Amplitudes intérieures
STATUS
PUBLICATION, PERFORMATIVE LECTURE AND ARTISTIC ENGAGEMENT
YEAR OF CREATION
2026
In her book Amplitudes intérieures, Andréane Leclerc explores the performing body through the combined legacies of contortion, somatic practices, physical dramaturgy, and performance art. Drawing on nearly twenty-five years of research, she approaches contortion as a practice of listening, relating, and transformation, one that allows us to access the stories held within the body and give them a voice.
Her approach invites an inward journey, opening up new possibilities for movement. It is rooted in exercises that encourage the creation of space within the body through imagery that enables bodily reorganization. Inner territories emerge as landscapes, characters, and sensations.
Movement arises from a relationship with these images rather than from the will to produce a gesture. The practice is open to everyone and requires no particular physical abilities. It can be explored individually or in a group.
Writing mentor
Hélène Bacquet
Additional Contributors
Hélène Bacquet, Marie-Eve De Chavigny,
Gabrielle Demers, Jean-Jacques
Lachapelle, Paloma Leyton, Béatriz
Mediavilla, Olivia Pia Audet, Enora
Rivière, Jie Yu
Copy Editor and Proofreader
Diane Boucher
Publisher
Collectif des éditeurs d’art contemporain
Photographer
Christian Leduc
Illustrator
Maryline Fournier
Graphic Design
bureau60a
Printer
Graphiscan
Distributor
Diffusion Dimedia Inc.
Acknowledgements
Le Conseil des arts de Montréal, le Conseil des arts et des lettres
du Québec et le Conseil des arts du Canada pour leur soutien financier
Le Musée d’art de Rouyn-Noranda, la Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, à Montréal, et Lavanderia a Vapore à Turin, en Italie, pour les résidences et la diffusion
la Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal, à Montréal, Espace DesPrés, à Sutton, et Le point de chute, à Lachute, pour les résidences de création et d’écriture.
We acknowledge the contributions of the artists who took part in the various stages of the research-creation process that led to the sharing of this practice
Marc-André Goulet, Roxane Duchesne-Roy et Susan Paulson du Broke Lab, à Montréal ; Nicola ZaucedoMata d’Airesis à Guadalajara, au Mexique ; les artistes du Camp In et Research Camping du Lavanderia a Vapore à Turin, en Italie.
With Thanks to Our Donors
Valerie Archain, Martin Boucher, Esther Charron, Delphine Dagenais, Gabrielle Demers, Julie Deschênes, Daniel Dumont, Christel Durand, Marie Hélène Froment, Miriam Ginestier, Christophe Henquin, Jean-Jacques Lachapelle, Line Leclerc, René Leclerc, George Krump, Francine Pilon, Jocelyne Pilon, Marie-Eve Poirier, Eloi Savoie, Jack Udashkin et Hélène Duval, 1-800-Bob Dixon Consultant Inc., anonymes (10)