After the company’s disbandment, he pursued a variety of artistic professions before returning as a freelance choreographer.
An exception to this was Blue Snake, commissioned by Eric Bruhn for the National Ballet of Canada.
[1] This choreography included three-dimensional sets with automated mechanical structures and surrealistic costumes.
[5] This piece gained Desrosiers international attention and led the National Ballet into a new era of their company.
[6] The work was based on events from Desrosiers' own life when he felt that his mind and career were out of control.
Desrosiers enlisted the help of Doug Henning and Brian Glow to incorporate quick change magic tricks and vanishing acts.
[7] After performing at the Olympics, Desrosiers reworked the piece by removing some of the magic acts and rearranging the narrative plot.
The name is based on the French word for clown or jester,[2] and incorporates elements of commedia dell'arte.
The music for the piece was composed shortly before the dance premiered, so the dancers practiced with metronomes to set the tempos.