DANCE
IRISH PREMIERE
MICHAEL
CLAR
COMPA CHOREOGRAPHY MICHAEL CLARK LIGHTING DESIGN CHARLES ATLAS Since forming his company 25 years ago, Michael Clark has changed the face of British dance and is renowned for legendary collaborations with bands, fashion designers and visual artists. Critically hailed as “British dance’s true iconoclast”, Clark creates work that combines his classical fluency with a twisted contemporary sensibility.
David Bowie, Iggy Pop & Lou Reed Photograph copyright Mick Rock 1972, 2009
Michael Clark Company’s new production evolves from Michael Clark’s admiration for the music of rock’s holy trinity, David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed, who worked in close proximity during the 1970s. Clark’s ensemble features dancers Kate Coyne, Melissa Hetherington, Oxana Panchenko, Clair Thomas, Benjamin Warbis and Simon Williams.
Commissioned by barbicanbite09 and Dance Umbrella (London), La Biennale di Venezia (Venice) and Dansens Hus (Stockholm) as part of European Network of Performing Arts (ENPARTS). Co-produced by barbicanbite09, Dance Umbrella, Michael Clark Company, Edinburgh International Festival, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg and Maison des Arts de Créteil.
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Michael Clark Company is supported by Arts Council England.