Oona Doherty on Mixing Mythology, Biography, and Talking Pig Heads in Specky Clark

Like much of choreographer Oona Doherty’s work, Specky Clark is bold, subversive, and, at times, very strange. Part fictional and part biographical, the dance-theater work blends Irish mythology with the story of Doherty’s great-great-grandfather, nicknamed Specky Clark, whose childhood was upended when his mother died and he relocated from Glasgow to Belfast. After touring Specky [ ] The post Oona Doherty on Mixing Mythology, Biography, and Talking Pig Heads in Specky Clark appeared first on Dance Magazine.