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Mark Morris saves deft solo for himself
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MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP
Presented by Dance Umbrella
At: Emerson Majestic Theatre last night; program repeats through
Saturday
Chimes herald the dance, which opens against a blazing set of red
and green, with a stageful of dancers plunging downward, as if into
the sea. Composer Lou Harrison, painter Howard Hodgkin and
choreographer Mark Morris are on the same wavelength here, "wave"
being particularly apropos: Hodgkin's backdrop is huge, irregular
scallops of interpenetrating red and green...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
 "Morning Edition (NPR)")
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Mark Morris: 25 Years of Dance
Morning Edition (NPR)
; STEVE INSKEEP Morning Edition (NPR) 03-07-2006 Mark Morris: 25 Years of Dance Host: STEVE INSKEEP Time: 10:00-11:00 AM STEVE INSKEEP, host: At a time when most modern dance companies are struggling just to break even, the Mark Morris Dance Group is making its 25th anniversary. It's one of the
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The Wizard of Dance.(choreographer Mark Morris)
Town & Country
; On the eve of his troupe's twentieth anniversary, the irrepressible Mark Morris is in top form--magical dances continue to pour out of him. The choreographer Mark Morris arrived on the dance scene in the '70s like a burst of sunshine. Irreverent and unpredictable, he touched audiences with his
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IN HIS NEW SPACE, MARK MORRIS HAS ROOM TO MOVE
The Boston Globe
; NEW YORK - Mark Morris is a choreographer who rarely fails to make a splash. Since starting the Mark Morris Dance Group in 1980, he has often dazzled audiences with his musical insight, baroque imagination, communal spirit, and wry eroticism. And yet, year after year, he and his dancers have
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For Mark Morris, a Special Time & Space; With New Studios and Plenty of Bookings, the Acclaimed Choreographer Is in an Expansive Mood
The Washington Post
; Five stories above an unremarkable Brooklyn street corner, Mark Morris has what all choreographers covet, and most never get: a gaping stretch of emptiness. Four walls and a soaring ceiling surrounding nothing but 60 by 60 feet of sprung-wood flooring. It's the playing field of a dancemaker's
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By leaps and bounds: Mark Morris' modern dance empire started 25 years ago, with friends, dancing for free
Chicago Sun-Times
; NEW YORK -- The lights dim over a mostly full house at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Orchestra and chorus wait for the conductor to signal the opening chords of Vivaldi's "Gloria in D," and launch Mark Morris' epic dance, "Gloria." The conductor, a large man with short, gray hair and a goatee,
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