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The Desrosiers Dance Theatre was founded in Toronto in 1980 to present the work of its choreographer and artistic director, Robert DESROSIERS. The company's size varied according to economic circumstances and the needs of the choreography. Because of the theatrical nature of his work, Desrosiers often chose what from a strictly dance point of view might have been considered unconventional dancers, but they excelled in their ability to project his madcap humour, whimsical sense of character and often acrobatic choreography. In 1990 he significantly revamped his company to put more emphasis on pure movement, but by 1996 he had returned to the highly theatrical style and surreal imagery that had secured his early popularity.
Because of Desrosiers's interest in presenting a total theatrical experience of sound, movement and spectacle, his company has tended to attract a broader audience than regular dance troupes. It toured internationally and was commissioned to dance Desrosiers's Incognito at the Calgary Olympic Arts Festival in 1988. In 1996 an unfortunate financial setback followed the company's move into the 3200-seat Hummingbird (then O'Keefe) Centre and triggered a period of severe retrenchment. Although Desrosiers has continued to work on a variety of projects, his work began to lose favour with government funding bodies and the company ceased operations in 1999.
 PierrotPierrot, dancer: Eric Tessier-Lavigne (photo by Cylla von Tiedemann).
 Desrosiers, RobertRobert Desrosiers (courtesy Desrosiers Dance Theatre).
 Black & White in ColourRobert Desrosiers dancing in Black & White in Colour (photo by V. Tony Hauser).
Author
MICHAEL CRABB
Links to Other Sites
Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists
The official website of the Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists.
Canadian Women in Theatre and Dance
This Library and Archives Canada site features biographies of prominent women in Canadian theatre and dance. Also offers teaching guides and reference sources.
Dance
An extensive multimedia website devoted to the rich and varied world of dance. Features biographies of prominent dance artists, video clips of interviews and dance performances, the "Virtual Dance Studio" where you can create original choreography on your computer, and much more. From ArtsAlive.ca, a National Arts Centre website.
Playwrights Guild of Canada
The website for the Playwrights Guild of Canada. Search for brief profiles of Canadian playwrights and information about programs that offer assistance to playwrights.
Destination dance-danse
A bilingual, searchable, Canada-wide performance database from Dance Media Group/Groupe Danse Média, publishers of "The Dance Current" magazine.
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