SCOUT PRODUCTIONS AND DIRECTOR IAN BONHÔTE PARTNER ON THE DOCUSERIES “TEARDROPS ON THE DANCE FLOOR,” CELEBRATING THE HISTORY OF DANCE MUSIC From Academy® And Emmy®-Award Winning Production Company Scout Productions, The Docuseries Will Explore The Evolution of Dance Music From the Perspectives Of The Most Successful DJs Turned Producers Turned Artists
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cout Productions revealed their latest docuseries, Teardrops on the Dance Floor, which will be directed by acclaimed director Ian Bonhôte. The docuseries will take a look at the evolution of dance music from its early roots in 20th-century club culture through today’s pop culture. Bonhôte directed McQueen (2018), Rising Phoenix (2020), and the upcoming Christopher Reeve documentary. Scout Productions recently released two acclaimed docuseries, MerPeople on Netflix and The Secrets of Hillsong on FX and Hulu. Teardrops on the Dance Floor is an ode to dance music and its many subgenres, a deep dive into the work of some of today’s most successful DJs, and an exploration of their influences over fifty years of music, dancing, and raving. Each episode will blend past and present, verité and archival, into a dynamic, seamless storytelling that will entertain audiences with the hits they love, the club scene they crave, and the genre that defines their lives. Whether you’ve attended an EDM festival, a rave, or just listened to any of today’s pop on your AirPods, you will recognize the feeling of each decade – and be shocked at how much these disparate modes of music have in common. Teardrops on the Dance Floor, inspired by club culture stories curated by legendary remix and dance music marketing executive Brad Mason LeBeau, will take a look at the cultural and historical context in which dance music was born and then grew. “Scout Productions has a strong track record of producing quality documentary series,” said Ian Bonhôte. “By marrying our creative styles to bring this history to life, I am confident that together we will bring forth a docuseries that not only highlights the importance of this story but also showcases the profound influence of dance culture on our collective consciousness.” Rob Eric, Joel Chiodi, David Collins, and Michael Williams serve as executive producers for Scout Productions. Bonhôte and Lizzie Gillett (The Territory, Lady Boss) will produce for Misfits Entertainment along with independent producer Brad Mason LeBeau. Scout Productions has quickly become a trailblazer in documentary filmmaking with their groundbreaking series and acclaimed documentaries across major platforms, including The Secrets of Hillsong on FX, MerPeople on Netflix, Equal on Max, and I Love You, You Hate Me on Peacock. Additionally, the company has attracted notable talent, including Amy Poehler, Kristen Stewart, and Charlie Puth. About Scout Productions Scout Productions is an Emmy® and Academy Award®-winning media
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company in film, television, and digital content creation. The prolific team at Scout has spent the last 20 years raising the storytelling bar and building their catalog of groundbreaking, culture-defining unscripted series and an ever-expanding documentary division. Scout is globally celebrated for their inclusive, culturally resonant, and critically-acclaimed storytelling that shines a light on untraditional characters. Their dynamic body of work has been featured across many platforms, including Netflix, Peacock, Max, Disney+, Hulu, FX, Snap, Facebook, TruTV, and MTV/VH1. Scout works across a variety of unscripted genres, from transformation to competition to documentaries to digital, while staying true to a central philosophy: our era’s vanguard content is centered on omnicultural storytelling and representing real-life people. About Ian Bonhôte Ian is a BAFTA-nominated and Emmy-winning director and producer who co-founded Misfits Entertainment alongside producer Andee Ryder. Ian produced and directed MCQUEEN - a BAFTA-nominated feature documentary about the life of the iconic fashion designer Alexander McQueen which was released in 300 cinemas across the UK. RISING PHOENIX – about the Paralympics – is Ian’s second documentary and won two Emmy® Awards in 2021. More recently, Ian created, and executive produced the hit show KINGDOM OF DREAMS for SKY and is producing and co-directing the new documentary about actor, director, and activist Christopher Reeve – the original Superman. Prior to Misfits, Ian co-founded PULSE FILMS in 2005 alongside Thomas Benski and Marisa Clifford and worked at Pulse for ten years.
