MICHAEL CLARK COMPANY

Contemporary dance, Performance

SIZE OF COMPANY
Up to 22 people on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Large-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Michael Clark

Executive Director
Roy Luxford

General Manager
Jenna Lambie Ridgway

Administrative Assistant
Holly Conneely

ARTISTIC POLICY
Michael Clark creates work that reflects his classical training and contemporary taste, seeking to expose dance to its least suspecting audience. His legendary collaborations with renowned bands, fashion designers and visual artists – including Wire, Leigh Bowery and Sarah Lucas – continue to have a great impact. In 2007 Clark completed his Stravinsky Project, a three-year collaboration with the Barbican to produce a trilogy of works to seminal dance scores by Igor Stravinsky.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘The choreography delivers a controlling hypnotic spell, until, like a whiplash, it awakens us to a vibrant reality.’ The Times (Mmm...)

‘A vigorous, at times beautiful paean to the eroticism and infinite possibilities of the human form.’ The Daily Telegraph (Mmm...)

‘The most creative dialogue ever between Clark's classical and criminal alter-egos.’ The Guardian (O)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Stravinsky Project Features O, set to Apollo, Mmm..., set to The Rite of Spring and I Do, set to Les Noces. (140 mins with 2 intervals, 12 on stage, 22 on the road, live music, contains nudity.)

Mmm… Act One sets Clark's choreography to heart-pumping music including Wire and the Sex Pistols; Act Two is Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, exploring themes of birth, life, death and renewal. (70 mins with interval, 10 on stage, 20 on the road.)

FUTURE PRODUCTION
New Work (title tbc) The Michael Clark Company is seeking co-producers to join the creation of Clark's next new work for 2009.

WRAP-AROUND
Masterclasses are considered around performance dates and as an extension of the company’s work outside production periods. Please contact the Michael Clark Company for further details.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2007 France (Mmm…)
2006 France (O)
2005 Poland (O)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
From January 2008