Noam Gagnon is an acclaimed dance artist who, over the course of his career, has helped push Canadian dance into the forefront of international stage. Now the Artistic Director of Compagnie Vision Selective, which he founded in 2006, Noam continues to reshape the dance landscape with his achingly intimate and powerful works. For Compagnie Vision Selective, Noam has created, choreographed and performed in several full-length works, and has toured extensively throughout Canada. Noam is regularly commissioned by dance artists and companies to create works, and has collaborated with such celebrated artists as Nigel Charnock, Daniel Léveillé, The Tiger Lillies, Steven Gilmore and William Morrison.
Noam has also created a series of short films for Bravo!, and is featured in a Kenneth Sherman short film as part of a Knowledge Network series about influential contemporary artists in British Columbia.
For 16 years Noam Gagnon was the Co-Artistic Director and Choreographer of The Holy Body Tattoo. With this company Noam created work that received critical and audience acclaim around the world.
our brief eternity toured worldwide, including performances at the Sydney Opera House and the Barbican in London, and captured nominations in both dance categories of the 1997 Dora Mavor Moore Awards, winning Best Ensemble Performance. The film version of
Poetry & Apocalypse screened in over 16 different international film festivals, winning several awards. Circa, winner of the inaugural Alcan Performing Arts Award, was performed over 100 times around the world and was turned into a film by Cine Qua Non, which aired on Bravo!
monumental, the company’s largest and most ambitious piece, premiered in Ottawa in 2005, toured across Canada and was presented by UCLA Live! in Los Angeles.
Noam Gagnon is an Associate Dance Artist of Canada’s National Arts Centre. Noam is also the Director of Noam Gagnon's Wellness Center/Beyond Pilates Inc.
