Michael Clark Company – review

Barbican, London EC2In 1984, Michael Clark appeared in a video for Scritti Politti's single Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin). It was a happy alliance, the 22-year-old Clark's jazzy leaps and turns neatly complementing the band's bouncy neo-soul sound. There was no introspection here, no reaching for significance, just a young dancer letting fly and having fun.To watch the clip today is to see what might have been. Clark's career, launched on a tide of adulation and avant-garde fashionabilit...

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