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MICHAEL CLARK COMPANY (UK)
O (Stravinsky Project Part 1)

Barbican Theatre
Tue 1 - Sat 5 November

Having taken dance to its Dionysian extreme, Michael Clark wiped the slate clean in a return to order by creating the universally acclaimed
O in 1994. Originally performed by Clark and four dancers, the programme was split into two halves; one almost the antithesis of the other. The core of this new production will be Clark's definitive version of Apollo (previously unfinished) with Stravinsky's score performed live for the first time in the company's history.

Clark takes ideas of fullness becoming empty, the hole becoming whole, negative space becoming positive to create a totally new framework for O - his ground zero.

‘What thrills eye and mind - and heart - is the grace of Clark's movement language... I salute this beautiful and cogent work of art.’ Financial Times

O is commissioned by BITE:05, Barbican and co-produced by Michael Clark Company, BITE:05, Barbican as part of YOUNG GENIUS and Dance Umbrella with Festival de Marseille and Danceworks UK.

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