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Ballet British Columbia is delighted to present the west coast premiere of Amajd, the latest work by Édouard Lock, choreographer of the renowned Montreal dance troupe La La La Human Steps, at the Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts June 14, 15 & 16, 8 pm.

Tickets are available at Ticketmaster outlets, online or by phone at 604.280.3311.

La La La Human Steps is one of the most recognized dance companies in the world and has earned international recognition by developing a unique choreographic language that has been constantly reinvented over its 23 year history. Choreographic complexity, the alteration of balletic structures and the intertwining of choreographic, musical and cinematic strands are among the elements that create a sense of perceptual distortion and renewal, that encourage audiences to both reinvent and rediscover the body and its dance.

The company has encouraged its dancers to question, define, renew and restate performances based on sound technical fundamentals and a renewal of performance values that range from the hyper physical to the lyrical. Known for its energetic, acrobatic style that often involves fast-paced and athletic physical contact, La La La Human Steps signature move is the barrel jump -- which is like a horizontal pirouette in the air.

Édouard Lock, an audacious and eclectic choreographer, has created a new landmark in Canadian dance that fuses classical ballet with modern dance. In Amjad, the choreographer reinterprets some of the most important ballets of the Romantic repertoire including Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty as he weaves together different periods and dance styles.

Amjad is part of Mr. Lock's ongoing quest for new insights into classical works which inform our shared cultural memory. These themes offer very interesting visual and narrative points of view that include both décor and costume elements in this play on memory, tradition and transcription, says the choreographer. It s the interplay between historical representations of these works and their contemporary adaptation/deconstruction. It tells a story woven from other stories, if you will.

The choreographer marries poetry, tradition and modernity to bring these themes to life. Amjad breaks down dance sequences from ballet classics and re-adapts these movements to contemporary music and choreography giving the works a fresh approach more resonant with today s audiences.

Expanding the limits of physical, vertiginous, and sensual movement, his new creation unites dancers in a radiant display of demanding technique, intricate structure, and breakneck speed. Interwoven sound and visual elements juxtapose rawness and beauty, highlighting and shaping new forms of physical interaction. Don't miss this unique experience!

The most accomplished and most seducing piece among his recent work. -- La Presse, Montréal

Lock surpasses all limits. His revolutionary physical language has influenced an entire generation of dancers -- Die Welt, Berlin