Édouard Lock (born March 3, 1954, in Morocco) is a Canadian dance

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and the founder of the Canadian dance group, La La La Human Steps.

Career

La La La Human Steps Founder, Artistic Director and Choreographer Édouard Lock began his choreographic career at the age of 20 and founded La La La Human Steps in 1980. Over the years Mr. Lock has been invited to create works for some of the world's leading dance companies, including the

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, the Het Nationale Ballet of Holland, The

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, the Cullberg Ballet and the Royal Ballet of Flanders. At the invitation of Robert Carson and the Paris Opera, Mr. Lock choreographed " Les Boréades" composed by Rameau and performed by his company LHS at Le Palais Garnier.

Collaborations

Édouard Lock has also worked with several figures in the world of music. He created a choreographed event with

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and Louise Lecavalier as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of the

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, filmed by video artist

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, then continued his collaboration with Bowie in 1990 as creator and art director of his

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. In 1992. he worked with

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on the performance of '' Yellow Shark'', alongside the

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, the Frankfurt

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, the

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and the Vienna Konzerthaus. He also commissioned works from and collaborated with Iggy Pop, Einstürzende Neubauten (Blixa Bargeld, Marc Chung, F. M. Einheit), Shellac of North America (Steve Albini),

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, My Bloody Valentine (Kevin Shields) David Van Tiegham, Janitors Animated (Yves Chamberland), West India Company (Stephen Luscombe, Pandit Dinesh). He has also worked with American composer and Pulitzer Award winner David Lang for Salt (1997) and Amelia (2002) and with British composer

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, for ''2, Amjad, and New Work.''

Other Activities

Various films have been made on Mr. Lock's work including ''Le Petit Musée de Vélasquez'' directed by Bernar Hébert, and the documentary ''Inspirations by British director Michael Apted'', which also included

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and

amongst others.

Recognition

His works have garnered many awards, including the Chalmers choreographic prize, the New York Dance and Performance Award, the Prix Denise-Pelletier, the National Arts Centre Award, the Benois de la Danse choreographic award given in Moscow, the Governor General's Performing Arts Award, the Premio Positano Leonide Massine Award, The Molson Prize given by the Canada Council for the Arts and an honorary doctorate granted by the Université du Québec. The film adaptation of Amelia, directed by Edouard Lock, had its American premiere at the 2004

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and its European premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The film won its category at the Chicago International Film Festival, the Prague International Film Festival and the Rose d'Or Festival in Switzerland as well as winning two I.C.E. and two Gemini Awards for best direction and best editing. Mr. Lock was named a Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Québec an
Officer of the Order of Canada
*1982 : National Jean A. Chalmers Choreography Award (Oranges 1982) *1986 :

Bessie Award The New York Dance and Performance Awards, also known as the Bessie Awards, are awarded annually for exceptional achievement by independent dance artists presenting their work in New York City. The broad categories of the awards are: choreography, ...

(New-York) *2001 : Knight of the

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*2001
Governor General's National Arts Centre Award
*2001 :

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Award *2001 : Jean A. Chalmers National Dance Award (Exaucé / Salt) *2002 : Prix Denise-Pelletier *2003 :

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*2004 :

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*2006 : Fellow of the

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*2010 :

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*2010 :

Molson Prize The Thomas Henry Pentland Molson Prize for the Arts is awarded by the Canada Council, Canada Council for the Arts. Two prizes are awarded annually to distinguished individuals. One prize is awarded in the arts, one in the social sciences and human ...

*2010 : Officer of the

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*2010 : Doctor ''honoris causa'',

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*2011 : Prix Premio Positano Leonide Massine per la Danza *2012 : Prix du CALQ pour la meilleure tournée internationale *2015
Le Grand Prix de la Danse (The Seasons 2015)

Works

*1976 : ''Temps volé'' *1977 : ''La Maison de ma mère'' *1977 : ''Remous'' *1978 : ''Le Nageur'' *1980 : ''Lily Marlène dans la jungle'', ''Western'' *1981 : ''Oranges ou la Recherche du paradis perdu'' *1983 : ''Businessman in the Process of Becoming an Angel'' *1985 : ''Human Sex'' *1987 : ''New Demons - La belle et la bête'' *1988 : ''Bread Dances'' for Het Nationale Ballet *1990 : ''Infante, c'est destroy'' *1995 : ''2'' *1996 : ''Étude'' for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens *1999 : ''Exaucé/Salt'' *2002 : ''Amelia'', ''AndréAuria'' for

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*2003 : ''Les Boréades'' for

*2007 : ''Amjad'' *2011 : ''Untitled/New Work/A Piece'' by Édouard Lock *2013 : ''The Seasons'' for São Paulo Companhia de Dança *2013 : ''11th Floor'' for The Cullberg Ballet *2014 : Reprise ''AndréAuria'' for Opéra national de Paris *2014 : Creation for LA LA LA Human Steps contemporary arts - exhibition at the Boijmans Museum Rotterdam *2014 : Directed a film of The Boijmans Museum event

References

External links

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Archival footage of Louise Lecavalier performing Édouard Lock's ''A Few Minutes of Lock'' in 2011 at Jacob's Pillow.
* * Watch the 2010 short documentar
''Lock''
at the

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