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Hail the Old Puritans
28-29 August Tate Modern presents Charles Atlas/Michael Clark, a series of brilliant 70s/80s films celebrating Clark's collaborations with artist Charles Atlas, interpreter of dance, theatre and performance on video.
I'm quite excited!
Be sure to catch Programme One Hail the New Puritan, 1985–6, 84 min, Tate Modern Starr Auditorium £5 (£4 concessions), booking recommended.
A vivid invocation of the studied decadence of the 1980s post-punk London subculture, Hail the New Puritan is an exuberant and witty day-in-the-life ‘docufantasy’ starring the British dance celebrity Michael Clark and punk drag legend Leigh Bowery.
Also featured is the first UK screening of Torse, Atlas's 1977 two-screen collaboration with Merce Cunningham, presented in the Turbine Hall, Parafango with performances by Karole Armitage, Michael Clark and Philippe Découflé, a Charles Atlas pastiche of provocative dance, new music, pop design and costuming, narrative, documentary and media references, and the satirical work Because We Must, another collaboration between Atlas and Clark.
Torse is FREE, other screenings are £5 (£4 concessions) booking recommended!
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