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Blood maketh the man

Jan Fabre is known in the UK for his interpretation of ‘Swan Lake’ for the Royal Ballet of Flanders, which was presented at the Edinburgh Festival in 2002. But in his home country of Belgium, he is also renowned as a visual artist. The blood and insect obsessed Flemish artist recently premiered his latest performance work, the medieval fantasy 'I am Blood', in Belgium and Barcelona. Michelle Drape

24 Sep 2003

Michelle Draper

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Jan Fabre is known in the UK for his interpretation of ‘Swan Lake’ for the Royal Ballet of Flanders, which was presented at the Edinburgh Festival in 2002. But in his home country of Belgium, he is also renowned as a visual artist. The blood and insect obsessed Flemish artist recently premiered his latest performance work, the medieval fantasy I am Blood, or Je Suis Sang in Belgium and Barcelona.

The piece is a co-production with Festival d’Estiu de Barcelona GREC’ 2003 (Spain), Festival d’Avignon (France), Kunstencentrum deSingel (Belgium) and the Melbourne International Arts Festival, where it is set to premiere next month.

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Michelle Draper

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Michelle lived and worked in Rome and London as a freelance feature writer for two and a half years before returning to Australia to take up the position of Head Writer for Arts Hub UK. She was inspired by thousands of years of history and art in Rome, and by London's pubs. Michelle holds a BA in Journalism from RMIT University, and also writes for Arts Hub Australia.