(Community Matters)
photos by Richard Finkelstein
In the 80’s, Martha Clarke choreographed this work, a dark interpretation of Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delight (see triptych below, 1504-1503). It’s ethereal & magical – extraordinary imagery. Bosch’s is an important work of art and so is this piece. Clarke avoided the temptation of interpreting literally and spectacularly created this dark representation using aerial, costume & original composition as Bosch used hues. Some thought there’s unneeded humor, though vulgarity has its place in the piece whether interpreting Bosch’s work as a moral warning or a depiction of paradise lost.
Perhaps the most intense on-stage work I’ve ever seen – we’ll see. Always takes me days to place art in context.
We were rushed to make an after show dinner and weren’t able to greet Mikhail Baryshnikov in last night’s audience. I know he wouldn’t remember me, but he’d certainly remember Charles who twice produced his work, the last a private performance for 150 at Saint Mark’s in the East Village (where I was indentured to Misha for the morning).
Community Matters 