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Children + A Few Minutes of Lock

LOUISE LECAVALIER, NIGEL CHARNOCK,
ÉDOUARD LOCK

A dancer of burning passion, Louise Lecavalier presents a double program marked by electrifying encounters. Children is the fruit of a recent collaboration with Nigel Charnock, the unrepentant enfant terrible of British physical theatre.

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Performed together with Patrick Lamothe, the piece evokes the heaven and hell of a couple about to break up. At times alone, at times united, they search for each other, embrace, call for each other, quarrel, give themselves to each other, clash, resist, lose their way. Veering between passion and rage, play and emotion, this bittersweet chronicle is full of unbridled energy, the throes of life. The second visceral, alchemical encounter goes back a long way and features Édouard Lock, her former accomplice. Accompanied by Elijah Brown, Lecavalier renews contact with the choreographer’s extreme, incandescent style of dance that she so indelibly personified over the years, just to see what the body remembers. Forged of shadow and light and set to the incantatory music of Iggy Pop, A Few Minutes of Lock is a veritable conversation between bodies where souls are flushed to the surface – intimate, fraternal, passionate. Indescribable beauty.

Credits

PRODUCED BY FOU GLORIEUX – LOUISE LECAVALIER

CHILDREN
CHOREOGRAPHY: NIGEL CHARNOCK
PERFORMERS: PATRICK LAMOTHE + LOUISE LECAVALIER
LIGHTING DESIGN: ALAIN LORTIE
COSTUMES: CARRÉ VERT

A FEW MINUTES OF LOCK
CHOREOGRAPHY: ÉDOUARD LOCK
DANSE RE-CREATION: FRANCE BRUYÈRE + LOUISE LECAVALIER
PERFORMERS: ELIJAH BROWN + LOUISE LECAVALIER WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF PATRICK LAMOTHE
LIGHTING DESIGN: ALAIN LORTIE
COSTUME DESIGN: VANDAL

COPRODUCTION FESTIVAL ORIENTE OCCIDENTE (ROVERETO) + TANZHAUS NRW (DÜSSELDORF) + FESTIVAL TRANSAMÉRIQUES + USINE C + ATMO PRODUCTIONS AS WELL AS LE FONDS DE CRÉATION DU RÉSEAU CANDANCE + CENTRE NATIONAL DES ARTS DU CANADA + HARBOURFRONT CENTRE + BRIAN WEBB DANCE COMPANY + DANCE VICTORIA
SUPPORTED BY LE SERVICE DE LA DANSE DU CONSEIL DES ARTS DU CANADA
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH USINE C

REDACTION: ANNE VIAU
TRADUCTION: NEIL KROETSCH

LOUISE LECAVALIER (MONTREAL)
FOU GLORIEUX - LOUISE LECAVALIER

Born in Montreal, Louise Lecavalier has been a professional dancer since 1977. In 1988, she joined La La La Human Steps, Edouard Lock's dance company with Oranges and went on to perform in all of the company’s productions until 1999. In 1985, she became the first Canadian to win a Bessie Award in New York for her performance in Businessman in the Process of Becoming an Angel (1983).

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NIGEL CHARNOCK (HELSINKI)
FOU GLORIEUX - LOUISE LECAVALIER

he choreographer, artistic director and dancer Nigel Charnock co-founded the company DV8 with Lloyd Newson. He worked with this radical and often controversial company before moving on to pursue solo work.

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ÉDOUARD LOCK (MONTREAL)
FOU GLORIEUX - LOUISE LECAVALIER

Édouard Lock formed in 1980 his own company, Lock-Danseurs, which later became La La La Human Steps. He choreographed Lily Marlene in the Jungle (1980), followed by Oranges (1981), for which he won the Jean A. Chalmers Award, and Businessman in the Process of Becoming an Angel (1983).

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