Lock realigned.[NY] Canadian choreographer Edouard Lock built an international reputation hurling his kamikaze kamikaze (kä'məkä`zē) [Jap.,=divine wind], the typhoon that destroyed Kublai Khan's fleet, foiling his invasion of Japan in 1281. company, La La La Human Steps La La La Human Steps is a leading Québécois contemporary dance group known for its energetic, acrobatic style that often involves fast-paced and athletic physical contact. Its signature move is the barrel jump, which is like a horizontal pirouette in the air. , into gravity-defying, horizontal body rolls. But in Amelia, a 2002 creation that has already visited 50 cities in 16 countries, Lock returns to the vertical axis. The 90-minute, multimedia extravaganza, making a belated New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of debut at Brooklyn Academy of Music Brooklyn Academy of Music, performing arts center located in the borough of Brooklyn, N.Y. and popularly known as BAM. Founded in 1859 and opened in 1861, it is the oldest such institution still in operation in the United States. on Feb. 1 and 3-5 (see www.bam.org), combines lightning-fast movement with 3D animations, illusory, lighting and clever lattice panel set designs-all serving to tantalize audiences in a sensory maelstrom. The four couples--the women on pointe--perform dazzling, spinning duets and ensembles in which limbs and bodies meld into strangely abstract forms. And if you miss Amelia at BAM, you can still catch the international award-winning screen version at the Tribeca Film Festival on May 8. |
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