Audrey-Anne is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher and pedagogue. Since 2008, she has been working as a lighting designer in dance and theater. Her versatility and interest in the collective creation process has also led her to explore the process of stage direction. Inspired by her own visual disability, she initiated the Au-delà du visuel research project in 2016 to reflect on the possibility of creating and communicating dance and theater to an audience with low vision. In 2019, she directed and co-wrote the text for Camille: un rendez-vous au-delà du visuel, presented at MAI. With her team, she pursues her artistic approach beyond the visual and launches the creation of a second work entitled Fragments. She is engaged in the reflection on inclusive practices as a member of the expertise committee of the Chantier en Accessibilité Universelle de la ville de Montréal and of the advisory committee on universal accessibility of the Montreal Arts Council.
“It has been a pleasure for me to share exercises and techniques to create and communicate dance and theatre in a multisensory way in order to reach an audience living with low vision. Through the process, I encountered some brilliant creators who were not scared to take risks and explore paths outside of their comfort zone. Profound, caring and open minded artists.The work that ShaLeigh is doing with DJ and her collaborators is important and very unique. I feel fortunate that I was involved in its process!”