CHÂU Kim-Sanh is a choreographer-dancer, filmmaker, and cultural worker. Her practice comprises choreographic and video making – with an interest for the emergence of imaginary landscapes through the body – distilled from far away dreams and imaginary memories.

Her dance creations have been presented at the MAI, Tangente, l’Arsenal (Canada), Krossing-Over (Vietnam), Performance Curator Initiatives (Philippines), SIDance (Korea), among others.

In 2023, she collaborates as a dancer with compagnies Katie Ward, Carpe Diem /Emmanuel Jouthe, Mandoline Hybride /Priscilla Guy.

CHÂU is affiliated to organisations such as Studio 303 (as artistic director) and Company Equivoc’ (as associate artist).

She graduated in Dance (MA UQAM) and finance (MA ASB Denmark / Harvard USA).


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Choreography Kim-Sanh Châu
Interpretation Ariane Dessaulles, Melina Stinson (Canada), Võ Hồng Nhung (Vietnam)
Dramaturgy Daina Ashbee
Music Chittakone Baccam, Michel F. Côté
Video Guillaume Vallée
Lighting Jon Cleveland

Residencies OFFTA, Espace Marie Chouinard, La Serre - arts vivants, Dancenter, Danse Danse
Shows Tangente (Canada) Feb 8-9-10-11, 2018, Krossing-Over (Vietnam) April 19-21, 2018, Dancebox (Malaysia) May 1, 2018, SIDance / HOTPOT (Korea) Oct 13 2018, Sejong International Festival (Korea) Oct 16 2018, Arsenal (Canada) Dec 11, 2018, Rencontres Internationales Regards Hybrides (Canada) Oct 23, 2019.
Financial support Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
Year 2018

À mi-chemin entre danse et installation, Kaleidoscope est un voyage sensoriel coloré où les corps dévoilent rêves enfouis et subconscient. Naviguant entre des positions concises, les danseuses Ariane Dessaulles et Melina Stinson, dessinent une douce corporéité ouvrant à des imaginaires oniriques lointains. Le public glisse dans un univers brumeux et surréel à l’aide de lunettes kaleidoscopes. Celles-ci démultiplient l’image et altèrent les couleurs. Avec cette création, Kim-Sanh Châu matérialise et ouvre son univers synesthésique entre couleur, musique et émotion. Kaleidoscope est rose pâle, pourpre, avec des touches bleues persan et dorées. Les corps se multiplient à l’infini. Puis disparaissent.

Leaning between dance and installation, Kaleidoscope is a colorful sensorial journey where bodies unravel subconscious and fleeting dreams. Floating through concise positions and with gentle corporeity, the dancers Ariane Dessaulles and Melina Stinson, open our oneiric imaginations. The audience slides into this surreal and hazy world wearing kaleidoscope glasses. Their special lenses multiply the image and alter colours. With this new creation, Kim-Sanh Châu realizes and invites us into her synesthetic realm of colors, music and emotions. Kaleidoscope is pale pink and violet, touched with Persian blue and gold. Bodies duplicate infinitely. Then disappear.