### [**_L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato_**](/works/55) -20th Anniversary World Premiere: <a href="http://mmdg.org/performances/475" target="_blank">November 23, 1988</a>, Brussels, Belgium 20th Anniversary: <a href="http://mmdg.org/performances/316" target="_blank">May 16-18, 2008</a>, Seattle, WA; <a href="http://mmdg.org/performances/493" target="_blank">May 29-31, 2009</a>, Berkeley, CA ^[img_float_left]Mark Morris's L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato.jpg^ **Mark Morris**, choreographer **Adrianne Lobel**, scenic design **Christine Van Loon**, costume design **James F. Ingalls**, lighting design **_"With this two-hour cornucopia of theatrical richness... Mr. Morris moves into the level of high seriousness that his talent had always promised. Ideas, music and dance flow into a regenerating whole in ''L'Allegro,'' which the American choreographer created in 1988 shortly after his company became the resident troupe of the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels. Mr. Morris has taken the least likely of scores for a contemporary dance work and made that work seem not only natural but timely, and more than universal."_** -The New York Times, (1990) <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE6DE1530F93BA35753C1A966958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print" target="_blank"> READ ENTIRE ARTICLE</a> <br> View <a href="http://markmorrisdancegroup.org/resources/performance_archive/work/l-allegro-il-penseroso-ed-il-moderato" target="_blank"><b>the complete performance archive</b></a> of _L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato_. View <a href="http://markmorrisdancegroup.org/slideshow/l-allegro-at-20" target="_blank">**a historical slide show**</a> on the production. #### L'Allegro 20th Anniversary Events ^[img_float_left]Allegro_right.jpg^ **_Mark Morris in Conversation_** with Cal Performances' Director, Robert Cole May 26, 2009, 8:00pm Jewish Community Center of San Francisco 32 California Street, SF, CA (415.292.1200) $15 Members, $18 General, $10 Students <a href="http://google.com" target="_blank">TICKETS</a> **_Hidden Soul of Harmony: Mark Morris' L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato_** A photography exhibition featuring the works of Stephanie Berger and Susana Millman, first presented in Seattle, WA (April 2008), then in Toronto, ON (June 2008); and recently on view at the Mark Morris Dance Center (Brooklyn, NY); the show will be presented in Berkeley, CA, May 2009. [VIEW ENTIRE EXHIBIT](/resources/art/5-hidden-soul-of-harmony) WORLD PREMIERE of this exhibition also featured a multi-media short on MMDG's history at On The Boards, Seattle (Video COMING SOON) [View Exhibit Details](http://markmorrisdancegroup.org/resources/downloads/hidden-soul-of-harmony-mark-morris-s-l-allegro "Hidden Soul of Harmony: Mark Morris's L'Allegro") **_Mark Morris Dance, Music & Literacy Program Showing_** (Past Event) Culmination of 10-week sessions in Brooklyn Public Schools By Invitation Only, April 2, 2009 (Video COMING SOON) <a href="http://mmdg.org/the_dance_center/outreach" target="_blank">More Info</a> **_Insight into L'Allegro: A Mark Morris Masterpiece_** (Past Event) Multi-disciplinary discussion and Q/A featuring: -Gerard Schwarz (conductor, Seattle Symphony) on Handel [WATCH NOW](/resources/media/4-other/12-l-allegro_music-by-handel) -Marshall Brown (UW Comparative Literature professor) on Milton [WATCH NOW](/resources/media/4-other/13-poetry-by-milton) -Susan Casteras (UW Art History) on Blake [WATCH NOW](/resources/media/4-other/14-watercolors-by-blake) -Roger Downey (Seattle Weekly dance critic) on Morris [WATCH NOW](/resources/media/4-other/10-allegro-at-20) -Moderated by Kitty Daniels (Chair, Cornish Dance Department) [WATCH NOW](/resources/media/4-other/15-introduction) Benaroya Recital Hall, Seattle, WA **_L'Allegro at 20 - A Conversation_** Mark Morris and author Wendy Lesser May 5, 2008 <a href="http://www.nypl.org/research/calendar/eventdesc.cfm?id=3986" target="_blank">WATCH NOW</a> New York Public Library, Main Branch **_Mark Morris: Portraits_ - Seattle and San Francisco** (Past Events) 20 portraits of Mark Morris taken over 20 years by notable photographers such as Annie Leibovitz, Mark Seliger, Max Vadukal and William Wegman. Museum of Performance & Design, San Francisco, CA (Jan 30-April 25, 2009) The Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA (May 14-May 18, 2008) PLUS - Pre-performance lectures in Seattle (7:00PM) [VIEW ENTIRE EXHIBIT](/resources/art/1-mark-morris-portraits) Read the [write-up in the Seattle Times](/press_releases/126) **_Mark Morris in Conversation_** (Past Event) VIDEO COMING SOON with Gigi Yellen of KingFM 98.1 April 15, 2008, 7:30pm On the Boards, Seattle **_Mark Morris Repertory Workshop for pre-professionals_** (Past Event) Sections of _L'Allegro_ taught by Tina Fehlandt, founding member of MMDG March 17-21, 2008 More events and performances announced soon. [Stay Informed](http://www.patronmail.com/pmailweb/PatronSetup?oid=652) <a href="http://markmorrisdancegroup.org/slideshow/l-allegro-at-20" target="_blank">VIEW</a> the historical slideshow of the production. ^[img_block]Footer.jpg^ 2008-03-02T19:22:25-05:00 15 L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato - 20th Anniversary allegro 2009-10-14T13:06:52-04:00