Angélique Wilkie

Angélique pursued a 25-year career in Europe in dance, circus and music. Performer, dramaturg and mentor, she is active in Montreal’s professional dance community and is the 2022 recipient of the Prix de la danse de Montréal, catégorie Interprète. She participates actively in conversations on equity, diversity and inclusion on the Boards of Festival TransAmériques, La Chapelle scènes contemporaines and Espace Perreault transmissions chorégraphiques. Associate Professor of Contemporary Dance, her research interests focus on decolonial dramaturgies. She holds a Concordia University Research Chair in Ecologies of B/black Performance and is Special Advisor to the Provost on Black Integration and Knowledges. Angélique is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and is a doctoral candidate at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).