Marilène Bastien

Marilène Bastien works as a set and costume designer. Contemporary dance being one of her favorite playgrounds, she collaborates with several renowned choreographers including Louise Bédard, Marie Béland, Virginie Brunelle, La Tresse, Sylvain Émard, Catherine Gaudet, Lucie Grégoire, Hélène Langevin, Ginette Laurin, Louise Lecavalier, Ismaël Mouaraki, Anne Plamondon, Jacques Poulin-Denis and Manuel Roque. At the opera, she designed costumes forFaust by Gounod (dir. Jean-Romain Vespirini, Opéra de Québec), set and costumes for Aliénor (music Alain Voirpy, dir. Kristian Frédric, Opéra de Limoges, France) as well as the costumes for Fando et Lis (music Benoît Menut, dir. Kristian Frédric, St-Étienne Opera, France). She also designs costumes with Cirque du Soleil (Guy!Guy!Guy! dir. Fernand Rainville, Bôcca dir. Pierre Lapointe, Le monde est fou and Tout écartillé, dir. Jean-Guy Legault) and Cirque Éloize ( Opening ceremony of the CCG games, Kuwait, dir. Susan Gaudreau and Serge Fiori Seul Ensemble, dir. Benoit Landry). In 2015 Marilène was named protégé of Anick La Bissonnière, winner of the prestigious Siminovitch prize.