From the agency that represented her:
“With an expert eye, Dominique weaves colors, patterns and fabrics into fabulous costumes. But her choice of material is not strictly guided by aesthetic considerations alone. For Dominique, determining how fibres react to skin, movement, fire or water is of vital importance, and she never loses sight of the artists’ needs.”
From the American Repertory Theater:
“While designing, Lemieux is deeply attuned to the needs of the performers, making choices about the fabric beyond aesthetics; she considers the way that silk will float along a performer’s body as he or she traverses the stage, or the safety of cotton in proximity to open flames or flying machetes. Such specifically eccentric thinking comes with the territory, after all. As one of the original costume designers for Cirque du Soleil, Dominique Lemieux has clothed the world’s best acrobats, jugglers, contortionists and clowns.”
Lemieux died in December 2024. Her former mentor, Hugo Belanger, eulogized her as follows:
“Her contribution to the visual signature of Cirque du Soleil is invaluable. With her incomparable imagination, her fabulous universe, her fantasy and her sense of wonder, she greatly contributed to what I would call the golden age of Cirque du Soleil.”
Cirque du Soleil co-founder Gilles Ste-Croix on her passing:
“Dominique was very precise and very concerned with the details of the making. She created costumes that were like a second skin for those who would wear them. She always made sure that the performer had the ease and freedom necessary for their performance. There is no doubt that we have lost a great artist.”
Her peer, Patricia Ruel, described her as “more than a costume designer,” but a “creator of characters, beings that she invented from scratch”.
“She created costumes that were like a second skin for those who would wear them. She always made sure that the performer had the ease and freedom necessary for their performance. There is no doubt that we have lost a great artist.”
