Mélanie Demers is a Canadian dancer and choreographer from Quebec, most noted as founder of the dance company MAYDAY."Mélanie Demers, la danseuse contemporaine hyperactive". Ici Radio-Canada Première, May 10, 2022.
Formerly a dancer with the O Vertigo dance company, she launched MAYDAY in 2007.Catherine Lalonde, "Danse - Mélanie Demers : bonheur aveugle et beauté Dollarama". Le Devoir, January 22, 2011. Works she has created with MAYDAY have included Les Angles morts,Frédérique Doyon, "Danse - Mélanie Demers traque les troublantes réalités de l'existence". Le Devoir, April 21, 2007. Junkyard/Paradise, Goodbye,Victor Swoboda, "Mélanie Demers finds new ways to say goodbye". Montreal Gazette, March 7, 2013. Something about Wilderness,Kathleen Smith, "Melanie Demers". Now, September 19, 2013. La Goddam Voie Lactée,Janet Smith, "Montreal's Mélanie Demers unleashes the female voice in La Goddam Voie Lactée". Stir, February 1, 2022. and Confession Publique.Janet Smith, "MAYDAY's award-winning Confession Publique is an act of radical exposure, May 26 and 27". Stir, May 25, 2023.
In 2024 she was named the recipient of the National Arts Centre Award from the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards."Andrea Martin, Maestro Fresh Wes to receive Canada's top honour in the performing arts". CBC Arts, February 22, 2024.
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