Explore the melodies and movements of Québecois traditional music and dance with Mélissandre Tremblay-Bourassa and Alexis Chartrand.

Reunited in July 2018 for an artistic residency in the City of Joliette, Mélissandre Tremblay-Bourassa and Alexis Chartrand are a jigger and a fiddler whose varied interests sometimes take them far from folklore, only to return to it with a fresh perspective. Sensitive to the precision of a step that inspires a bow movement, they let themselves be led by jig tunes and dance rhythms.

Mélissandre is a speciality in Québec step-dancing, a graduate of the Jeune Ballet du Québec program and a pupil of great percussive dances teachers such as Sandy Silva, Martine Bilette and Pierre Chartrand, Mélissandre T-B has worked professionally as a dancer, a dance master, a choreographer, a dance caller and an entertainer since 2003.

Alexis Chartrand is a fiddler from Montréal who has been active in the Québécois traditional music scene for several years. He is known for his energetic accompaniment of step-dancing and social dances. His interest in Québécois, Irish and Scottish fiddle styles informs his musicianship, along with his study of classical, contemporary and baroque music.