Jean-Michel Blais - passepied (Official Video)

passepied - taken from Jean-Michel Blais’ new album ’aubades’, listen now - out on Mercury KX / Arts & Crafts A teenager’s obsession with Baroque dance. With punchy colour and rawness, the film dives into the young man’s imaginative inner world, and follows his journey of self-discovery and self-expression through his fanatical love for the passepied, a historic French court dance. It shifts feverishly between his modern-day urban realities and his decadent Baroque fantasies – eventually spinning into one delirious, heady dance of escapism. In docufiction style, director Adrian Villagomez sets Jean-Michel’s passepied to a film of vulnerable beauty and striking visuals, poignantly depicting reality and dream states through the pairing of 16mm (real-life documentary) and digital (dream) film. The title of Jean-Michel’s piece passepied references the lively, fast-paced dance popular in the 17th and 18th century French court. Composer Claude Debussy composed his own version of the dance in his Suite bergamasque for piano. Inspired by Debussy, Jean-Michel writes a new passepied for the 21st century, which features on his new album aubades. aubades is his first journey into writing for chamber orchestra. The release is a vibrant and expressive album of warm tonalities and rich instrumentation, taking its title from Medieval love songs about lovers parting at dawn. Tour information Join Jean-Michel’s mailing list: Video Credits: TEAM Director – Adrian Villagomez DOP – Juliette Lossky Assistant director – Charlotte Danais 1st AC – Olivier Aubé Steadicam operator – Kes Tagney Chief Gaffer – Pierre-Luc Jobin Chier Grip – Brice Bodson Grip – Ludovic Pilon Swing – Tom Berthelot Best-Boy – David Booth Choreographer – Lauri-Ann Lauzon Stylist – Marianne Blais Stylist – Cloé Fortier Styling Assistant -Sophie Vincelette HMU – Arianne Tremblay HMU – MaryJane Khalif HMU assistant – Amanda Doucet Production : Consulat Producer – Elyse Belmont-Stroh Production coordinator – Samuel Petitclerc Production assistant – Nicholas Gonos Production assistant – Tiffany St-Surin Site conservation technicians – Samuel Villagomez Site conservation technicians – Timour Site conservation technicians – Marie Pontais Site conservation technicians – Mathilde Thomas Offline editor – Vinoth Varatharajan Online editor – Adrian Villagomez Color grading – Simon Boissoneaux CAST Protagonist – Sacha Barbants Antagonist – Vladimir Belova-Mourkes Artist – Jean-Michel Blais Danser – Jordan Faye Danser – Brittney Gering Danser – Misheel Ganbold Danser – Nicholas Bellefleur Figuration – Amanda Doucet Figuration – Charlie Kunce Figuration – Devon Bates Figuration – Emma Cocchrane Figuration – Gabriel Cordova Figuration – Laurent Bélanger Figuration – Malaika Raymond Figuration – Ludovic Balmir Figuration – Marilou Richer Figuration – Paolo Marmin Figuration – Dominic Harrisson Danis Figuration – Arnaud Barbants Figuration – Larissa SUPPLIER Mtl Grande – camera equipment Cineground – Camera equipment Cinepool – Cinema equipment Multi service luna – protection equipment MainFilm - 16 mm camera MELS – 16 mm dev scan SPECIAL THANKS La Belle Tonki and the Keenan Residence L’École Supérieure de ballet du Québec This project has been made possible in part by the Government of Canada. Ce projet a été rendu possible en partie grâce au gouvernement du Canada.