Poupart, Brigitte

Since graduating from Montreal’s Conservatoire de Théâtre in 1990, Brigitte Poupart has performed in more than 30 plays, on both major stages and in experimental theatres. She has danced in several international productions, touring Australia, the United States and Europe. She was a founding member of the musical group Les Secrétaires Percutantes, and co-founder and co-director of the Transthéâtre company, which has staged original productions including Le Défilé des canards dorés (Théâtre La Licorne 1998), W.C. (Espace Go 1999 and Quebec tour 2000), Babel (Espace Go 2002), L'Édifice (Festival de théâtre de rue de Shawinigan 2003), Cérémonials (Espace Go 2004), L'Autoroute (Festival d'été de Québec 2006), Les Cabarets Insupportables ( Lion d'Or, Montreal), Un jour ou l'autre (Espace Go 2008). For five seasons she appeared in the Radio-Canada television comedy Catherine, earning a Gémeaux nomination. She was co-production designer and co-artistic director, with Hélène Pedneault, of the Semaine de théâtre politique (political theatre week), held at Espace Go in 2005. She has also been a member of the Zapartistes collective since 2005. Recently she produced stage shows for the music group Beast, Yan Perreau and Florence K, and was the artistic director of the Festival International de la chanson de Granby for three years in a row. In 2010, she was nominated for an ADISQ award for Yann Perreau’s show Un serpent sous les fleurs. In 2010, Brigitte Poupart, longtime collaborator and friend of internationally acclaimed Canadian choreographer Dave St-Pierre, decided to follow him with her camera during his relentless battle against cystic fibrosis, capturing the creation of his masterworks and leaving us with a beautiful and moving ode to the artist. Over My Dead Body (2011) is Brigitte Poupart's first documentary feature.