Originally from Montréal QC, Michèle’s dance journey began over 25 years ago with a love for Tap. Upon moving to Nova Scotia, her studies continued under the Society of Russian Ballet and the Canadian Dance Teachers Association (Jazz and Tap) examinations. During her high school years Michèle participated as a member in Maritime Dance Performance Group, a pre professional youth company at the time here in Halifax.

From there Michèle found a love for Contemporary Dance, and decided to continue her studies at Concordia University in Montréal where she completed their Contemporary Dance Program. During her time there she worked for Festival Bouge D’ici and completed her first full independent choreographic work as part of “The Griffintown Project”.

Upon her return to Nova Scotia she acted as Artistic Director for Maritime Dance Performance Group from 2014-2016. Her primary focus however has been as an interpreter working for Votive Dance in creations including “What We Want” 2016, “Homeplace”  2018 “Love you Madly” 2019. More recent works created by Michèle include “Who>?” which premiered in Votive Dances Main Stage production in May 2017, and “Alone Time” presented by Kinetic Studio March 2019. Along with joining Halifax Dances Administrative Team as Director of Operations, Michèle has been commissioned this year by Votive Dance to create a new work to premiere in March of 2021.