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Mélanie Demers: Artistic Frictions
20244 min 38 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Gilles Doiron
Production: Christine Aubé (National Film Board of Canada)Chanda Chevannes (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Gilles Doiron
Produit par l'Office national du film du Canada en collaboration avec la Fondation des prix du Gouverneur général pour les Arts du spectacle.
Fiercely defying categorization, Artistic Frictions enters the world of iconic dancer and choreographer Mélanie Demers. Throughout a versatile and multifaceted career, Demers has reinvented the language of dance with her company, MAYDAY. Taking a cue from Demers’ reputation for highly imaginative works, this cinematic portrait invites audiences to a sumptuous banquet with Canada’s most dynamic contemporary dancers and performers.
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Subject categories
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Black Community
- Dance > ChoreographyModern Dance
- Women - Portraits > Performing Arts
Credits
- recipient
- Mélanie Demers
- writer
- Gilles Doiron
- director
- Gilles Doiron
- participation
- Vladimir Alexis
- Florence Blain Mbaye
- Marc Boivin
- Paul Chambers
- Mélanie Demers
- Milo Demers
- Anne-Marie Jourdenais
- Brianna Lombardo
- Léa Noblet di Ziranaldi
- Jacques Poulin-Denis
- producer
- Christine Aubé
- executive producer
- Chanda Chevannes
- delegate producer
- Jon Montes
- director of photography
- Gilles Doiron
- editor
- Philippe Angers
- administrator
- Isabelle Limoges
- senior production coordinator
- Audrey Rétho
- production coordinator
- Lucia Corak
- sound recordist
- Alec Victor
- first assistant camera
- Philippe Angers
- production manager
- Dominique Sarrazin
- artistic director
- Sophie El-Assaad
- makeup artist
- Sophie Lebeau
- Andie Wisdom-Dawson
- technical coordinator
- Jean-François Laprise
- Daniel Lord
- technical support - editing
- Pierre Dupont
- Albert Kurian
- Patrick Trahan
- titles
- Mélanie Bouchard
- Cynthia Ouellet
- online editing
- Serge Verreault
- sound design
- Patrick Martin
- Alec Victor
- re-recording mixer
- Isabelle Lussier
- translation
- Difuze inc.
- subtitling
- Difuze inc.
- program coordinator
- Sylvie Azoulay
- legal counsel
- Julie Patry
- archival research
- Emma Brunet
- music research
- Emma Brunet
- archival clearances
- Emma Brunet
- music clearances
- Emma Brunet