Partner for the Quebec region at McCarthy T\u00e9trault.<\/p>\n<p>The finalists for the 31st Grand Prix were: the\u00a0<strong>Centre des auteurs dramatiques [CEAD], <\/strong>the<strong> Festival interculturel du conte du Qu\u00e9bec, Les Films du 3\u00a0Mars<\/strong>,<strong> Studios XX<\/strong>,<strong> Louise B\u00e9dard Danse<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Sacr\u00e9 Tympan <\/strong>and<strong> LA SERRE \u2013 arts vivants.<\/strong> Each nominee received a $5,000 prize offered by generous Montreal patrons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montreal, March 24, 2016 \u2013Not one, but two victors were crowned today at the 31st Grand Prix du Conseil des arts de Montr\u00e9al.\u00a0Les 7 doigts de la main and the\u00a0Mus\u00e9e d\u2019art contemporain de Montr\u00e9al were co-winners of the award and its $30,000 purse. The jury praised the two organizations as ambassadors of Montreal\u2019s vibrant artistic community. Since its inception in 2002,\u00a0Les 7 doigts de la main has become one of Quebec\u2019s leading contemporary circus troupes.Exploring all possibilities of the vast discipline, its artists have developed a unique artistic identity\u2014and earned worldwide acclaim. In 2015, the company enjoyed a banner year. With\u00a0Triptyque, a magnificent cross between circus and dance, Les 7 doigts de la main created a bold work featuring acrobatic performances of the highest level, a milestone in the history of circus in Quebec. In addition, Les 7 doigts de la main received a prestigious Drama Desk Award for\u00a0Queen of the Night, performed at the Diamond Horseshoe in New York. The\u00a0Mus\u00e9e d\u2019art contemporain de Montr\u00e9al set out in 1964 to promote and preserve Quebec contemporary art. With theexhibition\u00a0Flux,\u00a0MAC transported us into the dazzling, vertiginous world of Montreal artist David Altmejd. A record-breaking 124,000 viewers visited the museum\u2019s galleries, where some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-the-7-fingers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2591"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2597,"href":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591\/revisions\/2597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}