{"id":6369,"date":"2026-09-03T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enpiste.qc.ca\/?post_type=formation&#038;p=6369"},"modified":"2026-09-03T15:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T19:55:14","slug":"chinese-pole-climb-up-to-come-back-down-with-david-ayotte","status":"publish","type":"formation","link":"https:\/\/enpiste.qc.ca\/en\/formation\/chinese-pole-climb-up-to-come-back-down-with-david-ayotte\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese pole: Climb up to come back down | With David Ayotte<br\/>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Practical Information<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>March 15\u201319, 2027, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and March 17, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>18 hours of training<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: Acad\u00e9mie de cirque, Montr\u00e9al<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cost<\/strong>: $90 (actual cost: $588)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><br\/>Training Overview<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Designed for intermediate- and advanced-level Chinese pole artists, this workshop explores the apparatus\u2019s technique through an organic, dramaturgical, and personal approach. It addresses Chinese pole technique from the perspectives of mastery, safety, and bodily fluidity, as well as the dramaturgical approach to verticality through the relationship to space, narrative rhythm, and intention. The workshop also invites participants to develop a personal artistic language through creation, composition, and performance. A brief exploration of the double pole may be offered depending on the group\u2019s interest and technical conditions.   <br\/><br\/>The goal of the workshop is to equip artists to develop not only their technique but also a distinctive stage presence and a narrative voice rooted in their physicality.<br\/><br\/><br\/>By the end of the workshop, participants will have refined their pole technique using an organic and sustainable approach, developed personal choreographic material, explored the dramaturgy of verticality, acquired a \u201ccircus author\u201d perspective applied to the pole, and understood how to transform an apparatus into a form of stage language.<br\/><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><br\/>Biography<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/enpiste.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026_Formations_DavidAyotte-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6236 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/enpiste.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026_Formations_DavidAyotte-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/enpiste.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026_Formations_DavidAyotte-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/enpiste.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026_Formations_DavidAyotte-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/enpiste.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026_Formations_DavidAyotte-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/enpiste.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026_Formations_DavidAyotte-1363x2048.jpg 1363w, https:\/\/enpiste.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026_Formations_DavidAyotte-scaled.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>David Ayotte<\/strong> is a circus artist specializing in the Chinese pole, a performer, teacher, and creator based in Montr\u00e9al. A 2015 graduate of the \u00c9cole de cirque de Qu\u00e9bec, he has worked as a performer with several companies, including Cirque du Soleil, Cirque \u00c9loize, Machine de Cirque, Cirque Entre Nous, Circus Monti, and Girovago. Alongside his career as a performer, he has developed a practice in directing and artistic mentorship. He is the first graduate of the Circus Author program, a training initiative he also helped develop in collaboration with the \u00c9cole nationale de cirque and the \u00c9cole nationale de th\u00e9\u00e2tre. He has recently taken on projects as a stage director and artistic director for emerging artists, notably at the \u00c9cole de cirque de Qu\u00e9bec and the \u00c9cole nationale de cirque. He is currently working on the creation of his first full-length show, <em>Le Machiniste<\/em>, a circus-theatre project centered on the Chinese pole, the inner monologue, and the behind-the-scenes aspects of performance.<br\/>     <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>Photo credit: Vincent Ethier<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This workshop seeks to reveal another dimension of chinese pole : a space for creation, presence, and interpretation, where every climb, every slide, and every fall can carry meaning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6437,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[163,207,205],"tags":[164],"class_list":["post-6369","formation","type-formation","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-group-training","category-new-to-en-piste","category-original-creation","tag-our-training"],"acf":{"nom_du_partenaire":"","lien_inscription":"http:\/\/app.enpiste.qc.ca\/fr\/payment-redirect?jotformUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fform.jotform.com%2F261966379587278","programmes_accordeon":null,"date_de_debut_formation":"20270315","date_de_fin_formation":"20270319","credit":"Roger Marier","nom_du_contact":"Mathilde Perahia","telephone_du_contact":"514 529-1183, ext 2","numero_de_telephone":"tel:+15145291183","email_du_contact":"mperahia@enpiste.qc.ca"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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