Mark Moris Dance Concert
" There is no more musical, inventive, volatile or entertaining dance maker currently afoot......... Morris alone is infusing American modern dance with the freshness that may rescue it from a weary formula and resuscitate it for a younger generation."--- Allan Ulrich, San Francisco Examiner. The Mark Morris concert is one of the most memorable concerts that I have been too. It was an unforgettable experience. Modern Dance has now come to be greatly appreciated all round the world. Mark Morris is considered as the soul of modern dancing. He was born on August 29th 1956 in Seattle Washington. During his appraisal he worked with many reputed dance companies which included Hannah Kahn Dance Company, Laura Dean Dancers and Musicians and various others. In 1980 he founded the Mark Morris Dance Group. On the15th and 16th of February 2002 the Mark Morris Dance Group came to perform at the George Mason University. It was very surprising to see that the hall was filled to its capacity. It was interesting to see that there are so many people who attend, appreciate and encourage performers such as these. This performance was sponsored by the Phillip Morris Companies Inc. Mark Morris was the artistic director, Barry
The last piece was "V", this piece was elegant in its own way. The music for this piece was Spanish and was performed by a live band. The costumes were designed by Martin Pakledinaz, he choose two shades of blue for the costumes which made it very interesting to see the two different shades of color merge with each other during the performance. Mark Morris made it a point to have equal number of males as females in all his performances. The coordination in this piece was remarkable because there were so many artists to this piece so to put everything together must have been quite a task. Alterman was the general director and Nancy Umanoff was the executive director. The program included four main items- 1} I don't want love; 2} Dancing Honeymoon; 3} Peccadillos and 4} V. All the four items were unique and differed from each other to a great extent thus continuously managing to keep the audience engaged. On the whole the concert was a unique combination of dancing and conveying a message to the audience. As said by Jann Parry (The Observer {UK}) Mark Morris's dancers induce a state of bliss that can be enjoyed by everyone. The third piece "Peccadillos" was performed and directed by the man himself "Mark Morris". The music for this piece was unique and performed by one man -Eth
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