lalala human steps "amelia"

From 2003, "Amelia" is choreographer Edouard Lock's amazing film with Lalala Human Steps, the Canadian dance company. Yeah I was shocked too. Music by David Lang, words by Lou Reed. Locke takes a brilliant step with classical ballet here much the way Alarm Will Sound has done with classical music. You can find them on my channel as well as the link to my blog where I write about artists who take risks and bring us in new directions. Sometimes they blow it but most of the time, like Locke, they don't. Fatova Mingus.

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Entertainment

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• lalala humansteps
• amelia
• edouard locke
• david lang ballet
• progression
• lou reed
• long version

[bobjohnlee]

Who's a velvet underground fan here?

[fatovamingus]

@bobjohnlee Lou Reed was involved in this remake too.

[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.

[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?

[topcatrox]

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

[fatovamingus]

@topcatrox I agree completely.

[KrazeeMee]

@christulio No please, go on.

[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

[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.

[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?

[christulio]

@christulio

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

[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]

@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.

[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"

[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?