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Julie Cunningham has established a reputation as an extraordinary contemporary dancer - arresting, poised, sophisticated and precise - during a long career in which she has performed with Merce Cunningham and Michael Clark Companies. Since making her move into choreography, with the double bill To Be Me seen at the Barbican, she has been developing work that responds directly to poems and text. fire bird is a queer and personal interpretation of the iconic Stravinsky musical score written and first performed over 100 years ago. Firefighting. Fighting to stay alive. Fighting to keep going. Fighting failure.