Leigh bowery biography of michael clark

Scottish dancer and choreographer

This article is about the choreographer.

For other people of the same name, see Michael Clark (disambiguation).

Michael Duncan ClarkCBE (born 29 May ^[1]) is a Scottish dancer and choreographer.

Michael Clark was born again on nine consecutive nights in a warehouse near Kings Cross, London in June

Michael Clark was born again on nine consecutive nights in a warehouse near Kings Cross, London in June

Michael Clark was born in in rural Aberdeenshire, the youngest of five Leigh Bowery during the filming of Charles Atlas, Because We Must,

This is the first time that Michael Clark has openly spoken about Leigh Bowery since his death 30 years ago.

During this time Clark collaborated with fashion designers Bodymap, artists Leigh Bowery and Trojan, as well as The Fall, Laibach, and Wire.

No doubt older, more sophisticated people than myself knew all about him – Leigh Bowery and the other artists, performers, designers and superstars of the.

Early life

Clark was born in Aberdeen and began traditional Scottish dancing at the age of four. In he left home to study at the Royal Ballet School in London, and on his final day at the school he was presented with the Ursula Moreton Choreographic Award.

In Clark joined Ballet Rambert, working primarily with Richard Alston,^[2] who created roles for him in Bell High (), Landscape (), Rainbow Ripples () and, subsequently, two solos: Soda Lake () and Dutiful Ducks ().

Later, attending a summer school with Merce Cunningham and John Cage led him to work with Karole Armitage, through whom he met Charles Atlas.^[3]

Michael Clark has collaborated with fashion designers Alexander McQueen for