Anik Bissonnette

[2] She created many leading roles in Toussaint's choreographies, including Rose La Tulipe (1979), Un Simple Moment (1981), Requiem de Mozart (1986), New World Symphony (1987), and Bonjour Brel (1988).

She starred in many televised productions with Le Ballet de Montréal Eddy Toussaint and performed in Night Magic, a film directed by Lewis Furey.

[1] The following year, she was invited to Toulouse, France, where she danced the part of Odette/Odile in Swan Lake with Laurent Hilaire, the principal dancer with the Opéra de Paris.

She performed leading roles in The Nutcracker, Coppélia, La Fille Mal Gardée, Les Sylphides, Giselle, and Swan Lake.

She played dramatic principal roles in Antony Tudor's Jardin aux Lilas, Pillar of Fire, and José Limón's Moor's Pavane.

Throughout her career with Les Grands, Bissonnette worked with such choreographers as James Kudelka, William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian, Ohad Naharin, Nacho Duato, Nils Christe, Susan Toumine, and Hans van Manen.