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A portrait of today’s man and woman seen through the eyes of one of the most innovative artists of our time. Edouard Lock continues to push the limits of dance by exploring human gesture through a breathtaking interplay of speed and extremes and the flawless weaving of choreographic, musical and cinematic strands.
Lock uses intricate choreography for both camera and dancers, creating amazing and constantly shifting points of view. Trademark performances, brilliant and relentless, combined with the delicate sensual lighting of André Turpin and the minimalist environment of a giant wooden box with rounded forms that seems to have no exit, create a disturbingly exquisite and moving experience.
The original score, written by David Land for violin, cello, piano and voice, combines evocative minimalism and with lyrics from five of Lou Reed’s most famous works, created in the 60s for the Velvet Underground.
‘Dazzling and frenetic’ Le Figaro
‘Amelia is nothing but dance, brilliantly shot, relentlessly in your face, astonishingly fast. The lesson of Amelia... is to dance this hard, this fast, this gloriously while you still can.’ Los Angeles Times
‘Canadian Edouard Lock is the artist of the year.’ Le Monde
‘Like silent films oozing beauty in stark black and white imagery, so, too, does Amelia, Edouard Lock’s latest masterpiece.’ Dance Magazine
LaLaLa Human Steps:
Andrea Boardman, Nancy Crowley, Mistaya Hemingway
Keir Knight, Chun Hong Li, Bernard Martin,
Jason Shipley-Holmes, Billy Smith, Naomi Strikeman, Zofia Tujaka
Musical composition: David Lang
Musicians: Alexandre Castonguay (cello), Simon Claude (violin)
Njo Kong Kie (piano and musical direction), Nadine Medawar (vocalist)
Producers: Pierre L Touchette, Amérimage-Spectra & Bob Krupinski, Media Principia
Executive Producers: Luc Châtelain, Alain Simard, Daniel Langlois
Film recording © 2002 XOC Productions Inc.
A co-production of LG Arts Center, Seoul/Het Muziektheatre, Amsterdam/De Single, Antwerp/Théâtre de la Ville, Paris/National Arts Center, Ottawa/Montreal Highlights Festival, Montreal, with special support from ImPulsTanz, Vienna.
DVD Producer Ferenc van Damme
DVD Executive Producer Hans Petri
DVD © Opus Arte 2006
Running time Approx 138 minutes
All Regions
2 DVD Set
Subtitles: English, Français, Deutsch, Español, Italiano (Extra Features Only)
EXTRA FEATURES:
• Commentaries by Édouard Lock
• 25 years La La La Human Steps with a complete production overview and unique video and pohot material from celebrated productions including Human Sex, 2, Exaucé/Salt, New Deamons and Infante, c’est destroy.
• Interactive option allowing access to ‘behind the scenes’ clips of rehearsal and ‘making of’ footage, while watching the film
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