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THE AUTHOR

Denis Poulin obtained his doctorate in Arts Studies and Practices at UQAM in 2012. course in dance and technology. He also completed a master's degree in television and cinema at the University of Michigan (Anne Arbour) in 1977. Montmorencien emeritus, Denis Poulin was a dance teacher at Collège Montmorency in Laval. Program he founded in 1985.
A director fascinated by dance on screen, since 1971 he has made numerous films and videos for his multimedia choreographic shows and those of Martine Époque. Il a reçu le Best Achievement in cinematography Award de l'Université du Michigan (1976) pour son film de danse_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b -136bad5cf58d_Solo et la Coupe Enta maratone dei Templi du Festival international de cinéma de Salerno (1983) pour Ni scène , nor behind the scenes ⁄ Beyond curtains (1978), produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). He is the winner of the first competition of the NFB "cineaste sought" (1981), prize which allowed him to make his first animated film 3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_1982).
Since 2006, he has been an associate professor in the Department of Dance at UQAM and has numerous publications to his credit. He is a regular member of the  international network for research-creation in media arts, design, technology and digital culture Hexagram and Hexagram-UQAM.

The technochoreographic approach of Denis Poulin and Martine Époque  testifies to an artistic bias for a particular expression that they named in 2004 "dance without a body"._cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b -136bad5cf58d_In their works from 2003 (Tabula rasa: the sequel, 2003) , NoBody dances: the prototype (2008),_cc758-3b-3905 -136bad5cf58d_La Collection Numérique de signatures motrices de danseurs (2010), CODA, le final du Sacre du printemps_cc781905-5cde-3194- bb3b-136bad5cf58d_(2014, 2D version; 2015, 3D-relief version), the digital performers, freed from their physical appearance, offer a dance in which humans manifest themselves in the form of dynamic imprints bearing their motor signature. Freed from this usual reference of dance, these works offer a look that magnifies the danced movement and its energetic manifestations.

Since the death of Martine Époque in January 2018, Denis Poulin has pursued with conviction the vision of dance he developed with his lifelong accomplice. His latest short film PASSAGE is the first part of his next cinematographic project built around the concept of a museum dedicated to real and virtual dance.