Solène Bernier

Administrative and Creative Assistant

Solène Bernier is a dance artist and a graduate of École de Danse Contemporaine de Montréal (2019). She has performed in work by Bradley Eng for Festival Quartiers Danses and worked as a collaborator in Cheline Lacroix’s dance film May the Best Loser Win. Currently based in Kjipuktuk/Halifax NS, she has worked with local companies and choreographers including Votive Dance, Mocean Dance, Emma Kerson and Liliona Quarmyne, and Meredith Kalaman. Recent creative highlights include performances in The Devil’s Intervals by Lydia Zimmer (ZIMMERDANS) for the Live Art Mainstage series, and in Metonym Circus’ Lizard of Pause: Girly Epic choreographed by Alyssa Martin (Rock Bottom Movement). Solène has also participated in various choreographic and research-based workshops such as Nova Scotia Masterwork’s Future Masters Program, Mocean Dance’s CLEaR Forum, and the Creative Music Workshop in association with the Halifax Jazz Festival. She will be furthering her professional development at the b12 Festival for Contemporary Dance and Performance Art in Berlin this summer, and is also working towards a BSc in Therapeutic Recreation from Dalhousie University.

Photo Credit: Kevin MacCormack