Throughout quarantine, many dance companies have streamed prior performances and offered company classes on Zoom. But Mark Morris Dance Group was one of the first to create all-new works virtually. To hear what it was really like to create new dances via Zoom, we spoke with MMDG company member Karlie Budge—on the phone, of course. […]
Noah Vinson, a member of the Mark Morris Dance Group, coaches fellow company member Dallas McMurray through a section of L’Allegro‘s famous “Male Bird Solo,” which creates character with its detailed head movements and winglike arms.
The amazing Storyboard P, who’ll perform in the “Unreal Hip-Hop” program (photo Julieta Cervantes/NYTimes) The Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival just announced the lineup for its 2014 season, and whoa, you guys: It’s totally fantastic. Every summer dancers and dance companies from all over the world descend on Becket, MA for the historic festival, which is […]
Learn a phrase from Mark Morris’ L/Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato with company members Noah Vinson and Dallas McMurray coaching and dancing, respectively.
As Juliet in Mark Morris’ Romeo and Juliet, On Motifs of Shakespeare (photo by Gene Schiavone, courtesy Mark Morris Dance Group) It takes a special dancer to perform Mark Morris’ rhythmically and spatially dynamic choreography. But Rita Donahue more than fits the bill: She moves with precise musicality and unabashed physicality, gliding through Morris’ challenging […]
Set your DVRs, dance nerds. Mark Morris Dance Group will be featured in a new PBS “Great Performances” presentation, and you know what that means: Two hours of pure dance-viewing awesomeness, all from the comfort of your own couch. Oh, and just a little someone named Mikhail Baryshnikov(!) will be hosting it all. Mark Morris […]