There's no place like a N.Y. abode: Mark Morris Dance Group finds permanent home in former bank.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)

From: The Christian Science Monitor | Date: December 1, 2000 | Copyright information

Mark Morris calls a series of backstage dressing rooms and hotel rooms home - at least six months a year - while he is on the road with the Mark Morris Dance Group.

But the concept of home will take on new meaning come January, when he and his troupe move into their own building in Brooklyn - a block away from the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) where the company has performed often in the 20 years since its founding.

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