Choreographer

Françoise Riopelle

Canadian choreographer (1927–2022)

Born 1927 · MontrealDied 2022Canada

Françoise Riopelle was a Canadian choreographer, born in 1927 in Montreal, who died in 2022.

Biography

Françoise Riopelle (née Lespérance; 18 June 1927 – 18 July 2022) was a Canadian dancer and choreographer from Montreal. She is considered one of the pioneers of modern dance in Quebec. Riopelle was also a dedicated activist, associated with the Automatistes, and was one of sixteen signatories to the Refus Global in 1948.

From the Wikipedia article “Françoise Riopelle”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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