La La La Human Steps - Amjad

When:
Fri-Sat, Apr 4-5 at 8pm

Where:
Royce Hall

Price:
$48, 36, 24
($15 UCLA students)

Series Subscriptions:
Dance 1
Dance 2

Édouard Lock, artistic director and choreographer

U.S. Premiere

“(Lock’s choreography is) a Jackson Pollock painting in dance.”
– The Gazette (Montreal)

“[Édouard] Lock surpasses all limits. His revolutionary physical language has influenced an entire generation of dancers…” –Die Welt (Berlin)

Known for its high-energy, acrobatic dance and punkish cool, Montreal’s most daring dance company returns with another thrilling production. Inspired by Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty, Amjad audaciously deconstructs the romantic ballet and probes the schism between classical and modern dance. Expanding the limits of physical, vertiginous, and sensual movement, choreographer Édouard Lock adapts and reinvents classical sources deeply rooted in our collective memory, infusing them with rawness and fresh energy. Amjad includes nine dancers in a radiant display of demanding technique, intricate structure, and breakneck speed—often on pointe—featuring film and original live music performed by four musicians and composed by Bang on a Can's David Lang.

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