Michael Clark : Cosmic Dancer / edited by Florence Ostende.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ostende, Florence, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clark, Michael, 1962-.

Clark, Michael.

Clark, Michael, 1962---Criticism and interpretation.

Modern dance--Great Britain--History.

Modern dance.

History.

Criticism and interpretation.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

239 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Cosmic Dancer

Place of Publication:

Munich : Prestel; London : Barbican. 2020.

Summary:

Hailed as "British dance's true iconoclast", Michael Clark is a defining cultural figure in the contemporary dance world. Since emerging in the early 1980s as a prodigy at London's Royal Ballet School, Clark has remained at the forefront of innovation in dance, working in close collaboration with a broad range of pioneering artists such as Sarah Lucas, Leigh Bowery, Charles Atlas, Cerith Wyn Evans, Peter Doig, Elizabeth Peyton, Wolfgang Tillmans and musicians such as Mark E. Smith, Wire, Scritti Politti, and Relaxed Muscle. As a young choreographer, Clark brought together his classical ballet training with London's club culture, fashion, and punk rock to establish himself as one of the most innovative artists working in modern dance. His work-variously referencing punk, rock, and pop-is marked by a mixture of technical rigor and experimentation in a way that disrupts and reimagines our understanding of dance. This book features a series of enlightening essays and vivid illustrations of Clark's best-known performances, alongside archival material. Loosely tracing the chronological evolution of his career, a variety of cultural figures- ranging from Jarvis Cocker to Charles Atlas-write about the countercultural undercurrents with which Clark's work connects.00Exhibition: Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK (12.06. - 30.08.2020) / Tramway, Glasgow, UK (Autumn 2021).

Contents:

Foreword

Cosmic dancer / Florence Ostende

Charles atlas

Welcome to the eighties! / Catherine Wood

Kim Jones

Soloist love / Arabella Stanger

Sarah Lucas

Susan Stenger

Punk, mum and satie / Interview with Michael Clark

Elizabeth Peyton

Jarvis Cocker

Chronology / Hector Dyer

Michael Clark reads

Works in the exhibition

Endnotes

Image captions and credits

Dancers and performers

Acknowledgments

Contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

"7 October 2020 - 3 January 2021, Barbican Art Gallery, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London"--Colophon.

ISBN:

9783791359847

3791359843

OCLC:

1198444838