Maude Sabourin




Originally from Terrebonne, Quebec, Maude began her career in a small neighborhood school at the age of 3. At the age of 12, Maude joined the École Supérieure de Ballet du Québec, where she was recruited during of a regional dance competition by the ESBQ artistic team. She joined the young ESBQ company, the Jeune Ballet du Québec, at the age of 15. She then had the chance to start dancing on the international scene as well as working with numerous choreographers. It was in 2006 that Maude joined the prestigious Ballets de Monte-Carlo company, directed by the renowned choreographer, Jean -Christophe Maillot. In 2012, she was named soloist and then became principal dancer in 2014. During these years, Maude worked with the most influential choreographers of the moment such as Jiri Kylian, Marco Goecke, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and William Forsythe to name a few. -uns. She travels the world dancing in the most prestigious theaters in the world.
In 2018, Maude decided to return to her native country and joined the Grands Ballets Canadiens company. She continues her career as a dancer and cultivates her desire to share the experience she has acquired here and abroad.
Maude also participates in several external projects. She recently danced in the famous Spoleto festival in Italy, which has welcomed artists from all over the world for 66 years. In 2019, she danced as a guest artist at the Avignon Opera for the creation of a brand new work created for her. She frequently participates in the star evening of the St-Sauveur arts festival under the direction of Guillaume Côté.
Maude also collaborates with Guillaume on the creation of NARAKA, a pas de deux created for the Télé-Québec show “Danse en trois temps”, broadcast during the pandemic.
Also artistic director of “The Dance Lab”, she is involved in her community by creating workshops and mobile master classes. Having a philanthropic streak, she chooses causes that are close to her heart and donates a sum to them with the funds earned during these events.
Last June, “The Dance Lab” was in Istanbul and all of the proceeds were donated to an association which helps the victims of the recent earthquake which occurred in Turkey.
During the pandemic, Maude launched an online training platform, “The Ballet Cure” which allows people to move at home by drawing inspiration from movements that ballerinas do every day.
