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18 March 2019

Marco Pronovost Named One of Five Canadian Young Cultural Innovators

He is an artist-mediator whose work qualifies as social art.

In 2017, Marco Pronovost was named one of five Canadian Young Cultural Innovators by the Canada Council for the Arts. He is an artist-mediator whose work qualifies as social art.

A choreographer, director and researcher, he explores the relationship with the public and challenges the fourth wall. Mr Pronovost is a Fellow of the Global Salzburg Seminar in Austria and manifests his interest in social art in other professional spheres — curator, mediator, consultant, instructor, lecturer and author. He is one of the few specialists who address issues of cultural mediation and public engagement as both an artist and a theorist. He graduated from the Graduate Institute, majoring in development studies. Mr Pronovost is also the curator of Tangente, a contemporary dance event company in Montréal.

Text from: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec