Louise Lecavalier: danses vagabondes

In the organizer's words:

For dance icon Louise Lecavalier, working on something new in the studio is synonymous with enthusiasm. Spending endless afternoons searching for movements, confronting doubt with curiosity and gradually discovering something. Dancing in the studio at a distance from earlier works, she finds access to the dancer she is today. danses vagabondes bears witness to these moments of freedom in which Louise Lecavalier encounters something new: A dance that breathes and grips the audience, a dance that speaks of itself and that always shines brightly.

The dancer and choreographer Louise Lecavalier worked with Édouard Lock and La La La Human Steps from 1981 to 1999. A period of extraordinary intensity, marked by works that have since become legendary. This includes her dazzling collaborations with David Bowie and Frank Zappa. Her extreme dance, filled with an overwhelming energy, fired the imagination of an entire generation. Since founding her own company Fou glorieux in 2006, her movement research has been emblematic of her entire career. In it, she emphasizes the crossing of boundaries and the willingness to take risks. A search for the absolute, in which she attempts to bring out the "more-than-human in people". Her first full-length piece, So Blue, was created in 2012, followed four years later by Battleground. Both works were premiered at tanzhaus nrw. Most recently, the piece Stations was premiered in the Great Hall of tanzhaus nrw in 2020. Louise's work has toured extensively in Germany and abroad and has been awarded numerous prestigious prizes throughout her career. We are delighted that Louise Lecavalier's solo danses vagabondes is celebrating its world premiere at tanzhaus nrw.

Duration: 60 min.

"So now [...] she is back with a bang and is being celebrated by the Düsseldorf audience."

Claudia Hötzendorfer, Rheinische Post, 06.12.2024