Clair de lune (Debussy): Alexandre Tharaud, Yoann Bourgeois - piano & dance

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Clair de lune - Claude Debussy: the beloved French piano classic in a gravity-defying performance that reaches for the stars. Piano: Alexandre Tharaud (Warner Classics/Erato) Choreography/dance: Yoann Bourgeois, acrobat www.ccn2.fr Filmed and edited by Raphaël Wertheimer More for the Debussy centenary: www.debussy100.com "To create - to be creative - is to draw a door on the wall, and then open the door. 'Clair de lune' opens this door wide to transport us to a time where time doesn’t pass. That’s why we become children again when we listen to this music. Artists exploring ideas together become like childhood friends. Alexandre simply closed his eyes and we found each other, on the other side of the door." -Yoann Bourgeois
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[@peterswires8439]

No one seems to mention the cinematography, which is JUST PERFECT.

[@matthewkarner4637]

Some of the most profound art I have ever experienced

[@ClaireQuinn566]

He makes it look to effortless. 👍

[@berkeleybernie]

Brilliant. He understands the mechanics of the trampoline so well and has made them entirely organic.

[@gillmiller4600]

There was nothing “clumsy” about this. Stunningly beautiful and so much closer to real life than many I’ve seen.

[@marcellofadda9474]

Spot on!

[@susanbingham65]

I have watched this again and again, transfixed, deeply moved. Have sent it to friends and family. One family member, a mime and dancer, said, "He found IT!" Yoann is totally graceful throughout. I love the wonder, the trying over and over and over, the reaching the top and being awed, then returning, exhausted, triumphant, to rest or die -- OMG. Thank you for this beauty!

[@JensDueOhlsen]

Beautiful and thoughtful. Funny that 'Only murders in the building' sending me here

[@vb8428]

Me too😅 I thought it'd take me ages to find the performance but I found it right away.

[@hikarimeoww]

the same))

[@Player2_needs_some_coins]

I was sent by ULTRAKILL

[@unon735]

it's about the journey, not the destination. that's what i just got reminded of. they got barely 2-5 seconds up there at the top of the staircase, most of our lives are spent in the struggle to get somewhere and and not actually at the top. and even when we get to the top, no one gets to stay there, you've got to come back down, and/or climb another mountain. Ah! just got reminded of the myth of sisyphus too. this is beautiful, too beautiful. i'm glad i found it, thanks OMITB ❤ maybe this will help me gain some perspective next time I'm struggling with sthg and maybe even appreciate the struggle a little, or derive solace in the hope that if someone could create something beautiful out of that struggle, sthg good will come out of some of mine too. because ig that's what life is, struggle, falling over and over, even though we focus so much on trying not to fall. not saying one shouldn't try not to fall, but when we do inevitably fall as we will, focus on getting back up and rememember that that's what life is about, the struggling, the falling, the getting back up and keeping going, and all the beauty (and pain ig) that we create and life that we live and experience while doing that. it's just..beautiful..

[@MyrnaDeJesus]

What a beautifully articulated observation. Thank you for sharing your insights about life publicly. It's enriching hearing how other human beings experience this magnificently complex journey. Hope you have a good year.

[@fabs8498]

Danse magique. J'aime tout ce que fait Yoann Bourgeois. Beauté et originalité toujours au rendez vous.

[@basketcase9144]

The entirety of this mans story is absolute. Thank you for combing the last song I want to hear before I die with dance so beautifully. Every move with intention.

[@X123Monster]

His performance is outstanding I must say!

[@gerardmaritzacox9918]

Loved it. It represents how I feel every time I hear Clair De Lune. When I close my eyes, it feels like I'm flying and falling all at the same time.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Fake news.

[@giancarloalu18]

This is the most grottesc and out of reason i have ever seen . A romantic clair de lune interpreted by a circus circus clown. Creazy and offensive for a ballet.

[@andredh8379]

you did not understand anything about what the play is about and what it wants to interpret

[@skane3109]

Mesmerizing interpretation of one of the most beautifully ethereal pieces of music ever written. Thank you Yoann Borgeois for this unique, masterful and lovely performance.👏

[@mariateresabissinger3035]

My late mother who passed away in 2017 played this song on the Piano and I knew when she died it would always remind me of her. When I watched this, I imagined that since my Mom's cancer had advanced to a terrible place, she was taking a lot of morphine and she floated in and out of both worlds. I imagined that when she passed, unconscious and under the influence of morphine and really, just not really wanting it to be her time and still feeling very connected to her body, she bounced back and forth between life and the next world in a similar way. Of course I cried thinking that while watching it. I believe since she lingered on, while not in her body, but still breathing, but lifeless and limp in her last hours, then opened her eyes one last time, this is what she tried to do, come back and come back and come back. She would resign herself and then fall back and try to go, but she just didn't want to. I know she left us eventually, but I believe her last hours were spent in trying to come back to us.

[@SuperC888]

My condolences.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Amen.

[@버즈와함께]

I pray for your Mom🙏🏻

[@unon735]

this is just so beautifully put, i can't imagine how painful it would've been, but i hope that through this song, this video, this comment, or something else, you found your peace.

[@Nobody-017]

My condolences man, she must be by God's side now 🙏, I hope you can find peace and happiness in your life again someday.

[@roelanddrost3324]

Absolute breath taking performance. on this delicately played miraculous pianopiece of Debussy. My heart just melted!

[@guylenefelin6959]

c'est un peu notre histoire à tous...on tombe, on rebondit, on grimpe au sommet, on retombe, on est au pied du mur...le tout etant de se relever petit a petit....de contempler quand on le peut encore et puis...s'en aller....c'est tellement fort et riche en émotion....merci.

[@BrightSparksAsia]

Hauntingly beautiful. I feel there's a message on how man tries to conquer everything,even the moon,but is beaten by its lack of gravitational pull once he's on it. Nobody can conquer the moon, nature and there's a lesson there for man's indomitable desire to conquer.Fall down then, accept it and remember your place. In the light and sound of Debussy's masterpiece.

[@rhaastaa]

I just thought it was some dude fucking around on a trampoline to music but whatever

[@jeanypark6045]

이유도 모른채 끊임없이 계단을 오르려 하는 자체가 우리 삶의 모습 같음. 실패하면서도 도전을 반복하고 그 가운데 정해진 길이 아닌 다른 새로운 길을 찾아내어 마침내 목표에 도달하는 모습. 그럼에도 그 영광이 영원할 수는 없는 필연적인 운명. 어떻게 보면 참 덧없는데 어떻게 보면 무수한 의미를 부여할 수 있는 것 같음.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

What horrible!

[@Radical5TV]

Vite ! Le retour des Arts Vivants. Nos âmes en ont besoin en cette pandémie !!!

[@Dantaszica]

This is really really beautiful. I confess I prefer this choreography with a static camera, but still amazing!

[@natashavilakazi8806]

this spoke to me. fighting to reach a goal, only to self sabotage. realizing i am and fighting to get back. beautiful.

[@benjamincuevaseninde]

-- De toutes les performances de Yoann Bourgeois, c'est celle que je préfère. C'est un très bel hommage à Claude Debussy. --

[@flayeuxdaniele7158]

quand on a la chance d'aimer la danse de Yoann Bourgeois et la musique de Claude Debussy c'est un pur bonheur pour les sens réunis, j'ouvre grand mes yeux et mes oreilles !

[@heikoknoler592]

Hauntingly beautiful. Needs to go on AGT

[@dubbified]

Unbelievable!

[@salicus]

Inspiring, wonderful, beautiful.

[@ronaldl9085]

Gorgeous performance to (obviously) wonderful music.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Fake news.

[@markhawkins1758]

Blown Away by this performance...so musical and heart wrenching! SENSATIONAL! xxx

[@johncheah5029]

Watched many times. Still touched.

[@johnkean6852]

I saw him when he joined Pink's performance on the BBC and researched him to this channel. Quite stunning and unique. Bravieux Bourgeois

[@KeifusMathews3]

This is amazing!!!!

[@bryceluther1576]

Beautiful. Simply beautiful.

[@lindaceriello4256]

just how life feels!

[@FakeCarrier]

This is very surprisingly beautiful and dramatic. I like the black and white space, too.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

My Allah!

[@heathersmith2201]

So, effortless!👍👍👍

[@KaterinaNikoloudi]

Yoann Bourgeois and Alexandre Tharaud you make me dream 💎💎🙏🏻

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Fake news.

[@didiermignon6255]

Tellement beau et fort, pas d'autres mots !

[@heikoknoler592]

Mesmerizing

[@basbruinsma538]

Yoann Bourgeois creates such beautiful cheography and performances:-)

[@melodyduan]

My favourite contemporary dance ever

[@beckys8332]

OMG! I’ve never seen anything like this before. He is AMAZING 😍 Everything about it melts, just like a dream. He blew my mind. I felt my heart and my soul moving in my chest, like I was falling along with him. Wow ❤ What an amazing man.

[@SB5SimulationsFerroviairesEEP]

Super joli! Et bien pensé! Le trampoline renvoi la même énergie qu'on lui transmet, donc l'artiste peu remonter là où il a chuté! En même temps cela montre que la chute est relative et peu aussi vous propulser plus haut! Mais il y a là aussi un jeu avec l'apesanteur, la chute des corps, et le renversement de la masse! Merci du partage! Stéph.

[@PrayinforTexas]

Absolutely Positively Beautiful and Brilliant. Bravo!!

[@alankanen3600]

What the human mind can conceive and what the human body can express !

[@amandaestremera4908]

Pure poetry in motion and sound. In grateful awe.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Fake news.

[@barbarafoster1400]

Wow! So very beautiful. Wow!

[@1diagram]

Humans are capable of such beauty.

[@MyrnaDeJesus]

Yes! That's important to remember right now, more than ever, as we grapple with such profoundly harsh challenges on a global scale.

[@mightyfiner1752]

How grateful i am for the blessings to see, feel and hear. Thank you for sharing the beautiful work of art. 🙏💖🙏

[@LetsGo_brobro]

I WILL never forget this message..

[@philpi308]

Gracieux, original, et d'une grande éloquence, intelligence et précision : énorme !

[@chrisfrancis4478]

Superb. Immense.

[@TarotAstrologerTHOMAS]

this is art

[@heather_soprano]

Beyond stunning ❤

[@juanmanuelgranadosdavila4984]

How original !, ethereal and at the same time heavy.

[@maryadoretti8875]

I think it’s a metaphor for all of us! We keep falling and bouncing back, falling and bouncing a little higher falling a little deeper but bouncing back again. I don’t have addictions that I know of but maybe I was just addicted to sadness and drama all of my life. Even now while I’m happy I fall. And I bounce back up. It’s our trials and tribulations and we have to keep standing back up and trying one more step. That includes addictions. None of us are perfect. We all keep bouncing up and down.

[@mabellekhouri3388]

Amazing... i mean waw. Reminded me of how one might lose himself while trying and trying over and over again. Never lose hope, always try but at the same time do not lose yourself in the process. The death scene at the end, this triumph and rest on the floor might also mean a self loss. This process of recovery, struggle, simplicity in the scene... it's just life. wonderful.

[@TrewTube]

Strange, sad and beautiful. Well done. Lighting was perfect.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

What horrible!

[@beethofenut]

All the 60 bounces of Yoann Bourgeois are so artistic and elegant. The idea of the dance is excellently presented and textured into this performance by Alexandre Tharaud - giving classic masterpiece of Debussy's Claire de lune another new interpretation :)

[@elizabethgriswold1310]

I was wondering if this was a metaphor for addiction recovery but only saw 8 steps at first, but then saw there are 12 at the end. It's really beautiful! Its depicts struggle in such a specific way, especially when pointing out how much work it is to get yourself back up after falling. Well done 💜🎶

[@missdiabolos8256]

It gives the free falling and wondering around abyss phase so intense.

[@HeyItsFrankie]

Wow...I see that now. 8 steps at the top and then 4 at the bottom. Very perceptive of you, and such a great analogy :)

[@wholeshebang1]

@@HeyItsFrankie- Yohan Bourgeois' dance "commented on *_the symbiotic relationship of dance with music."_* See my previous comment with the full description, from Laughing Squid's online magazine.

[@wholeshebang1]

@Elizabeth Griswold - That may be what you got from it, but it has nothing to do with the 12 Steps recovery program, and there are *14 steps* (5+9), not 12. The dancer, Yohan Bourgeois has used this stage set-up with a trampoline for years, with different music and locales (including a field in France). His motivation for this piece with "Clair de Lune" was this: "In honour of the Claude Debussy Centenary, slapstick dancer and comedian Yohan Bourgeois performed a brilliant, deliberately clumsy, acrobatic routine to a piano rendition of "Clair de Lune," flawlessly played by Alexandre Tharaud. Throughout the performance, Bourgeois bounced and tumbled off of reflexive surfaces in time to the music. Bourgeois commented on the symbiotic relationship of dance with music." - Laughing Squid dot com, October 2018

[@wholeshebang1]

Correction: *Yoann Bourgeois

[@SmadarBustan]

Tellement belle votre performance au Grand Palais hier

[@lifeaschrisyanak5150]

Very poetic how the music is trying to hold him back. Very fantastic, well put together video. 😱

[@andresardila7774]

Spectacular!

[@baklanyc]

SO beautiful, I was actually sobbing. Thank you.

[@ewilldothanks3401]

Fascinating! I wonder how he can do that so gracefully!

[@dancinmiriam8165]

Just made my afternoon! My breathing has returned to normal and I cannot be unhappy. Thank you Claude! and Thank you Yoann - I will share with all my old dancer friends.

[@skyebleu6793]

Palito ortega

[@skyebleu6793]

Palito. Ortega

[@claire315]

Perfectly explains my life, music and all!! Perfecto!!

[@ciosborn]

So much between darkness and light is said, with this song and dance.

[@alankanen1052]

What the human mind can conceive! What the human body can make manifest!

[@강제석-e9w]

The best performence ever!!!!

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Less, please.

[@133713Dude]

This is a great advertisement, nice work. His gracefulness is remarkable.

[@justinberg9903]

I can’t stop thinking about this video

[@mariateresabissinger3035]

That's how you know the muses inspired it just for you.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Fake news.

[@marcellofadda9474]

Sensational !!!

[@robertlparcus9377]

Merveilleux, extraordinaire, émouvant et touchant!

[@FixSnips]

I didn't realize how badly I needed this video... Thank you

[@Rod_Cast]

OMG what a performance! absolutely perfect

[@alida4grau]

Olga Cést magnifique! Merci

[@sugarmagnolia876]

Astounding choreography. Stunningly. I'm left in tears. Brilliant!🙏💜😢

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Fake news. One great imbecility.

[@tiffanybrian3383]

This is my one year olds favorite song and video. We watch it A-LOT.

[@augustasammarini7899]

Non è accettabile manipolare in questo modo un capolavoro della musica queste continue cadute non seguono in nessun modo i significati del brano. Guardate il finale la musica ascende e si libera verso l'infinito mentre quest'uomo scivola e rotola e si perde cadendo al suolo. Se voleva un clima di morbidezza e leggerezza avrebbe potuto cercare altro, dal mio punto di vista è un oltraggio!

[@helioalmeida8217]

we need this 4K, Warner. please and thank you.

[@1throughhiker]

So gorgeous.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Fake news.

[@maggieml-jspiano2286]

this is a PERFECT interpretation of this piece ... i absolutely LOVE THIS. (I choreographed a duet & played this as a college project in the 80s) ... the timing and phrasing of the dancer here was exactly in line with my feelings about the piece. I LOVE the stairs -- it's always felt like stairs to me. and yes, the falling. yes yes yes! congrats, so lovely!

[@scarlettina710]

I watched this and all I could think was that Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire would have appreciated the creativity and athleticism of the performance. Remarkable.

[@ismailaaao]

Doesn't matter how hard the fall is , we should always try to get back up 👏🏻

[@calciumchloride710]

Nonsense. Climbing stairs that lead nowhere is not for everybody, and not everybody gets stairs that are possible to climb. It happens. Don't be ashamed of falling. Don't be ashamed of jumping. You can stay down if you want. It's okay. Maybe you shouldn't get back up. Maybe nobody's going to let you get up, anyway. Maybe something else is better for you. Your choice is your choice.

[@NuclearRoll]

Amazingly graceful

[@danielveiga7750]

4 years later and I'm here, in my room, clapping for you

[@cousteau79]

fabulous ... wonderful art ...

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Fake news.

[@christinecoxon1511]

impeccable timing.

[@norham68]

That is simply beautiful!

[@moneymarty1]

dans un mot...."superfantastique"! Tres bien fait.

[@rolierolie7591]

Just… 😍

[@giselapimentel7648]

Une des choses plus belles , jamais vue..... c'est l'image de la vie

[@janeb305]

I NEED a " the making of" video of this gorgeousness, s'il vous plaaaaaaaait!!!

[@susannepuchegger6983]

This is so lovely and touching.

[@flyingsomm]

What a stunning video 👏 👏 👏

[@nathalietabary5575]

magnifique. il fallait y penser et vous l'avez pensé. MERCI pour nous.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Fake news.

[@analevy4034]

Bravo!

[@Stuart_Pot2D]

Uma das coisas mais lindas que já vi

[@AAA_X_01]

짧은 시간안에 작품의 뜻을 알게되고, 알게되면 이게 우리의 삶과 같음을 알고 눈물 짓게 됩니다.. ㅜㅜ

[@artlandcreative]

Beautiful!

[@jacky755]

Wonderful