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TEMPS VOLÉ (1975)
Premiere: December 1975, Nouvelle Aire; May 1976, Centaur Theater
Choreography: Édouard Lock
Music: Harry Somers
Dancers: Paul-André Fortier, Ginette Laurin, Philippe Vita

LA MAISON DE MA MÈRE (1977)
Premiere: January 1977, Pollack Hall, Université McGill
Choreography: Édouard Lock
Music: Henry Cowell
Dancers: Michèle Febvre, Paul-André Fortier, Martine Haug, Solange Paquette

REMOUS (1977)
Premiere: December 8, 1977, Centaur Theatre
Choreography: Édouard Lock
Music: Samuel Barber
Dancers: Michèle Febvre, Paul-André Fortier, Ginette Laurin, Solange Paquette, Danielle Tardif, Philippe Vita

SOLO FOR DANIELLE TARDIF (1978) for the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Choreography: Édouard Lock
Dancer: Danielle Tardif

LE NAGEUR (1978)
Premiere: May 1978, Centaur Theatre
Choreography: Édouard Lock
Music: John Steele
Dancers: Paul-André Fortier, Ginette Laurin, Sylvie Pinard, Danielle Tardif, Philippe Vita

SOLOS POUR QUATRE FEMMES (1979) for Les Grands Ballets canadiens
Choreography: Édouard Lock
Music: John Cage
Dancers: Cathy Buchanan, Manon Hotte, Deanne Lay, Miryam Moutillet

LILI MARLENE IN THE JUNGLE (1980)
Premiere: June 10, 1980, Théâtre Eskabel
Choreography: Édouard Lock
Music: Rober Racine
Dancers: Monique Giard, Louis Guillemette, Manon Levac, Édouard Lock, Miryam Moutillet
Set Design: Louis Douville
Lighting Design: Louis Douville, Noël Douville

ORANGES (1981) for the Musée d’art contemporain
Premiere: November 14, 1981, Musée d’art contemporain, Montréal
Choreography: Édouard Lock
Music: Michel Lemieux
Dancers: Louis Guillemette, Louise Lecavalier, Édouard Lock, Miryam Moutillet
Musician: Michel Lemieux
Set Design: Charles Fisch
Lighting Design: Louis Allen

BUSINESSMAN IN THE PROCESS OF BECOMING AN ANGEL(1983)
Premiere: April 13, 1983, Brigantine Room, Harbourfront, Toronto
Choreography: Édouard Lock
Music: Michel Lemieux
Dancers: Claude Godin, Louis Guillemette, Louise Lecavalier, Édouard Lock, Miryam Moutillet
2nd Cast: Marc Béland, Claude Godin, Louise Lecavalier, Édouard Lock, Jacqueline Lemieux
Musician : Frederike Bédard
Set Design: Guy Lalande
Lighting Design: Alain Lortie, Scott Windsor
Number of performances: 54 - 22 cities

HUMAN SEX (1985)
Premiere: April 3, 1985, East Cultural Centre, Vancouver
Choreography: Édouard Lock
Music: Louis Seize, Randall Kay
Dancers: Marc Béland, Carole Courtois, Claude Godin, Louise Lecavalier, Édouard Lock
Set Design: Danielle Lévesque, Louise Campeau
Lighting Design: Sylvie Galarneau
Number of performances: 117 - 37 cities

LA LA LA HUMAN SEX DUO NO 1 (1987)
Choreography: Édouard Lock
a film by Bernar Hébert
Dancers : Marc Béland, Louise Lecavalier, Édouard Lock

NEW DEMONS (1987)
Premiere : September 16, 1987, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, Festival international de nouvelle danse
Choreography: Édouard Lock
Music: West India Company, René Despars, Olle Romo, Janitors Animated
Dancers: Marc Béland, Louise Lecavalier, Francine Liboiron, Édouard Lock, Donald Weikert
Set Design: Luc Dussault
Lighting Design: Timothy Crack
Number of performances: 130 - 47 cities

BREAD DANCES (1988) for the Het Nationale Ballet (Holland)
Premiered: June 16, 1988, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam
Choreography: Édouard Lock
Music: Tchaikovsky's Concerto for violin in D major

LOOK BACK IN ANGER (1988)
Choreography: Édouard Lock
Music: David Bowie
Performed at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London

SOUND AND VISION (1990)
Artistic Direction: Édouard Lock
Music: David Bowie

INFANTE, C’EST DESTROY (1991)
Premiere : April 17, 1991, Théâtre de la Ville, Paris
Choreography: Édouard Lock
Music: Einsturzende Neubauten, David Van Tieghem, Skinny Puppy, Janitors Animated (Arr.: Yves Chamberland)
Dancers : Bernardus Bartels*, Pim Boonprakob**, Louise Lecavalier, Édouard Lock, Marito Olsson-Forsberg, Donald Weikert, Sarah Williams
*replaced in February 1993 by Rick Gavin Tjia, **replaced in May 1993 by Sarah Lawrey
Musicians: Jackie Gallant, Sylvain Provost
Set Design: Dussault/Lefebvre
Lighting Design: Peter Williams, Robert Greene
Duration: 75 minutes
Number of performances: 102 - 30 cities
Attendance: 120,000 people

THE YELLOW SHARK (1992)
Choreography: Édouard Lock
Music: Frank Zappa and the Ensemble Modern of Germany
Dancers: Bernardus Bartels, Pim Boonprakob, Louise Lecavalier, Édouard Lock, Marito Olsson-Forsberg, Donald Weikert, Sarah Williams
Number of performances: 7 - Alte Oper in Frankfurt, the Philharmonie in Berlin, the Vienna Konzerthaus

“2” (1995)
Premiered : April 28, 1995 Théâtre de la Ville, Paris
Choreography: Édouard Lock
Music: Antoine Forqueray, Jean-Henri D’Anglebert, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Gavin Bryars, Shellac of North America, My Bloody Valentine, Iggy Pop, Jérôme Charles
Dancers: Louise Lecavalier, Donald Weikert, Rick Gavin Tjia, Sarah Lawrey, *Liza Kovacs, Michael Dolan, Fabien Prioville, Francine Liboiron
* Replaced in February 1997 by Zofia Tujaka
Musicians: Jérôme Charles, Denis Bonenfant, Kong Kie Njo
Set Design: Stéphane Roy
Lighting Design: Pyer Desrochers, Axel Morgenthaler
Number of performances : 127 - 58 cities, 14 countries, 130,000 people

ÉTUDE (1996) for Les Grands Ballets canadiens
Premiere: September 20, 1996 St Louis, Missouri
Choreography: Édouard Lock
Music: Gavin Bryars
Lighting Design: John Munro
Dancers: Stephana Arnold, Andrea Boardman, Amy Brogan, Lisa Davies, Naomi Stikeman, Alejandro Alvarez, Joseph Anderson, Louis Robitaille, Jason Shipley-Holmes

SALT (1998)
Premiere : October 22 1998, Saitama Arts Theater, Saitama
Choreography : Édouard Lock
Musical Composition: David Lang, Kevin Shields
Dancers : Louise Lecavalier, Amy Brogan, Yvonne Cutaran, Rosa Royo, Stephanie Slater, Naomi Stikeman, Rick Gavin Tjia, Ken Larson, Lawrence Rabson, Jason Shipley-Holmes
Musicians : Anne-Marie Cassidy, Kong Kie Njo, Jean-Claude Patry
Set Design : Stéphane Roy
Lighting Design : John Munro

AMELIA (2000)
Premiere: October 20 2000, State Opera, Prague
Choreography: Édouard Lock
Musical Composition: David Lang, lyrics by Lou Reed, additional music by Normand-Pierre Bilodeau and Alain Thibault
Dancers: Billy Smith, Andrea Boardman, Mistaya Hemingway, Keir Knight, Chun Hong Li, Bernard Martin
Jason Shipley-Holmes, Zofia Tujaka
Musicians: Alexandre Castonguay, Simon Claude, Njo Kong Kie, Nadine Medawar
Set Design: Stéphane Roy
Lighting Design: John Munro

ANDRÉAURIA (2002) for Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris
Choreography: Édouard Lock
Musical Composition: David Lang

LES BORÉADES (2003) for Opéra National de Paris
Opera by Jean-Baptiste Rameau
Directed by: Robert Carsen
Musical Direction: William Christie

AMJAD (2007)
Choreography: Édouard Lock
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