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.

Sylvie Chartrand

Both mime and visual artist, her interest in the language of the body brought her to École de Mime de Montréal in 2000. A brilliant and meticulous student, she then went on to become a teacher at the school in 2004. Together with Jean Asselin, she developed the virtual encyclopedia Le corps à l'ère des lumières. She has worked with Omnibus as a creator-performer on L'entrepôt (2004) and L'amour est un opéra muet (2007). Her personal creations have been presented and lauded in both Quebec and Europe.

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.

Anne Sabourin

Trained in both classical and contemporary dance, as well as in architecture, Anne completed her master's degree exploring the relation between the two. Since then, she has worked in visual arts and design creating set designs for both the stage and museums. Her studies at the École de Mime revealed an exceptional talent with an intuitive understanding of the workings of both interior and exterior space. She joined the Omnibus compagny in 2009 as a creator-performer in Rêves, chimères et mascarade.

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