From 1981 to 1999, Louise Lecavalier was associated with Édouard Lock and La La La Human Steps—years of rare intensity marked by mythic works such as Human Sex, New Demons, Infante, and 2, as well as electrifying collaborations with artists like David Bowie and Frank Zappa. During this period, she embodied with passion an extreme form of dance that left a lasting impression on an entire generation.
Since then, through her company Fou glorieux, founded in 2006, she has continued—whether solo or in duet—her exploration of the power and vulnerability of the body, and the intensity of our struggles and aspirations. She has collaborated with iconoclastic creators such as Tedd Robinson, Benoît Lachambre, Crystal Pite, Nigel Charnock, Fabien Prioville, Jakop Ahlbom, and Deborah Dunn; musicians Hahn Rowe and Mercan Dede; and visual artist Laurent Goldring, before presenting her first full-length choreographic work, So Blue, in 2012.
Her career has been marked by numerous awards in Canada, Europe, and the United States. She was the first Canadian to receive a Bessie Award in New York, as well as the first laureate of the Prix de la danse de Montréal, among other distinctions.
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