danses vagabondes, Louise Lecavalier

In the organizer's words:

The exceptional dancer and icon of contemporary Canadian dance Louise Lecavalier has cult status and is returning to HELLERAU with a new creation. Once again, the energetic dancer will take dance to a virtuoso peak with her speed and precision. The starting point of Louise Lecavalier's work is her fascination with the impulse of movement, which precedes all forms of human communication. With this approach, Louise Lecavalier takes risks and unconditionally explores the "absolute" in dance as a metaphor for the absolute in humanity.

Louise Lecavalier worked with Édouard Lock and La La La Human Steps from 1981 to 1999. The works she created during this time now enjoy cult status - not least because she performed on stage with David Bowie and Frank Zappa. When she founded her company "Fou glorieux" in 2006, she transferred her overwhelmingly energetic dance style into her own choreographies. Her first major production was "So Blue" (2012), followed by "Battleground" (2016) and "Stations" (2020), both of which were performed at HELLERAU. Louise Lecavalier received an honorary doctorate from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in 2017.