References – Jasmin Boivin

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Accompanied by electronic beats and a lacing of melodic lyricism

Threshold, a poem-in-motion,...performed to Jasmin Boivin’s beautiful and unearthly music.

Threshold is performed to the smooth sounds of a musical composition by Jasmin Boivin.

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This track has a serious amount of groove! We felt this song fitted the celebratory mood of the contest the most, layered with great production, instrumentation, vocal lines and arrangement! “Harmonized” takes first prize.

Songtree (Website, Competition)

Jasmin Boivin’s sound track contributes to this atmospheric son et lumière while moments of silence are dramatically interrupted by skate blades cutting into the ice.

London Dance (Vertical Influences, London)

Trippy music

The Times (Vertical Influences, UK)

The only self-taught member of the troupe performing in hockey skates, he is also responsible for the show’s evocative music.

Vancouver Presents (Vertical Influences, Vancouver)

There is something emotional about this work (and this is certainly enhanced by Boivin’s endearing music)..

The Age (Vertical Influences, Melbourne)

LPL’s “homemade” approach extends to the music composition created by one of the members, while another looks after the group’s technical needs.

The Dancecurrent (Vertical Influences, Canada)

Mr. Boivin’s rhythm-heavy electronic score ranges from hypnotically minimalist to dramatic, dropping to silence several times.

Vineyard Gazette (Threshold, Martha’s Vineyard)

…the lighting and the sound from Lucy Carter and Jasmin Boivin respectively (the music designed to complement the sound of blade-hitting-ice) and the freezing cold making the whole experience surreal and hypnotic.

Theater Bubble (Vertical Influences, Edinburgh)

One important creative contribution was, however, homegrown since Jasmin Boivin (the fifth skater, not mentioned earlier) composed the electronic soundtrack, Usually, those two words fill me with dread and I imagine a booming, deafening noise; but Boivin’s soundscape matched the movement’s mood spread of vitality and tranquillity to perfection, with sound that incorporated the swishing of blades scything through ice as if they were an additional musical instrument.

DanceTabs (Threshold, London)

The show is performed to beautiful original music composed by Jasmin Boivin, carefully interspersed with silences so that we can enjoy the crisp whoosh of skates cutting the surface at speed, or the gentle tapping of blade tips against the ice.

Dance Heartbeat (Vertical Influences)

The soundtrack for the show is composed by skater and the company’s Musical Director, Jasmin Boivin and is a perfect counterpoint to each piece. Boivin gives free rein to the percussion created by the skaters’ boots – the glide, the rasp, the occasional toe digs into the ice all beautifully punctuate the music, giving the performance an almost hypnotic quality.

The Wee Review (Vertical Influences, Edinburgh)

He’s able to leave silence where the sound of the blades is interesting, and able to create a part of the music when we’re really close to the audience and skating at really high speed, where you can hear the skaters breathing. He’s breathing himself while he’s performing, so he understands all that.

Cult Mtl (Vertical Influences, Montreal)

A large part of what makes Vertical Influences so special is the music, composed by company performer Jasmin Boivin, who has a background as a classical cellist and electroacoustic composer.

Cult Mtl (Vertical Influences, Montreal)

Threshold is performed to the smooth sounds of a musical composition by Jasmin Boivin.

Gloucester Skating Club

Threshold, a poem-in-motion,…performed to Jasmin Boivin’s beautiful and unearthly music.

Boston Dance Alliance (Threshold, Boston)

Accompanied by electronic beats and a lacing of melodic lyricism

The Guardian (Vertical Influences, London) Judith Mackrell