Choreographer Gets Inspiration From Pigs
Ben Duke (pictured) explains how he moved from London to the countryside and turned to animals for inspiration. He writes: ‘The first piece I made when I moved here was called “It Needs Horses.” It owes a debt to the majestic horses and our not altogether successful physical imitations of them. More recently, I made a piece with Lucy Kirkwood called “Like Rabbits,” inspired by them, their reproductive habits and a short story by Virginia Woolf. She spent time here, not in the hospital but nearby at Charleston house. I am currently working on a solo version of “Paradise Lost.” I am playing God. I haven’t seen him around here any more than I did in London, but such a self-obsessed bit of casting is easier down here where there are far fewer people to tell me it is a stupid idea. If it doesn’t work out, I will turn to the pigs for inspiration.’
