In the fall of 2004, Claire Jenny, artistic director of the dance company POINT VIRGULE, and her dancers finally landed on Quebec soil to bring to life an out of the ordinary dream.  In 50 hours spread out over three weeks, the french dance group  created a 45 minute choreography with the help of five women incarcerated in Maison Tanguay. The dance recital was accompanied by video images taken during a similar experience in a women’s prison in a suburb of Paris. This was a work of art created around the themes of imprisonment, the body and its ability to move beyond in a different manner.  It was a show that marked the spirit of its spectators and that has kept people talking at Maison Tanguay three years later -- as if it was yesterday. 

To learn more, please consult our

Bulletin Femmes & Justice du printemps 2005.

This project was supported by the  Correctional Service of Canada, Tanguay Prison and financed by the Minister of French Culture.