Edouard Lock 11th Floor

This is another of the works that i have done with edouard lock that takes musical imagery from other sources and translate them into new work.

Edouard lock 11th floor.

Duration approximately 50 minutesrenowned choreographer edouard lock creates 11th floor directly for cullberg ballet. In this case the music was selected from many recordings of music used for film noire movies which i re wrote for a quartet comprising accordion bass piano and tenor sax bass clarinet. Adam schütt alexandra campbell eszter c. Most dancers have an affinity with music and many would like to play to professional standards.

This is my fourth collaboration with the canadian choreographer édouard lock. Lock has been invited to create works for some of the world s leading dance companies including the paris opera ballet the het nationale ballet of holland the nederlands dans theater the. Cullberg ballet presents 11th floor by edouard lock music by gavin bryars published by schott music ltd. 11th floor proved a winning fusion of dance music and concept.

For the three previous works i ve expanded fragments of existing music sometime extremely small ones into longer works that together make a sequence of dances. The work is inspired by jazz and film noir of the 1950 s and focuses on an unspoken crime of passion unstable relations and repressed tensions. With music written specially by gavin bryars and costumes by ulrika van gelder 11th floor is an elegant and. Renowned choreographer edouard lock creates 11th floor directly for cullberg ballet.

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.