Mark Morris

by Acocella, Joan Ross

• ISBN13: 9780819567314
• ISBN10: 0819567310
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-30
• Publisher: Wesleyan Univ Pr

Summary

Mark Morris emerged in the 1980s as America's most exciting young choreographer. Two decades later, his position remains unchallenged. Morris was born in Seattle in 1956. His Mark Morris Dance Group began performing in New York in 1980. By the mid-eighties, PBS had aired an hour-long special on him, and his work was being presented by America's foremost ballet companies. Morris's dances are a mix of traditionalism and radicalism. They unabashedly address the great themes--love, grief, loneliness, religion, community--yet they are also lighthearted, irreverent, and scabrous. Joan Acocella's probing portrait is the first book on this brilliant and controversial artist. Written with Morris's cooperation, it describes how he has lived and how he turns life--and music and narrative--into dance. Including 78 photographs, Mark Morris provides an ideal introduction to the life and work of one of America's leading artists.

Author Biography

JOAN ACOCELLA is the dance critic of The New Yorker. She lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

MARK MORRIS	5	(7)
CHILDHOOD	12	(30)
A COMPANY	42	(33)
THE BODY	75	(15)
LOVE AND SEX	90	(27)
HEAVEN AND HELL	117	(20)
THE STORY	137	(22)
MUSIC	159	(24)
IRONY AND SINCERITY	183	(22)
BRUSSELS	205	(34)
THE HIDDEN SOUL OF HARMONY	239	(28)
CHRONOLOGY OF WORKS BY MARK MORRIS	267	(22)
SOURCE NOTES	289	(10)
INDEX	299