lalala human steps "amelia"

[katdance13]

So beautiful, so compelling. I see something different every time I watch. Bewitching

[fede3199]

lalala human step, and Eduard lock, comparable to Bach in barroque music

[fede3199]

I saw them in Madrid, and i just cant write my feelings...

[Blackcatninja09]

I can see the whole relationship but I also see a different side as well. To me this makes me think of a fairy tale where a man made a puppet in the resemblance of his dead daughter or wife and everyday he plays with her moving her because she can't move herself. After many years of playing the doll gains a life of it's own yet the man doesn't know that. When the falls down that's when he dies and when he comes back again that is a new man. I almost feel like this is a story about a puppet or d

[YurrahAlHadi]

Even though she is sooo skinny, you can tell she is healthy. Look at her muscles! Why do ballerinas have to be skinny? Or they do not have to, but like to be skinny?

[lyresong]

The filming is superb, I love the music, although the dance I'm not as crazy about. The male contribution is disappointing. Someone mentioned him as a marionette master and it seems that way. I don't find it beautiful and it makes me uncomfortable to watch the interplay there. What's with all of the waist pivoting? It gets boring and ultimately takes away from the powerful dance that the women demonstrate. It also makes the guy look kind of like he's groping the women. Heeby-jeebies.

[sherijiott]

Stunning. Any idea how I can find more of this music?

[dancer4660]

love!

[ofakar]

So original and beautiful...

[TrustYouPfft5]

Beautiful.. I wish i can dance in that room to this song forever.. <3

[alikrify]

Great light, dance! ever!

[keelyvalentine]

oh my god i want her leotard

[Ekadesha11Dana]

Magic and wonderful!!!

[twasbrillig33]

Master choreography

[Brandona2b]

wats the song



[bryanvsmith]

aahh i get it...the song is originally from the velvet underground about a guy who ventures into the city to buy drugs: Waiting for my man-

"Hey, white boy, what you doin' 'uptown?Hey, white boy, you chasin' our women around?

Oh pardon me sir, it's the furthest from my mind, I'm just lookin' for a dear, dear friend of mine

I'm waiting for my man."

This version is more womans liberation - she cant do anything without her man thus - "she's waiting for her man."

Brilliantly executed!

[posJuanPinto]

Está clarísimo: la danza contemporánea (y la música compuesta para la danza contemporánea) es presente... y futuro, mucho futuro.

[ines9lively]

instead of the man playing the violin, he is the machine playing the doll

[kaqs8994]

wonderful bravo



[meesahem0]

omg. her feet are so fast! it feels like this has been fast forwarded!

[ILGustavo]

Nothing that the women do with him would be possible without his hands on them. That is teamwork.

Evidence of Evolution: what the women do here was not possible by dancers 100 years ago.

[ILGustavo]

Interesting that one sees this as a man treating a woman a certain way when I see a woman HURLING herself at a man and presenting him with the energy which he then turns.

[marcetaya]

increíble todo lo que puede expresar el cuerpo =) ♥♥♥

[bobjohnlee]

Who's a velvet underground fan here?

[fatovamingus]

@bobjohnlee Lou Reed was involved in this remake too.

[bobjohnlee]

@fatovamingus

Really?!?! Awesome, it's so beautiful

[Tsugaheterophylla]

I dunno. This doesn't really work for me. I don't appreciate the way the man treats the woman like a marionette. I'd like to see more teamwork here.

[fatovamingus]

@Tsugaheterophylla Yeah, this ballet really comes down to a matter of taste. I think the other segments are less power-exchange.

[BBrannum]

@fatovamingus, definitely. Also, there are fewer and fewer men as the video progresses, until finally the women and men are indistinguishable.

[fatovamingus]

@Tsugaheterophylla Oh I feel like they are clock pieces. One is just moving the other but neither is more important than the other, you know?

[christulio]

@fatovamingus I saw a relationship dynamic. It starts with the young girl on her own. She sees the man and throws herself into his arms, literally. Between that and the first time they step into the light, its their first dates. The light is where the man tries to have sex with her and she denies ("i am waiting for my man"). She leaves, but of course comes back and they try again. This time around she's more spunky, and wild.

[christulio]

@christulio The next time they step into the light (which conveniently looks like a penis), they finally do have sex. The dance even has thrusts and is more intimate. But again he goes to far, and she walks out. But again she comes back and the relationship gets dark (its further in the shadows?). The lyrics talk some about the man, "never early, always late. you always have to lose". They start fighting, he's always absent, and she is left with the world on her shoulders....

[christulio]

@christulio

I could go on but i feel like you may have lost interest by now.

[KrazeeMee]

@christulio No please, go on.

[seltzerwater427]

@Tsugaheterophylla

I understand what you mean, but i feel as though it goes with what the choreographer is trying to portray. She starts our free and young but wants a man. She finds a man and lets him control her, but at around 1:00 i feel as though she wants to escape the relationship but can't find a way out, and in a way he consumes her, and then leaves her for another woman a tougher, stronger one who is more difficult to control yet. She knows how to play the "game"

[93bottom]

@Tsugaheterophylla I don't know I think I quite like that fact. I guess I see it in a a more statement on the treatment of women over in a misogynistic society and history rather than it being a misogynistic piece. The song and title kinda show that as well. But yeah I see where your coming from.

[planetlychee]

Where there really ten different people in that??

[keviar245]

that looks fucking painful

[gkdanceteacher]

I find myself in tears every time I watch this. It speaks to a part of me that has no verbal language. The choreography, filming, accompaniment, performers - disturbingly perfect...

[Nadirpolar]

Hermoso. Arte que sana. La belleza es el unico alimento permitido al alma. Felicidades.

[csblakeley]

The choreography captured so vividly and lit so starkly... I had to pause it again and again to take notes on the light. Fantastic!

[topcatrox]

I'm never not awed by this. Everything about it is just so beautiful. Truly inspiring.

[fatovamingus]

@topcatrox I agree completely.

[zeldasrevenge]

wow. this is mesmerizing. so powerful, yet graceful and gorgeous.

[bettytezza]

Sublime!!

[brendaclews]

A cave somewhere deep in the mountains, and the dancers archetypes, of the couple, whoever they are, ripped out of the daily world. The passion of the dancers for each other, for the dance, figures who have nothing to do but dance this crucial dance of life in the inner sanctum. A speleology, an exploration of the dance of the inner cave... magnificent!

[applesaucefaerie]

I accidentally discovered that this matches up perfectly with La Roux's song 'Bulletproof'. Check it out - it adds a whole new layer to the dance. The choreography matches the lyrics surprisingly well.

[sean447744]

Wow! I have never seen art quite like this! I am inspired! Thank you to all the artists out there who continue to push the envelope and cause the rest of us to pause and see something beautiful and possibly change for the better.

[fatovamingus]

@sean447744 Beautifully said

[HazyHayli]

I WANT THAT LEO

[TheMusicomposer]

So beautifully crafted, I would love to write music for this style of dancing!

[bluehazesue]

AMAZING!

[fatovamingus]

@bluehazesue I hope you get to see the whole video...it's worth it.

[Blackcatninja09]

I love this. I showed this to my dance class and they were shocked. The balierina remindes me of a puppet and the men a puppet master. Beautiful.

[fatovamingus]

@Blackcatninja09 I feel like there is a subtle theme of domination and submission throughout Amelia, power struggling even. It may not be the intent but I saw the same thing as you in this segment.

[TCHIKABOUM]

Most of the music is from David Lang, except the boys dance (not in this video but part of the same DVD) which is from me. Edward Lock, the choreographer is also this film's director. Large part of the financing came from Daniel Langlois, montreal based billionnaire owner of softimage and ex-centris.

[fatovamingus]

@TCHIKABOUM I wonder if you know then: is Lang's work to Amelia available anywhere other than on the DVD? I can't find it at all. I have some of his stuff but would really like a few of the pieces from this film.

[jhylke]

Who made the music?

[ShantellLondon]

my favorite dance video by far, I can watch it over and over, love the music

[haipis]

Pourrais-je savoir le titre de cette musique?

[blissbaby13]

Who are the dancers?

[fatovamingus]

@blissbaby13 The troupe is LALALA HUMANSTEPS and the opening dancer is Mistaya Hemingway. Not sure who the two men are. I think the 2nd ballerina is Andrea Boardman. The list of dancers is at the end though its not specified. Of Hemingway I am sure. She is amazing.

[TCHIKABOUM]

@blissbaby13 the dancers are: Mistaya hemingway and Jason shipley-holmes, and Keir knight. then Andrea Boardman and Jason.