Le Fou Glorieux
Louise Lecavallier (CA)
choreographers: Crystal Pite, Tedd Robinson, Benoît Lachambre
Born in Montreal, Louise Lecavalier has been a professional dancers since 1977. She joined La La La Human Steps in I98I in ‘Oranges’ and went on to perform in every one of the company’s productions until 1999, becoming company’s symbol and luminary for nearly two decades. 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). She also participated in all the major collaborations of La La La Human Steps, including the David Bowie Sound and Vision tour in 1990, The Yellow Shark concert by Frank Zappa and the Ensemble Modern of Germany in autumn, 1992, and Michael Apted’s film, ‘Inspirations’ in 1996. In May 1999, when Louise Lecavalier received the Jean A. Chalmers National Award, Canada’s most distinguished dance prize, it was the first time this award had been given to a performer.
The full evening program Le Fou Glorieux is comprised of three works created especially for her by three internationally acclaimed Canadian contemporary choreographers – ‘Lula and the Sailor’ duet, an excerpt from the piece ‘Cobalt rouge’, co-produced by the National Arts Centre (0ttawa), the Venice Biennale, and the Theatre de la Ville (Paris) and choreographed by Tedd Robinson; “I” Is Memory, ‘kinetic images’ duet created by Benoit Lachambre for himself and Louise Lecavalier, and finally ‘Lone Epic’, a 16-minute solo set to selection from Bernard Herrmann’s majestic score for Citizen Kane by Crystal Pite, the work, that is decidedly brief and low-tech in contrast to the large-scale big-budget feature that influenced it.
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Lone Epic
choreographer: Crystal Pite
dancer: Louise Lecavallier
Lula and the sailor or Cobalt rouge Remix
choreographer: Tedd Robinson
dancers: Louise Lecavalier, Masaharu Imazu
„I” Is Memory
choreographer: Benoît Lachambre
pleše dancer: Louise Lecavalier
