4U2C is a New Player in the World of Visual Design

Founded in the spring of 2013, 4U2C marked yesterday as its official entry in the world of visual design. At its helm are Yves Aucoin and Stéphane Mongeau who between them combine half a century of experience in the entertainment business. 4U2C specializes in design and production of visual content environment by combining video, lighting, set, special effects, and sound, plus it offers adapted services in design, coordination, and in production for every event.

Aucoin has gathered a solid reputation as well as numerous awards including a 2006 Live Design Individual Awards for his work on the Celine Dion show and LOVE from Cirque du Soleil, both presented in Las Vegas. His experience on the musical scene has brought him to create visual and scenic environment for some of the biggest names in the music business like Celine Dion, Garou, Véronic Dicaire, Johnny Hallyday, Florence Foresti at Bercy, plus recently for the French musical production of Robin Hood.

Mongeau started his career in community theater where he worked for about 10 years with over 100 creations. For the last 12 years, he was part of the Cirque du Soleil team where he worked as vice president of production and executive producer. Over the course of his career, Mongeau has collaborated with different creative forces including Robert Lepage, Dominic Champagne, François Girard, Michael Curry, Diane Paulus and Mark Fisher to name a few.

"We are extremely happy to associate ourselves in this new adventure which we hope will create some of the most ambitious projects. With our new team of young creators, the play field is enormous and filled with promises," said Aucoin and Mongeau.

The birth of 4U2C is the result of conversations between Aucoin and Mongeau with François Ménard, president of Solotech, and Guy Laliberté, founding president of Cirque du Soleil. As Ménard noted, "4U2C is located at the intersection of what has made both companies world-renowned: Cirque du Soleil's creativity and Solotech's high tech."

"Our customers here and elsewhere can now find the best of both worlds under one roof in our facilities and permanent studios specifically designed to push the boundaries of theatrical creativity," Ménard added.

Based in Solotech headquarters in Montreal, 4U2C counts on a permanent creative team of graphic designers, 3D specialists, video mapping, and lighting specialists. The team also has at its disposal a HD studio equipped with a green screen.

Since its beginning in the spring of 2013, the 4U2C team has produced conceptual visuals for Celine Dion, Cirque du Soleil, Véronic Dicare (Voice) in Las Vegas, as well as contributed to the most recent show by humorist Rachid Badouri (Rechargé).

Aucoin stated, "4U2C is a door wide open on exploration and discovery of new ideas!"