Artistic statement
Aurélie Pedron sees art as a vehicle for social cohesion. Her artistic processes aim at fostering altruism and the inclusion of people whose life trajectories fall outside the normative standards.
The artist creates immersive spaces that allow us to pause and reflect, both on ourselves and the state of the outside world, inviting us to explore new ways of connecting with one another. She fosters an understanding of existence through the body rather than the mind. Exploring both the personal and collective body, she offers a lived experience of the concept of togetherness through interconnected art systems that encourage the active presence of the audience: through their movements and responses to various suggestions, they nurture a state of presence—both to themselves and to others—allowing for the co-creation of the universe of perception around them. As such, her creations are ecosystems where all components (artists, audience, scenography) interact and influence one another.
Aurélie Pedron surrenders to the revelations and discoveries of a creative process based on the inner journeys of marginalized artists and groups, allowing the artwork to emerge organically. With a strong commitment to the well-being of individuals and communities, she works to empower those who participate in her creations by giving them visibility and agency.
Aurélie upholds high ethical and artistic standards in her work. Her creative methods with marginalized populations are grounded in 10 years of field practice, as well as several sources of learning, including the teachings of a Taoist master in China.
For Aurélie, art serves as a potential bridge between cultural or social realities that might otherwise not converge.
Aurélie Pedron

Aurélie Pedron founded her company Lilith & Cie in 2013, creating sites for her installation performances, where performers’ bodies transmit meaning and reveal invisible images. Presented by Tangente in 2014, ENTRE is a nanoperformance for one audience member at a time, and became the company’s masterwork, earning a Prix de la danse de Montréal, in the revelation category. In 2016, with Danse-Cité, Pedron created LA LOBA, a choreographic journey with 12 live installations in the former Deaf-Blind Institute building in Montréal. ANTICHAMBRE, an immersive work where movement is at the heart of the spectator’s experience, was presented at l’Agora de la danse in 2019. INVISIBLE, a 72-hour uninterrupted dance performance, was programmed in the 2021 OFFTA, coproduced with Montréal Danse and Danse-Cité.
In parallel, fed by a social and inclusive ethic, Aurélie Pedron collaborates with marginalized youth. She created the microperformances RÛE and MARGE (2014–2015) with them, supported by the Montréal-based multidisciplinary artist centre DARE-DARE. In 2016, INDEEP, was a 10-hour performance with 10 blindfolded youth offering a transformative and fascinating performance that confronted our gaze on a social body operating without landmarks and normative codes. DANS LE CŒUR DU HÉRON, initially programmed in the 2020 OFFTA, was created in collaboration with Simiuni Nauya, Inuit sculptor, and presented at the Musée d’art de Rouyn-Nouranda in 2021.
Lilith & Cie is supported by the Conseil des arts de Montréal, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and the Canada Arts Council.
Lilith in History
Her name’s diverse etymologies (Hebrew and Sumerian) relate to night and wind.
“Lilith, the night. Objectified figure of the unfulfilled, in other words, the unconscious that humanity would project into existence in the form of a feminine character throughout the ages, while, in fact, it resides within the night of its interiority.” Annick De Souzenelle
Under the auspices of this archetype, Lilith & Cie invites us to reclaim embodiment, perceive the untellable, and move beyond sensory understanding.