Édouard Lock

Lock choreographed "Les Boréades" composed by Rameau and performed by his company LHS at Le Palais Garnier.

He created a choreographed event with David Bowie and Louise Lecavalier as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, filmed by video artist Nam June Paik, then continued his collaboration with Bowie in 1990 as creator and art director of his Sound+Vision Tour.

In 1992. he worked with Frank Zappa on the performance of Yellow Shark, alongside the Ensemble Modern, the Frankfurt Alte Oper, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Konzerthaus.

He also commissioned works from and collaborated with Iggy Pop, Einstürzende Neubauten (Blixa Bargeld, Marc Chung, F. M. Einheit), Shellac of North America (Steve Albini), Skinny Puppy, My Bloody Valentine (Kevin Shields) David Van Tiegham, Janitors Animated (Yves Chamberland), West India Company (Stephen Luscombe, Pandit Dinesh).

Lock was named a Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Québec and Officer of the Order of Canada

Edouard Lock