Anne Valois, the former head of the Canada Council for the Arts' Dance Section, has been appointed the Director of Arts Disciplines Division. Replacing her as the Head of the Dance Section is Caroline Lussier, currently the administrative director of Festival TransAmériques.
Anne Valois was Dance and Theatre Officer for the Touring Office from 1986 until she was appointed as Head of the Touring Office in 1990 and of the Strategic Initiatives Unit in 1991. Before joining the Council, she worked as the Executive Director of the Festival International de Nouvelle Danse, Administrative Director of the London Dance Umbrella and Le Groupe de la Place Royale, booking agent and tour manager of La La La Human Steps, and as a consultant to Conseil des Arts et des lettres du Québec and the Ontario Arts Council.
Dance artists and the dance milieu have always been a key determinant in Caroline Lussier's career and her community involvement. Ms Lussier joined La La La Human Steps as coordinative assistant to the artistic direction in 1990 and went on to become assistant director at Diagramme gestion culturelle , program officer for dance and multidisciplinary programs at the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, administrative director of the Compagnie Marie Chouinard, and associate director-general for Espace Libre. She has been with the Festival TransAmériques since 2007.
