Victor Pilon, OC CQ RVM (born on March 19, 1958) is a director, theatre designer, visual designer and photographer from Quebec, Canada.
Victor Pilon, OC CQ RVM (born on March 19, 1958) is a director, theatre designer, visual designer and photographer from Quebec, Canada.
After a two-year stay in Europe, Pilon enrolled in visual arts at the University of Ottawa. In 1983, after receiving his bachelor's degree with a specialization in photography, he moved to Montreal. He founded the company Lemieux Pilon 4D Art with Michel Lemieux in 1990. Since then, they have worked together to design multimedia productions, including La Belle et la Bête (2011), NORMAN (2007), La Tempête (2005) and Anima (2002), all of which have toured internationally. [1]
In 2003, Pilon and Lemieux did the visual design for the television show The Planets, based on the music of Gustav Holst, presented on the French and English networks of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). They also created many large-scale events such as Harmony 2000, a show created to celebrate the beginning of the new millennium, and Soleil de Minuit, the closing performance of the Montreal International Jazz Festival (MIJF) in 2004, commemorating, respectively, the 20th and 25th anniversaries of Cirque du Soleil and the MIJF. They were also behind Cirque du Soleil's DELIRIUM, a multimedia production revisiting the music of Cirque du Soleil's past productions, with over 50 artists onstage. In 2008, they directed Starmania by Luc Plamondon and Michel Berger, the first time the musical had been produced as an opera. [2]
As official photographer for the British royal family when in Canada, [3] Pilon has covered more than 30 of their visits. Working for the Government of Quebec and Government of Canada, he has also photographed various other heads of state during their official visits.
Cirque du Soleil is a Canadian entertainment company and the largest contemporary circus producer in the world. Located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, Montreal, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul on 16 June 1984 by former street performers Guy Laliberté and Gilles Ste-Croix.
The culture of Quebec emerged over the last few hundred years, resulting predominantly from the shared history of the French-speaking North American majority in Quebec. Québécois culture, as a whole, constitutes all distinctive traits – spiritual, material, intellectual and affective – that characterize Québécois society. This term encompasses the arts, literature, institutions and traditions created by Québécois, as well as the collective beliefs, values and lifestyle of Québécois. It is a culture of the Western World.
As a cosmopolitan province, Quebec is a home to varied genres of music, ranging from folk to hip hop. Music has played an important role in Quebecer culture. In the 1920's and 30's, singer/songwriter Madam Bolduc performed comedic songs in a folk style with Irish influences. Quebec's popular artists of the last century include Félix Leclerc (1950's), Gilles Vigneault (1960's–present), Kate and Anna McGarrigle (1970's–present) and Céline Dion (1980's–present).'
Franco Dragone was an Italian-born Belgian theatre director. He was the founder and artistic director of Dragone, a creative company specializing in the creation of large-scale theatre shows. According to CNN, Dragone was "one of the key architects of Cirque du Soleil's unique theatrical style." He was also known for his work with Celine Dion.
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Pierre Curzi is an actor, screenwriter and politician in Quebec. He is a former Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the riding of Borduas in the Montérégie region south of Montreal. Elected under the Parti Québécois (PQ) banner, he later sat as an independent.
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The Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) is a public agency founded in 1994 by the government of Quebec.
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Christian Langlois is a Canadian film and creative director based in Montreal, Quebec. He has directed several short films, video content, series, commercials, music videos and immersive multimedia installations. He studied at Université du Québec à Montréal in communications programs, photography, cinema, art video and new digital media.
Michel Lemieux is a Canadian multimedia artist from Quebec, whose career has incorporated work in theatrical design, installation art, film, video, dance and music. First coming to prominence in the early 1980s as a performance artist whose work explored the integration of new media technologies into experimental pop music in a manner similar to Peter Gabriel and Laurie Anderson, more recently he has concentrated primarily on creating, designing, directing and producing multimedia theatrical presentations for events, theatrical companies and other artists.
Quebec City's 400th anniversary, celebrated in 2008, commemorated the founding of Quebec City in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain. Quebec City is the oldest francophone city in North America. Along with Acadia, the city represents the birthplace of French America.
Rosa Laricchiuta is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Montreal, Quebec. She gained recognition for her contributions to the music industry. She is currently the lead singer of the female hard rock band Vixen.
Nuance was a Canadian rock band from Gatineau, Quebec, best known for their hit single "Vivre dans la nuit".
Jean Gaudreau is a Canadian artist, painter, and engraver.
Cité Mémoire is an ongoing art installation created by Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon, displayed in Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is scheduled to last for four years, and features 80 projectors creating images on old buildings. Cité Mémoire has been called the "largest such installation in the world". On the days when the projection is active, which varies during the year, it is available from dusk to close to the end of the day.
Crystal is an arena touring show by Cirque du Soleil that started previewing to the public in October 2017, with an official premiere in December 2017. It is Cirque du Soleil's 42nd original show since 1984, and the first one done on an ice rink, where most of the performers are ice skating throughout the show, and blends several circus acts with high-level ice skating. It is described as a woman shattering reality to discover herself in the world of possibility.
The 7 Fingers is an artist collective based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The group is also known by its French name "Les 7 doigts de la main", which is sometimes shortened to "Les 7 Doigts".
Jeffrey Hall is a Canadian dancer, choreographer, director and stage artist with close to 40 years of experience. His work ranges from dance, theatre, film, television to circus arts and large-scale live entertainment productions.
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