Helena Overlaet-Michiels

Reimagining Classical Music with Contemporary Music Videos

Can South Korean dance troure Waveya and a booty music video get the kids to listen to classical music?

Say hello to Classical Comeback, a project that promises to resurrect the canon by matching masterworks with contemporary videos. It might sound ludicrous, but it kind of worked back in 1979 thanks to Bo Derek.

It's open source, so act fast before someone else grabs Bolero.

Stromae "Papaoutai" (Raf Reyntjens, dir.)

Stromae - Papaoutai

Meet the kid with a fake plastic dad in a Saccharine sweet town. Luckily, music and dance makes things come alive, even if for only a few minutes.

Check out this fantastic video for Belgian star Stromae — he plays the dad here — directed by Raf Reyntjens, who nails the a vibe that's just on the brighter side of Tim Burton.