Edouard Lock 11th Floor

This is my fourth collaboration with the canadian choreographer édouard lock.

Edouard lock 11th floor.

Cullberg ballet presents 11th floor by edouard lock music by gavin bryars published by schott music ltd. Most dancers have an affinity with music and many would like to play to professional standards. With music written specially by gavin bryars and costumes by ulrika van gelder 11th floor is an elegant and. In this case the music was selected from many recordings of music used for film noire movies which i re wrote for a quartet comprising accordion bass piano and tenor sax bass clarinet.

The work is inspired by jazz and film noir of the 1950 s and focuses on an unspoken crime of passion unstable relations and repressed tensions. In tones bones by sweden s stina nyberg cullberg ballet took the plunge and became both orchestra and dancers. Duration approximately 50 minutesrenowned choreographer edouard lock creates 11th floor directly for cullberg ballet. This is another of the works that i have done with edouard lock that takes musical imagery from other sources and translate them into new work.

11th floor proved a winning fusion of dance music and concept. Adam schütt alexandra campbell eszter c. For the three previous works i ve expanded fragments of existing music sometime extremely small ones into longer works that together make a sequence of dances. Lock has been invited to create works for some of the world s leading dance companies including the paris opera ballet the het nationale ballet of holland the nederlands dans theater the.

Over the years mr.