The National Arts Centre and the Canadian Film Institute present Amelia, an award winning film by Édouard Lock featuring La La La Human Steps
May 20, 2005 -
OTTAWA -- Amelia, choreographed by Édouard Lock for La La La Human Steps, took the dance world by storm in live performance. Don’t miss this one-night-only chance to see Amelia on film on Saturday, May 28 at 19:00. The 60-minute film will be screened in the auditorium of Library and Archives Canada at 395 Wellington Street. Tickets can be purchased at the door; they are $6 for CFI members, seniors, and students and $9 for non-members. Director/ choreographer Édouard Lock will be in attendance to discuss the film.
Originally conceived for the stage and brilliantly adapted for film, the multi-award winning Amelia is a rapid-fire, visually exquisite combination of form and movement. The work is set entirely within a four-sided wooden box with curved joints, designed to envelop the performers, where the camera becomes another body to manipulate, to choreograph. The result is electrifying -- dancers fly across the screen creating a tableau of visual poetry in this supremely edited cinematographic masterpiece.
“AMELIA is nothing but dance, brilliantly shot, relentlessly in your face, astonishingly fast”
Lewis Segal, Los Angeles Times
Amelia premiered at the Montreal International Festival of New Cinema and New Media in October 2003. It has since won worldwide praise and numerous awards (Special Jury Award, 25th Banff Television Festival; Golden Prague, Czech Crystal, Golden Prague International Television Festival; Rose d’Or, Festival de la Rose d’Or, Switzerland; Grand Prize of Montreal’s Arts Council; Silver Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival, etc.) and will be seen in more than 39 countries.
Pierre L. Touchette of Amérimage-Spectra and Bob Krupinski of Media Principia are the film’s co-producers. Édouard Lock is the director and AndréTurpin is the director of photography. Executive producers are Daniel Langlois, president of Media Principia, Luc Châtelain, vice president of the film and TV sector and vice president of finance at L’Équipe Spectra, and Alain Simard, president of L’Équipe Spectra.
photo © Édouard Lock
Information:
Gerald Morris,
Marketing and Media Relations,
NAC Dance Department
(613) 947-7000, ext. 249
gmorris@nac-cna.ca
