AUDREY-ANNE BOUCHARD
Project instigator, author and director
 

Audrey-Anne Bouchard is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher and teacher. A graduate of Concordia University’s Design for the Theatre program, she first established her career in the arts as a Lighting Designer for Dance and Theatre. In parallel, her versatility and curiosity for the collative creation process encourage her to develop and direct her own creations. Inspired by her visual disability, Audrey-Anne imitates the Au-delà du visuel (Beyond sight) research project that seeks to explore how to create and communicate a dance-theatre experience that does not involve sight and that would therefore be accessible to an audience living with vision loss. With a team of dedicated collaborators including dancers-choreographers, set and sound designers, actor and playwright, they develop the Beyond sight creative method and create a new immersive artistic form that engages the spectator’s every senses but sight. The outcome of three years of research, the interdisciplinary performance Camille was presented with great success at the MAI last September 2019. With her team, Audrey-Anne now pursues her research and begins the creation of a Fragments (working title), a new piece beyond sight... In addition, she is active in the development of inclusion in the arts and participates in various activities: She is a member of the city of Montreal’s Chantier for Universal accessibility and a member of the Montreal Arts Council accessibility consultation committee. Since 2015, she has acted as Production coach for the students at the National Theatre School of Canada.