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The Artistic Director
Fernand
Rainville
He’s an actor, a teacher and a film
and theatre director, moving effortlessly
from theatre and television to spectacular
live shows on the grand scale. He has an
amazing sense of rhythm and can build up
the dramatic tension like no-one else.
Fernand Rainville, who produced the opening
show for the 11th FINA World Championships
created by Le Cirque du Soleil, will tackle
the opening ceremony of the Outgames only. His
impressive resume includes Les Misérables
(1990-1991), Poor Superman (at the Quat’Sous
theatre in 1995), Les légendes fantastiques
presented in Drumondville since 1998, Trick
or Treat, Le Gala des Masques in 2000 and
2001, the TV series Le plaisir croît
avec l’usage and a Just for Laughs
gala.
The Set Designer
Mario
Bouchard
Remember the sets for Les Précieuses
ridicules and L’oiseau vert presented
at the TNM, the dream-like world of Les
Légendes fantastiques in Drummondville,
the spectacular presentation of Pope John-Paul
II’s visit to the Olympic Stadium
and La Fête nationale in the Maisonneuve
park in 2003, 2004 and 2006. The designer
responsible for all these sets was Mario
Bouchard. A multi-disciplinary creator
with a wild imagination, Mario Bouchard
is THE set designer in Quebec. After the
first World Outgames, he will create the
sets for the show in honour of Joe Dassin,
to be presented this fall in Montréal.
The Lighting Designer
Alain
Lortie
Shedding light on a stage, a personality,
an emotion or a movement is an art of
which Alain Lortie is a past master,
as his seven Félix awards, Dora
Mavor Moore Award, the Masque and the
Gascon-Roux Prize prove. Legendary shows
such as Starmania, Notre-Dame de Paris,
Cavalia, Arturo Brachetti, the night-time
parade for Montréal’s 350th anniversary and Le Cirque du Soleil’s
Delirium all carried his stamp… and
his lighting.
The Visual Designer
Érick
Villeneuve
Because an image is worth a thousand words,
today’s big shows use projection
techniques to illustrate emotion. And
in this field Érick Villeneuve
is a pioneer. The remarkable quality
of his work and his ability to completely
change the stage space in a twinkling
make him a real star of imagery… in
the service of the stars. Diane Dufresne,
Peter Gabriel, Michel Lemieux, Richard
Séguin, Robert Lepage, the MSO,
Le Cirque du Soleil, Arturo Brachetti,
Queen Elizabeth II, the Montréal International
Jazz Festival have all at one time or
another called on his services. His magic
also illuminated the Canadian section
of the closing section of the Turin Olympics,
the performing horses of Cavalia and
the musical comedy Dracula, entre l’amour
et la mort.
The Music Director
Luc
Boivin
Télé-Vision chose Luc Boivin
for the music of the Outgames opening ceremony.
Boivin, who trained as a percussionist,
is also a conductor and composer. His brilliance
is apparent in over 300 recordings for
discs, a similar number of television programmes
and innumerable live performances that
have taken him on to the grandest stages
of Quebec, Canada, the US and Europe.
The Director
Jean-François
Blais
What do Le Point J, Vendredi c’est
Julie!, L’Écuyer, L’Île
de Gilidor, La Fête nationale in
2004 and 2005, Le grand blond avec un show
sournois, Merci bonsoir, Bell et Bum, Des
vertes et des pas mûres, the latest
ADISQ gala, the Métrostar galas
of 1997, 1998 and 1999 and the Gala Artis
have in common? All these television high
spots were directed by Jean-François
Blais. Whether it’s variety shows,
cultural programmes, talk shows, special
broadcasts or documentaries, Blais is an
expert in image and movement, frequently
nominated for awards and the recipient
of a Gémeaux and a Ruban d’or
prize.
The Associate Producer
Alain
Dupont
Alain Dupont, a producer for Télé-Vision
since last April, will head up this team
of artists… and athletes. Dupont
has 25 years of experience and has had
dozens of successes in communications in
general and TV production in particular.
He was responsible for the closing ceremonies
at the Montréal Forum and the opening of
the Molson Centre in 1996 as well as for
the programmes La dernière de Céline
(2000) and Le monde de Plamondon (2001),
both Gémeaux award winners.
Télé-Vision,
which is producing the entire opening show
for the first World Outgames, is an indispensable
presence on the Quebec television scene.
Jean Rémillard
founded Télé-Vision in 1984,
and in 1996 Daniel Cormier joined the team.
This production company provides over 200
hours of programming every year, broadcasting
on all the channels, public and private,
general and specialized. Télé-Vision
will produce this summer’s shows
for La Fête Nationale in Quebec City
and Montréal.
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