DOMINIQUE LEMIEUX
Costume creator

In love with drawing since childhood, she received an education in fine arts and design at Concordia University, in Montreal, while active as an illustrator of children's books at the same time. She then studied scenography at the National Theatre School of Canada, notably with François Barbeau, renowned costume designer and man of the theatre, for whom she became assistant between 1986 and 1988. This enriching experience with a master in the profession would become crucial to her career development.

Now a costume designer in her own right, one can see her creations on stage at the theatre, in productions by René-Richard Cyr, Paola de Vasconcelos, Denise Filiatrault, and many others. She also took part in creating the costumes for the Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal's The Nutcracker, in 1987.

Toward the end of the 1980s, the Cirque du Soleil took her on to design the costumes for their second show. She went on to become one of the troupe's most faithful contributors, participating in the creation of seven triumphant productions — Nouvelle Expérience, Saltimbanco, Mystère, Alegria, Quidam, « O », and La Nouba and more recently Corteo.

She is backed in her work by a team of talented and competent professionals who give three-dimensional existence to characters. The people she works with are her dearest allies.

While pursuing her activities at Cirque du Soleil, Lemieux created in 2003, the costumes for Céline Dion's A New Day, staged in Las Vegas, and is nurturing some theatrical projects that will come to fruition as soon as she finds the time.

In summer of 2004, Lemieux presented an exhibition of some of her works at the Maison de la culture Plateau Mont-Royal. Exhibition projects in Europe and in Las Vegas are also well under way. Lemieux is following up with the Cirque du Soleil's next show slated for spring 2005.