Step Up! is an empowering story of courage and determination; the personal journey of an exceptional young man driven to follow his dream. Jacques Poulin-Denis is a dancer with a bright future ahead of him, when in a devastating car crash loses his right foot.
Step Up! chronicles the beginning of Jacques’ new life following the accident. We witness his first steps with his prosthetic leg, and walk with him through his challenge to reinvent himself, for the next three years.
Jacques beats the odds and passionately returns to dance. At the end of this inspiring film, he experiences a dancer’s dream: performing with Mikhail Baryshnikov at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
PRESS QUOTES:
“ Un exemple pour tous ceux qui hésitent à aller au bout de leur rêve.”
“An example for all who hesitate in fulfilling their dreams.”
L’Agenda (Le Devoir)
After the operation
Jamming
Dancing in the park
Hymne au courage et à la détermination humaine, Après la chute relate le nouveau départ de Jacques Poulin-Denis, un jeune danseur qui décide de poursuivre ses rêves après avoir perdu un pied dans un accident.
Nous avons suivi le parcours de Jacques sur une période de trois ans à travers chaque étape du lourd processus de réhabilitation. Le jeune danseur atteint son but en remontant finalement sur la scène pour danser avec un des plus grand noms de la danse, nul autre que Barishnikov.
Broadcast history
Broadcasted in Canada on CBC News The Magazine, CBC’s Distinct Docs, Country Canada, BRAVO!, SCN, ARTV, Discovery Health; in Europe on ZDF ARTE, and in New Zealand’s The Art Channel.
Credits
Director Tamás Wormser
Producer Tamás Wormser, Charles Faubert
Editor Loretta Hicks, Farhan Ahmad, Tamás Wormser
Camera Tamás Wormser, Yoan Cart, Alex Margineanu
Sound recording Charles Clifford, André Poulin-Denis
Music composed by Francis Roberge, David Worm
Music performed by Franic Roberge, Jacques Poulin-Denis, SoVoSó
Sound mix at Studio Detour, Dino Giancola
Online editor Thierry Gendron