page_title: La La La Human Steps
hierarchical_section_title: La La La Human Steps
caption_attribution_description: English: New Work by La La La Human Steps, performed in July 2011 in Vienna, Austria.
context_page_description: La La La Human Steps was a Québécois contemporary dance group in Canada, active between 1980 and 2015, known for its energetic, acrobatic style involving fast-paced and athletic physical contact. Its signature move was the barrel jump – a gravity-defying, fully horizontal, mid-air barrel roll.
  The first mention of the group in the New York Times, after the premiere of Human Sexy, stated:
  "This [performance] integrates punk art music into the dancing - which features the fearless physicality of a group of high-flying and nose-diving performers. There is also the added interest of the dancers producing sound by activating laser-beam instruments with their bodies. [...] Yet the style - Miss Lecavalier wears a Merry Widow corset, tights, running shoes and a mustache - is different. There is something touching about seeing a younger generation reinvent a wheel, however naively: this difference in attitude defines our times."
context_section_description: La La La Human Steps was a Québécois contemporary dance group in Canada, active between 1980 and 2015, known for its energetic, acrobatic style involving fast-paced and athletic physical contact. Its signature move was the barrel jump – a gravity-defying, fully horizontal, mid-air barrel roll. 
  The first mention of the group in the New York Times, after the premiere of Human Sexy, stated:
  "This [performance] integrates punk art music into the dancing - which features the fearless physicality of a group of high-flying and nose-diving performers. There is also the added interest of the dancers producing sound by activating laser-beam instruments with their bodies. [...] Yet the style - Miss Lecavalier wears a Merry Widow corset, tights, running shoes and a mustache - is different. There is something touching about seeing a younger generation reinvent a wheel, however naively: this difference in attitude defines our times."
  The troupe collaborated with rock musicians, including David Bowie, David Lang, Frank Zappa, Skinny Puppy,Stephen Luscombe, Pandit Dinesh, Asha Bhosle (West India Company) Einstürzende Neubauten, Kevin Shields, David Van Tieghem, Carole Laure, Priya Khajuria, Michel Cusson and Alain Bertrand. It was formed in 1980 by Édouard Lock under the name Lock-Danseurs and showcased for many years Louise Lecavalier. The group appeared regularly in its hometown of Montreal, Quebec, and all over the world.
  In later years the leading soloist of La La La Human Steps was Grace-Anne Powers.
  On 2 September 2015 Lock announced that the company had been disbanded owing to insurmountable financial difficulties.
caption: New Work by La La La Human Steps in July 2011 in Vienna, Austria
exif: {"Image ImageWidth": "2662", "Image ImageLength": "4000", "Image BitsPerSample": "[8, 8, 8]", "Image PhotometricInterpretation": "2", "Image ImageDescription": "Lalala Human Steps \"New Work by Edouard Lock\"", "Image Make": "NIKON CORPORATION", "Image Model": "NIKON D700", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image SamplesPerPixel": "3", "Image XResolution": "300", "Image YResolution": "300", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 Macintosh", "Image DateTime": "2017:01:10 11:19:40", "Image Artist": "Laurent Ziegler", "Image Copyright": "LAURENT ZIEGLER", "Image ExifOffset": "400", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "1034", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "6523", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/500", "EXIF FNumber": "7/5", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Manual", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "2500", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0221", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2011:07:15 21:57:31", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2011:07:15 21:57:31", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "1120723/125000", "EXIF ApertureValue": "485427/500000", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "1", "EXIF MeteringMode": "CenterWeightedAverage", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire", "EXIF FocalLength": "85", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "67", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "67", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "2544", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "3813", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF CVAPattern": "[2, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2]", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Manual Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "1", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "85", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF GainControl": "High gain up", "EXIF Contrast": "Normal", "EXIF Saturation": "Normal", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal", "EXIF SubjectDistanceRange": "0"}