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The Artists
Jean
Asselin
 His
theatre activity involves acting, teaching, playwrighting and directing
some fifty productions which display this culture of the body. During
his years of training from 1964 to 1977, he moved from Montreal to
London, Prague and Paris training in acting, dance and mime before
ultimately adhering to the Étienne Decroux school where he
assisted the master in his theatre teaching and research. His analysis
of the body takes shape in writings such as Grammaire du mime corporel,
les règles de l’art based on the Decroux didactical corpus
(1978), Manifeste pour un corps raisonnable contre le style sincère
(1988), and Le corps à l’ère des lumières
(which he is currently working on) that combines theory, teaching,
playwrighting and repertoire in an encyclopedic approach.
Denise Boulanger
 She
worked for five years alongside Étienne Decroux, assisting
him in his teaching and theatrical research, and participating in
the creation of three major works from his repertoire.
In 1977, with Jean Asselin, she founded and directed the École
de Mime and Omnibus troupe. Her teaching and methods are the product
of a constant analysis and practice of contemporary mime. She trained
artists in various professional institutions and each year conducts
training sessions in Europe and Mexico. For over twenty years, she
has enjoyed an outstanding career as a performer playing a prominent
role in most of Omnibus productions. She works on a regular basis
with choreographers and directors of international stature.
Marie Lefebvre
 As
a graduate from the Montreal Conservatory of dramatic arts (1993),
she makes the encounter of Jean Asselin and decrousian mime. Faithful
student of the Mime School since 1994, she participated in over ten
Omnibus theatre productions and also acted for television and film.
Multidisciplinary enthousiast, she explores a second profession as
a social worker since 2007. Her path leads her to blend the art of
the body and psychosocial intervention.
Sylvie Chartrand
 Her
young career in animation was deserved two prestigious prizes in 1998.
In 2000, her interest for body language brings her to l’École
de Mime where she has been teaching since 2004. With Omnibus, she
was part of the creation of L’entrepôt and L’amour
est un opéra muet. Her personal creations (visual arts and
new technologies animated by the body) have been presented in Québec
and Europe.
Francine Alepin
 Francine
Alepin has been working with Omnibus since 1981, first as a creator-performer
in most of the company’s productions and more recently as a
remarkable director. She passes on the rules of the art of the body
in major theatre institutions including the École supérieure
de théâtre at Université du Québec in Montréal.
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