Responding to Peter Doig’s exhibition House of Music at Serpentine, groundbreaking Scottish choreographer Michael Clark will show Satie Studs. Known for blending rigorous dance technique with experimental movement born out of his coming-of-age punk, Clark’s work has been staged both in theatres and non-traditional settings.
This solo piece, originally created and first shown in 2003, will be performed for the first time by dancer and long-time collaborator Jules Cunningham. Set to piano pieces by French composer Erik Satie, this iteration features garments by Phoebe Philo, whose designs Clark greatly admires. This programme builds on Clark’s long history of collaborating with artists, musicians and designers and expands his ongoing artistic exchange with Doig through their shared interests in music, art, dance, and fashion.
Presented during the final week of the exhibition, Satie Studs also expands Sound Service, the exhibition’s live sonic programme, through dance and movement.
I’ve always felt that the Scottish dancer and choreographer Michael Clark is one of the most compelling artists of our generation. The music, the dancers, his collaborations with Leigh Bowery, BodyMap, Trojan and Charles Atlas, were extraordinary. It was our generation’s Ballets Russes.—Peter Doig
Sound Service is curated by Natalia Grabowska, Curator at Large, Architecture and Site-specific Projects and Kostas Stasinopoulos, Curator, Live Programmes with Alexa Chow, Assistant Exhibitions Curator
