Photo : © Moïse Marcoux-Chabot
On Thursday, July 24, 2025, prior to the opening night, FURIES will be holding the fourth edition of its PRO Day dedicated to arts professionals. Artists, presenters and cultural workers will gather for a day of exchange, reflection and artistic discovery at Marsoui. Registration gives access to the PRO Itinerary, an all-access pass to the festival’s performances, workshops and related activities. Please familiarize yourself with the entire PRO Itinerary before registering. It is fixed in advance and cannot be changed or exchanged.
PRO Day is supported by Culture Gaspésie.
9 am to 10 am — Salon58
Welcome with coffee, fruit and pastries.
10 a.m. to 12 p.m. – Salon58
Discussion on cultural reconnection, arts and territory with Alexia Vinci (Montreal) and Valérie Ivy Hamelin (Gespeg).
12 p.m. to 2 p.m. – Centre récréatif
Lunch break.
2 p.m. to 4 p.m. – Salon58
International round table: Dance on a human scale in an unstable geopolitical context with presenters from Norway, Scotland, Finland and Portugal.
4 p.m. to 5 p.m. – L’Hybride – café & bookstore
Apéro-réseautage.
7 to 9:30 p.m. – Centre récréatif
Opening night of the 6th edition of FURIES.
For the first time this year, due to the arrival of a first cohort of international presenters from Spain, Finland, Scotland and Norway, PRO 2025 Day activities will take place in English. However, it will still be possible to intervene or ask questions in French. Our team will be happy to translate your contributions into English for our guests⸱e⸱s, many of whom speak English as a second language.
With the aim of welcoming people from different strata of the professional cultural milieu and generating rich conversations, the FURIES PRO Day offers variable-geometry rates.
Registration entitles the holder to a FURIES 2025 passport (value $300 CAD), as well as to the activities and meals offered during the PRO Day (value $115 CAD), for a total value of $415 CAD, taxes included.
Transportation and accommodation are at the participants’ own expense. Places are limited for each rate.
Alexia Vinci is a two-spirited multidisciplinary artist from the Gespeg Mi’gmaq Nation. Trained as an actress, she also excels as a creator and improviser. At the heart of her artistic approach are dialogue, encounters and collective experiences. Her artistic work spans diverse territories, from the sacred to the intimate, from memory to roots. She has participated in readings at the Jamais lu festival and Théâtre La Licorne, and played the character of Noémie in the adaptation of Naomi Fontaine’s novel Manikanetish, presented at Duceppe. She is currently artistic director of the Tiohtià:ke: cartographie de récits autochtones project. (Photo : Julie Artacho)
Valérie Ivy Hamelin is a multidisciplinary artist who expresses herself on voice, flute, hand drum, African percussion and gumboots. A member of the Gespeg Mi’gmaq Nation, she loves to celebrate, honor and participate in the revitalization of her culture and language through song, music, storytelling and connection to the land. She performs with her group Mi’gmafrica, formed with Senegalese griot Sadio Sissokho. She holds a bachelor’s degree in governance and indigenous intervention from UQAT. She is an activist for the protection of the territory and positions herself as a water carrier. She has collaborated with various environmental protection organizations and indigenous communities, campaigning for many years for the protection of water, rivers and the ocean, as well as against the invasion of oil companies on Gespe’gewa’gi territory. (Photo: Courtesy of the artist)
