Festival Dance EN P

When you’re the closest thing the dance world has to a household name, every word you say, work you create and mistake you make is documented and kept for posterity. Despite turning 47 in June, Michael Clark is still dogged by the term ‘enfant terrible’, when in fact he has matured into a choreographer of quite remarkable depth. As he returns to the Edinburgh International Festival for the first time in 20 years, Kelly Apter speaks to four people who love and admire Clark for different reasons 82 THE LIST FESTIVAL MAGAZINE 27 Aug–10 Sep 2009