Major new dance work inspired by David Bowie and his fearless reinvention to premiere in 2028
Photo credit: Kazujoshi Shimomura
A major new dance work from visionary choreographer Marcos Morau celebrating the enduring legacy of David Bowie is in production, it has been announced today.
SUBJECT TO CHANGE - A Dance for David Bowie will receive its world premiere in Luxembourg at Les Théâtres de la Ville in spring 2028, its UK premiere at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London in autumn 2028, and Asian premiere at Bunkamura in Tokyo in spring 2029.
From Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane to the Thin White Duke and beyond, each Bowie persona had its own distinct character - a specific relationship between voice, body and identity. Now award-winning Spanish choreographer Marcos Morau, known for creating visually arresting worlds rooted in abstract movement and physical theatre, will celebrate the boundless creativity of an artist who transformed the cultural landscape.
David Bowie’s iconic songs and original vocals are reimagined, interwoven with choral sounds from across the globe and acclaimed vocalist María Arnal in a rich and eclectic score. The production will feature musical direction by Alex Röser Vatiché and Ben Meerwein of OZCUR, costumes by Silvia Delagneau, and set design by Max Glaenzel.
More information and casting to follow.
Choreographer and creator, Marcos Morau, said: “David Bowie practised a form of artistic reincarnation. Throughout his career, he created a succession of personas and destroyed each one so that the next could be born. He appeared as Ziggy Stardust, then deliberately ended it to re-emerge as Aladdin Sane. He lived for a moment as Halloween Jack and later transformed into the Thin White Duke. Each time the persona changed, the previous one disappeared. The final transformation was Blackstar. Bowie turned his own death into part of the artwork itself.
“SUBJECT TO CHANGE is a work about that cycle of reincarnation. About the phenomenon itself: the act of dying and being reborn, again and again, as a way of remaining alive. I’m looking forward to having the opportunity to, in my own way, bring to life a new work that responds to Bowie’s creation, and re-creation, through dance. The cycle that Bowie enacted across his artistic life is re-enacted here, in sound and movement, in real time, on stage. It is an honour to create a new piece that takes its cue from an artist who is a great personal inspiration to me.”
For more info on SUBJECT TO CHANGE, please click here.