CHOREOGRAPHER’S BIO:

Handy “MonstaPop” Yacinthe is recognized as one of the leading forces in building the current-day Montréal popping community, and an innovative dance creator and technical experimenter in his own right. Montréal-born of Haitian parents, he has travelled throughout Canada, Europe and Asia competing, teaching, judging and exchanging with other specialists. His expertise and creative movement approaches have led him to coach contemporary companies like Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, to co-choreograph for the television show America’s Best Dance Crew, and to work with Franco Dragone of the Cirque du Soleil. He has also conceived and organizes the innovative Jack of All Trades dance competition event. In recent years, he has collaborated as creator and performer with the Cirque du Soleil, Rubberband Dance Group, Blue Collar Dance Company, Just for Laughs Festival, Moment Factory and more. His choreography was presented by Artère and his personal work at 100 Lux. This work has won a grant for dance research from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec for the conception of Myocaditis, chosen by Tangente for their 2015-2016 programming. At the core of his vision is the idea of a metropolis in constant movement.