Founded in March 2018, Meute Monde is a non for profit dedicated to innovation in the performing arts. Its mission is to facilitate access to live arts for the whole family. Indeed, Meute Monde stimulates children’s imagination with its shows, wanderings and interactive workshops, allowing them to unite their creative spirit with peace, tolerance and great fun!
Meute Monde tours in your theatres, festivals, schools, daycares, libraries and even your home!
Founder of Meute Monde | Puppeteer | Multidisciplinary artist
Joanie has always been passionate about the performing arts and has cultivated a rich and diverse career in the field. After earning a DEC in classical ballet, taking numerous singing lessons, and obtaining an honorary diploma in performing arts from the Canadian College of Performing Arts, she participated in various major artistic events such as the Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival and the Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia’s Goodnight Moon and the Runaway Bunny tour.
It was through these experiences that she discovered the art of puppetry—a discipline that allowed her to combine all her passions into a unique form of expression. Captivated by this artistic synergy, she founded Meute Monde, a company dedicated to the creation and dissemination of shows combining various performing arts disciplines with puppetry.
In 2024, Joanie completed a BFA in puppetry arts at the University of Connecticut, expanding her technical and artistic expertise. With over 10 years of experience in the arts, she continues to design original, sensitive, and inventive shows designed to spark children’s imaginations and make culture accessible to all.
Interpreter
Camélia Letendre is an artist and teacher. After obtaining a DEC in dance and an AEC in dance teaching at the Cégep de Drummondville, she moved to the big city and began to share her love of dance with children and adults in various dance schools. Sensitive to differences, she also studied special education at the University of Montreal and continued her dance training at the Big Bang training program. For the past few years, Camélia has danced in various creative projects for artists such as Théâtre Baobab, Propulse Danse, Tout feu tout flamme and Noël Vézina. She enthusiastically joined Meute Monde in the spring of 2022. She enjoys animating the different characters and getting the children involved!
Interpreter
Émilie is a dedicated street dance artist (hip hop, popping). Recognized by her peers as a choreographer and performer, she has worked on shows and TV contracts such as: Cirques du Soleil, Commercials (Subway, Napa Auto Pro, Beyond the Runway), Shows (Chanteurs Masqués, Le Petit Cabaret, Révolution), over a dozen TV music videos and 150 shows including Justin Bieber, Sarahmée, Fouki and World of Dance!
Émilie is also a passionate dance teacher and animator with 15 years’ experience working with young people from the age of 5 through to adults. Her personal goal is to help young people develop the desire to take care of their physical health by practicing movement and exploring their bodies.
Interpreter
Madeleine is a bilingual actor, singer, director and theatre educator currently based in Montreal. She is a recent graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada’s acting program and previously completed degrees in French, Theatre and Education from Queen’s University. Montreal audiences may recognize her as Lara from Infinitheatre’s Extra/Beautiful/U, or soon might for her upcoming role as Sophie in the Centaur Theatre’s Strawberries in January. She has also been directing youth theatre across Montreal at the Segal Centre, Montreal Children’s Theatre, Youth Theatre Canada and Royal West Academy (to name a few!) and honing her skills in movement and video game motion capture. She has always had a fascination for puppetry, and is grateful to be part of Meute Monde productions.
Sound Engineer, Composer
Born in Montreal, Philippe Dionne showed interest in music from a very young age. He begged his parents to enroll him in piano lessons at 4 years old and knew ever since that he needed to make music an integral part of his life. As an early teen, he traded his piano books for an electric guitar and began playing and singing in rock bands. Eventually, his passion guides him towards the vast, explorative, and wonderful world of computerized music production. Since 2016, Philippe studies music theory and music technology at McGill University. He loves to compose in a variety of styles and for different events. He is still hungry for learning and is enthusiastic to join Meute Monde to share his music knowledge and passion for Hip Hop culture with young Quebecers.
Interpreter
Born in Montreal (QC, Canada), Caroline Namts starts practicing rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 5. From 13 to 19 years old, she studies in classical and contemporary dance at Ballet Divertimento. During the summers of 2015 and 2016, she travels to New York (USA), to participate in the Pre-Movement Invention Project, and to Israel, to be part of the Batsheva Dance Company’s Summer Intensive. In fall 2016, she gets accepted into the second year of the professional program at the Contemporary Dance School of Montreal. For 2 years, she trains and dances with renowned teachers and choreographers such as Sophie Corriveau, Marc Boivin, Jacques Poulin-Denis, Helen Simard and Manuel Roque. Since her graduation in 2018, Caroline had the opportunity to work with the choreographers Sarah Dell’Ava, Cai Glover and Nicolas Bellefleur. At the same time, she teaches contemporary and classical dance at Ballet Divertimento and Ballet Coppélia. During summer 2019, she has the chance to dance under the direction of François Girard and Carolyn Choa in the production of the Flying Dutchman by the Quebec Opera. Caroline is blessed to join Meute Monde and unite her love for dance and her pleasure in working with children.
Plume, a majestic Pyrenean Mountain Dog, was much more than just a dog: he was the mascot and iconic spirit of Meute Monde. Gentle, protective, and always attentive, he had a special way of putting children at ease despite his large size. Even the smallest children could climb onto his broad back, confident in his patience and kindness.
A faithful companion to Joanie for eight wonderful years, Plume left his mark on Meute Monde with his reassuring presence and natural charisma. Although he left us this year, his memory lives on, engraved in our hearts and in the spirit of Meute Monde.