Michael Clark

This monograph celebrates the career of Michael Clark since the late 1970s, one of the important dancers and choreographers of our times

Michael Clark

This monograph celebrates the career of Michael Clark since the late 1970s, one of the important dancers and choreographers of our times

Price
€64.95

Member Price
€ 58,46
Quantity

Being member makes the difference!
Join us!

Notorious for his continually subversive takes on classical dance, Michael Clark is without doubt one of the most important dancers and choreographers of our time. He has created some of contemporary dance's finest productions, often using leftfield rock music (most famously in his fantastic collaboration with The Fall, I Am Kurious, Oranj).

Situated at the heart of the British post-punk art scene, Clark is much admired for his judicious choice of collaborators, such as designers Bodymap and Hussein Chalayan, artists Cerith Wyn Evans, Leigh Bowery, Charles Atlas and Sarah Lucas, film director Peter Greenaway (Clark played Caliban in Prospero's Books) and bands The Fall, Laibach and Wire.

This monograph, the first on this major artist, celebrates the whole of Michael Clark's career to date, from the late 1970s to the present. Rich in visual and archival material, it contains new essays on Clark's work, reprints of key texts and journalism, photography by Nick Knight, David LaChappelle and others, plus interviews with many of Clark's collaborators from the worlds of dance, art, fashion and music.

A protege of Richard Alston and Karol Armitage, Michael Clark set up his own dance company in 1984, at the age of 22. He immediately won the admiration of Rudolf Nureyev, who commissioned ballets from Clark for the repertoire at the Paris Opera. Clark has also been the subject of numerous films and documentaries, including the fictional biography Hail the New Puritans by Charles Atlas and The Late Michael Clark, directed by Sophie Fiennes. 

PL011571

Data sheet

Material
22 x 29,7 cm
ISBN
9781900828338
Publisher
Violette Editions
Autor
Michael Bracewell, Stephanie Jordan
Cover
Hard
Year
2011
Pages
348

You might also like