Jean-Michel Blais – amour / ouessant (Official Video)

The latest visual piece from Canadian composer and pianist Jean-Michel Blais featured two tracks, ’amour’ and ’ouessant’, from his album aubades. Continuing the story of the ballet instructor from his previous release ‘passepied’ this offering, created by collaborator Adrian Villagomez, spotlights Russian ballerina Larissa Belova in a melancholic and inspiring dance as a middle-aged woman in the grand empty Théâtre Outremont in Montréal. In docufilm style, it switches between VHS footage of Larissa’s past performance as a young ballerina and behind-the-scenes footage and her choreographed performance today exploring memory, loss and love of dance. amour & ouessant from Jean-Michel Blais’ album ’aubades’, listen now - out on @MercuryKX / @artscrafts Exclusive premiere on @nowness - FOLLOW JEAN-MICHEL BLAIS Instagram: Facebook: Twitter: Website: Tour: #tour Mailing list: CREDITS Ballerina: Larissa Belova Son: Vladimir Belova Daughter: Diana Belova Rabbit: Масечка Artist: Jean-Michel Blais Dancers: Béatrice M, Claire, Laika, Millie, Béatrice L, Anna, Alexie Director: Adrian Villagomez Cinematographer: Juliette Lossky 1st Assistant camera: Christophe Alessi Steadicam operator: Kes Tagney Chief Gaffer: Pierre Luc Jobin Sound recodist: Dominic Remiro Technician (Theater): Oussama Kechad Technician (Theater): Julien Mercé Stage manager (Theater): Marie-Ève Bourgoin Coordinator (Theater): Caroline Lamarre Technical director (Theater): Julien Robert-Lavigne Covid (Theater): Gabriel Guertin-Pasquier Covid (Theater): Philippe Osborne Manager (Theater): Juliette Rolland BTS Camera: Vladimir Belova-Mourkes & Charlotte Danais Choregrapher: Larissa Belova Assistant choregrapher: Lauri-Ann Henri Hair & Makeup: Mayillah Ezekiel Fashion stylist: Eunice Huot Editor: Adrian Villagomez & Mirkö Lafrenière Film development: Jean-Sebastien Chambord (MELS) Color grading: Thomas D’Auteuil (Chop chop films) Co-founder : Victor Ghizaru (Chop chop films) post-production coordonator: Khadija Ellouze (Chop chop films) Sound mixing: Jean-David Perron (Supersavant) Subtitles: Elyse Belmont-Stroh (Consulat) & Vladimir Belova-Mourkes & Yung-Yee Chen (Mercury KX) Producer: Elyse Belmont-Stroh (Consulat) Production assistant: Charlotte Danais Production coordinator: Samuel Petitclerc (Consulat) Accountant: Christine Hallak (Consulat) Lighting équipment (extra): SLA Location Camera & film equipment: MELS Camera & film equipment: COOP VIDÉO Location: Chez Larissa Location: Théâtre Outremont _______ Thank you to the Outremont theatre team, our partners SLA, MELS, Chop Chop films and Jean-David Perron. Special thanks to Vladimir Belova for his support throughout the project. Thanks especially to Larissa for her very personal involvement. Thanks to David Pereira and Patrick Custo-Blanch. Merci à l’équipe du théâtre Outremont, à nos partenaires SLA, MELS, Chop Chop films et à Jean-David Perron. Un merci spécial à Vladimir Belova pour son soutien tout au long du projet. Merci surtout à Larissa pour son implication très personnelle. Merci à David Pereira et Patrick Custo-Blanch.