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Édouard Lock

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
1

Gender
Male

Birthday
March 3, 1954 (72 years old)

Place of Birth
Tànger, Morocco

Édouard Lock

Biography

Édouard Lock is a Canadian dance choreographer and founder of the Canadian dance group, La La La Human Steps. He formed La La La Human Steps in 1980, and began choreographing full-length works, which soon attracted international attention. Since 1985, each work for La La La has toured internationally for up to two years. The company was disbanded in September 2015 owing to financial difficulties.

Édouard Lock has also worked with several figures in the world of music. He created a choreographed event with David Bowie and Louise Lecavalier as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, filmed by video artist Nam June Paik, then continued his collaboration with Bowie in 1990 as creator and art director of his Sound + Vision world tour. In 1992. he worked with Frank Zappa on the performance of Yellow Shark, alongside the Ensemble Modern, the Frankfurt Alte Oper, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Konzerthaus. He also commishioned works from and colllborated with Iggy Pop, and Einstürzende Neubauten.

Known For

Crew

2018Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / The Nutcracker...Choreographer
2003Les Boréades...Choreographer
1985Human Sex...Choreographer

Directing

2003Amelia...Director
Écho...Director

Acting

1985Human Sexas dancer, musician