Denis Lavoie
costume designer

Denis Lavoie’s name is associated with more than a hundred productions, mainly in dance and theatre. He has contributed to works by Fortier Danse-Création (Paul-André Fortier), Cas Public (Hélène Blackburn), O Vertigo (Ginette Laurin), Margie Gillis Dance Foundation and also Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, National Ballet of Canada, Ballets Jazz de Montréal, American Ballet Theatre (New-York), San Francisco Ballet, Ballet Met (Ohio), Boston Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, the national Slovak theater (Bratislava) and Ballet de Lorraine (France). In 1994, he designed Mick Jagger’s wardrobe for the Rolling Stones’ Voodoo Lounge Tour. He has also worked in the theatre world, with directors Claude Poissant, Martin Faucher, Fernand Rainville and Serge Postigo. Parallel to his work as a designer, he has been involved in training for the past fifteen years, giving classes, seminars and workshops on costume at various schools and organizations, including the Dance Department at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Concordia University and En Piste (Circus Arts National Network). In 2004 he received a Prix du Public from Théâtre Denise-Pelletier for best costumes for his work on Molière’s Les Femmes savantes, directed by Martin Faucher. He designed Just For Laugh’s Mary Poppins (2017), Footloose (2018), Fame (2019) and Mamma Mia (2020).

For Peggy Baker Dance Projects: Denis designed Peggy’s costume for Paul-André Fortier’s loin, très loin.