At 67, the mercurial Louise Lecavalier is in the I’ll-do-whatever-I-want phase of her career, choreographing solos that are worlds away from cosy retirement. Her latest work, Danses Vagabondes, performed at Sadler’s Wells East in London, showcases a performer who is part witchy raver, part manic pixie dream grandmother.
Lecavalier is best known for dancing with David Bowie on his Sound + Vision tour and in the Fame 90 video, and for being the face of Canadian dance company La La La Human Steps in the 1980s and 90s. She has earned a reputation as contemporary dance’s most athletic, acrobatic performer, hurtling through the air like a flying bullet, launching into barrel jumps, and corkscrewing on a horizontal axis.
In Danses Vagabondes, Lecavalier continues to defy expectations, blending raw physicality with a playful, rebellious spirit. The piece is a testament to her enduring creativity and refusal to be pigeonholed, even as she enters her late 60s.
