Deborah Bull / Gill Clarke / Siobhan Davies
15 - 19 July 1999
The Atlantis Building, Brick Lane, London E1

Earlier in 1999 Artangel blacked out 500 square metres of glass skylight to create the perfect environment for Douglas Gordon's Feature Film on the top floor of the cavernous Atlantis Building. Returning to the same space that summer for a very different experience in natural light, the diverse worlds of classical ballet and modern dance were brought together under Siobhan Davies' direction in 13 Different Keys.

Beginning with an overheard comment at dinner - The Royal Ballet principal dancer Deborah Bull proclaiming she would like to work with renowned choreographer Siobhan Davies before retiring from professional dance - a collaboration between the schools of classical and modern dance began.

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It started as nothing more than a comment at a dinner party. Asked what I would like to do next, having worked my way through most of The Royal Ballet repertoire, I said that before I hang up my toe shoes and mothball the tutu, I would really like to work with Siobhan Davies

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A curly haired, bespectacled man across the table put down his knife and fork and turned his attention to me. It was Michael Morris, Co-Director of Artangel. "We'll do that", he said.

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