Mark Morris, On the Fast Track; The Celebrated Choreographer And His Garden of Dance

From: The Washington Post | Date: June 19, 1988| Author: | Copyright information

Mop-haired choreographer Mark Morris weaves rhythmically in his folding chair, slapping his saddle shoes against the rehearsal studio floor to keep the beat and pleading, "Softly, softleee. I want a little bit of a blur around the edges."

A blur. Twelve sweaty members of American Ballet Theatre, a day away from the world premiere of Morris' "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes," are comfortable with precision, not blur. They are not used to moving the way Morris asks dancers to move; they have been getting aches and pains in unaccustomed places. "He always says our best rehearsals come when ...

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