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I would like to create earthquakes on stage. Louis Falco
Born New York, 1943. Died March 26, 1993.
Louis Falco studied with José Limón and Charles Weidman and was considered an extraordinarily gifted dancer and charismatic performer. Falco’s choreography in the late 1960s and 1970 (Escargot,The Sleepers, Caviar, and Journal) exhibited a casual intimacy and self-exploratory zeal that was emblematic of the era’s social revolution. In the 1970s spectacular displays of technique, chiseled physicality, and explorations into the use of technology in dance, theater, and music began to flourish. It was Falco who became one of the first choreographers to experiment with rock bands on stage, surreal props (such as giant Styrofoam fish in his dance, Caviar), lasers, holograms, infinity boxes, and video monitors. His dances were some of the forerunners of today’s high-tech, computer generated, mass-media entertainment. Falco’s dances have an engaging and easily accessible theatricality exemplified by his explosive choreography for the movie Fame, which launched him on a new career in mass media that later led him to choreograph for music videos for Prince and other musical artists. Falco died from AIDS at the age of 50.
Louis Falco's Works
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Escargot
Premiere Date: 1978