The Past Answers For The Future
          Le passé répond à l'avenir

Artistic Director:
Paul-James Dwyer

General Manager:
Peter M. Stadnyk

dance OREMUS danse was founded in 1983 with a live music mandate, is dedicated to the artistic legacy of Isadora Duncan the progenitor of Modern dance, and espouses her philosophy of art based in the spirit, the holistic integration between body/mind/spirit and the intimate connection between mythologies, the sacred, all cultures and races, nature, history and the future. Duncan's work remains the root system of all Modern dance and is particularly relevant for its therapeutic qualities. Choreography is based on mythology, text or the human condition and concentrates on direct communication, true connection, with the audience.

In 2001, it founded an early music ensemble "Les muses réunies", on period instruments. The company has formed extensive musical and dance collections, donating or acting as agent in the acquisition of materials in Canada, Germany and the USA. It has promoted educational associations with universities and museums in Japan, Sweden, Germany and Canada and child based studies and touring in Canada, USA, South America, the Orient and Europe.

Future company activities will concentrate on recording (CD) and film work (DVD) as live music and dance productions costs are exorbitant with audiences and funding bases shrinking. Documentation for future generations is now an imperative, given the transitional nature of technologies and the world.