Denys and Antonina, Marie-Josée and Jason, Clique and Sunny Boisvert are the finalists for the fourth season of “Revolution”. At the end of the semi-finals, Sunday evening, during which the candidates had to dance a personal moment of their life, the four entities won the best marks of the evening.
Clique, 14 to 20 years old, Saint-Basile-le-Grand
Choosing a personal moment common to all the girls in the troupe was not easy. “We decided to go there with anxiety, explained Audrey. It’s something that affects the majority of us to varying degrees.”
The six girls felt the pressure increase before this stage. “We didn’t want to disappoint anyone,” Karel said. We always want to surpass ourselves and renew ourselves in our choreographies. We worked super hard with great attention to detail for this issue.”
Since the start of the season, they have really matured, both in their choreography and in their personal lives, and it shows on stage. “Revolution is an intense experience, analyzed Karel. We think about it every day, we work every day towards this goal. It’s intensive and it’s helped us evolve and grow as human beings.”
The topics covered in their numbers also forced them to reflect, understand and deliver new emotions. “When we look at our audition number, we see that we are no longer the same dancers, we are no longer the same humans, teamwork has evolved enormously since the beginning.”
For the finale, Audrey revealed that they had chosen to go elsewhere: “We went into something more mysterious, we really tell a story of another kind. People will be surprised.”
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Antonina and Denys, 32 and 37, New York
Ukrainians by origin, Denys and Antonina have lived in the United States for several years, but the war which is raging in their country affects them to the highest degree. This is the subject they chose to address in their last performance. The emotion crossed the screen and they deserved the best score of the evening.
“It was very important for us to share what is currently happening in Ukraine,” said the dancer. What is currently happening there is completely incomprehensible, it is a tragedy with destruction, deaths, suffering… We are lucky to have a platform to express all this.
The couple had a lot of difficulty during the creation of this number. “It was emotionally difficult,” she continued. We wanted to be sure to share the pain of the Ukrainian people through our movements. There was a lot of suffering and tears during the creation. But once we were on the stage, we were focused on the performance.
Their challenge to overcome the despair and pain caused by war has been fully successful. On the way to the final, Denys and Antonina feel at their best, even if the fatigue begins to accumulate. “We are also a little stressed because there was not much time between the semi-final and the final. We also always want to give the best of ourselves.”
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Marie-Josée and Jason, 28 and 20, Montreal and Saint-Sauveur
Marie-Josée and Jason have chosen to do a number on domestic violence. “We found that this subject could be danced, but we hesitated a lot,” said the dancer before Jason continued: “We tried several options, but domestic violence was the most realistic to do on stage. We were more inspired at the choreographic level for this concept”.
Their duet illustrating a marital dispute that ends badly was poignant, and even destabilizing, as much for the masters as for the public. “We are always surprised and very humbled by our work,” said Marie-Josée. Our only certainty is that we give our all to each of our performances. We really gave a lot of heart and emotion this time, we delivered a very personal piece of our lives.
If this story evoked a moment experienced by his accomplice, Jason also found himself there. The duo had set themselves the goal of reaching the final, but this goal was not the central point of their motivation.
“We had a mission to give our 100% every time we went on stage, mentioned the dancer. We prefer to live the present moment to the fullest, to give everything so that each number is perfect and that we are proud of it. We wanted to be sincere as much as possible in this issue as in all the others. After investing so much time, money and hours of practice, their motivation is now to finish this experience giving their all to be both proud of the result.
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Sunny Boisvert, 25, Saint-Lin–Laurentides
Since the start of the season, Sunny Boisvert has been repeating that he wants to make it to the final and win the $100,000 prize; part of its objective has therefore been achieved. However, he was a little scared on Sunday, dancing for a personal moment.
“It was quite stressful because these are personal stories, and there are emotions that come to get us, he told. But I’m happy with my performance and I think I deserve to be in the final.”
For him, this second experience at “Revolution” (he had participated in season 1 as a duo) showed him that, in life, anything is possible.
“We are the only brakes to stop us in our quest for a goal, it’s just our mind and our will that block us. But if we tell ourselves that we are capable and that we put in the necessary efforts, nothing is impossible. We can achieve anything.”
After having visualized it and having often spoken about it, the dancer does not yet realize his feat. “The fact of having arrived in the final, it is as if I still did not believe it. Now I’m just in the last 50 meters before the finish line. I have to give everything I have left to finish in style.
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The candidates in the final:
Clique, 14 to 20 years old, Saint-Basile-le-Grand
Antonina and Denys, 32 and 37, New York
Marie-Josée and Jason, 28 and 20, Montreal and Saint-Sauveur
Sunny Boisvert, 25, Saint-Lin–Laurentides