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Born in North Carolina and based in Montreal, Dorian is a choreographer and cultural worker. She often works in collaboration with composer and dramaturg Simon Grenier-Poirier.
Dorian’s projects reflect her interest in social dynamics, humor and unusual forms. Past works include: Nos Ruelles (2021), an interactive nature walk for children in the neighborhood of Parc-Extension, Speed Glue (2019), a choreographic score for two ping-pong players; Orchestrated Accidents (2018), a performance installation game about destiny created within the frame of a retrospective exhibition for seminal quebecoise artiste Françoise Sullivan; and Memory Palace (2016), a performance for three dancers with a background in social or folk dance.
These works have been presented in a variety of contexts including the Festival TransAmériques, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, the Centre Récréatif de Marsoui (Festival FURIES), the Chinese National Table Tennis Museum in Shanghai, l’Atelier de Paris/CDCN, and the ruelle Querbes-Durocher, among others.
