Louise Lecavalier

Distribution FIlmoptionInternational Produktion CinéQuaNonMédiaInc. Toussaint, AngeloBarsetti Fré dé ric Tavernini, MarcBé Land,Pierre-Mary Bruyè re, Robert Abubo, Patrick Lamothe, Mitwirkende Louise Lecavalier, France Szenenbild LindaBrunelle, Patricia Christie Antoine Berthiaume Musik Raphaë L Reed/L’oreille, MercanDede, Ton BenoitDame, ChatherineVan DerDonckt Schnitt PhilippeRalet Lord Kamera Jean-Franç ois Tavernini Fré déric Patrick Lamothe, Keir Knight, Tanz Louise Lecavalier, Robert Abubo, Produktionsleitung Marie-OdileDemay Produktion MichelOuellette É douard Lock, NigelCharnock Choreografi e Drehbuch &Regie Raymond St-Jean Credits Louise Lecavalier,

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Raymond St-Jean Louise Lecavalier

„Bester Tanzfilm des Jahres“, ‘Best dance film of the year’ is a filmmaker and multimedia designer. After worked with Édouard Lock and La La La French Critics‘ Union, Paris by French Critics’ Union, Paris obtaining a degree in communication studies Human Steps from 1981 to 1999, a period of at the Université du Québec à Montréal, he exceptional intensity studded with dance started his career directing music videos and productions that became mythical – Oranges, Der preisgekrönte Dokumentarfilm ist eine The award-winning documentary is a short films. Businessman in the Process of Becoming an visuell beeindruckende Entdeckungsreise visually stunning exploration of the life and He has since directed dramas (Out of Angel, Human Sex, New Demons, Infante, 2, durch das Leben und Werk der gefeierten work of acclaimed Canadian dancer and Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft, Léa), and Salt –, along with spectacular collabora- kanadischen Tänzerin und Choreogra- choreographer Louise Lecavalier. It tells documentaries (A Chair Fit for an Angel, tions with the likes of David Bowie and Frank fin Louise Lecavalier. Louise Lecavalier – the inspiring story of an irrepressible artist L’oiseau de nuit, Ghost Town, Le Mozart noir, Zappa. Her extreme dance, filled with a fiery In Motion erzählt die inspirierende Geschichte who, working with choreographer Édouard and six films for The Chamber Music Collec- energy, caught the imagination of a whole einer unbezähmbaren Künstlerin, die durch Lock, revolutionized contemporary dance in tion), and adaptations of plays and choreo- generation. Since 2016, when she founded her ihre Arbeit mit Édouard Lock den zeitgenös- the 1980s. Today, at 58, Lecavalier enjoys a graphies (Les Trous du ciel, Cabaret neiges own company, Fou Glorieux, she has engaged sischen Tanz in den 1980er Jahren revolutio- successful solo career on the international noires, Peepshow). His films have been shown in movement research that is emblematic of nierte. Heute, im Alter von 58 Jahren, genießt stage. Spectacular dance sequences, original in theatres and on television in Canada and her career, emphasizing the surpassing of Lecavalier ihre erfolgreiche, internationale scores and exclusive interviews are combined abroad, and have been presented at nume- limits, risk-taking, and unstinting effort. Louise Solo-Karriere. Spektakuläre Tanzsequenzen, to create an intimate and touching portrait of rous festivals. has used her artistic freedom to explore dance originale Scores und exklusive Interviews this passionate artist, driven by her quest for The feature documentary A Chair in partnerships with iconoclastic choreo- werden im Film zu einem intimen und berüh- perfect movement. Fit for an Angel has been screened at a graphers Tedd Robinson, Benoît Lachambre, renden Portrait dieser leidenschaftlichen dozen international festivals. The film won Crystal Pite, Nigel Charnock, Fabien Prioville, Künstlerin verwoben, die stets auf der Suche the Best Documentary award at the 2014 Deborah Dunn, and Jakop Ahlbom, and with nach der perfekten Bewegung ist. Massachusetts Independent Film Festival, and artists in other disciplines such as musicians the Golden Eagle trophy at Bucharest’s IFFEST Mercan Dede, Hahn Rowe, and Antoine “Document.Art” festival that same year. At the Berthiaume, visual artist Laurent Goldring, 32nd International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) and lighting designer Alain Lortie. At the end in Montreal, it won the Best Canadian Film of 2012, she created her first choreography, Award, as well as ICI ARTV’s top honours for So Blue, which has toured internationally. best Canadian French-language production. The world premiere of her new work, Battle- In 2008, Raymond St-Jean created the ground, took place in Germany in February video projections for Cirque du Soleil’s Zaia, 2016. Louise is an Officer of the Order of presented in Macau, China. From 2009 to Canada, is the first Canadian to have recei- 2011, still working with Cirque du Soleil, he ved a Bessie Award (New York) and the first conceived and created the stunning video and winner of the Prix de la danse de Montréal. multimedia content for Zarkana, presented to Among her many distinctions, in March, 2014, great acclaim in New York, Madrid, Moscow she won two prestigious awards almost back and Las Vegas. In 2013, he collaborated on the to back: the 29th Grand Prix du Conseil des design and production of Michael Jackson arts de Montréal and the Governor General ONE, a permanent Cirque du Soleil show in Performing Arts Award (GGPAA) for lifetime Las Vegas. artistic achievement. © filmstill - Raymond St-Jean Raymond - © filmstill