BALLETS BY MARK MORRIS
MARK MORRIS has created seven works for the San Francisco Ballet since 1994, including the first American production of Delibes Sylvia; three works for American Ballet Theatre including Gong with music by Colin McPhee and Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes with music by Virgil Thomson; and has also received commissions from The Joffrey Ballet and the Boston Ballet, among others. In 2009, the San Francisco Ballet presented the first All-Morris program, performing A Garden (2001), Joyride (2008) and Sandpaper Ballet (1999). 2012 will see two new ballets by Mr. Morris in the United States.
His work is currently also in the repertory of Ballet British Columbia, Ballet West, Boston Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Houston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet and The Washington Ballet. Morris' ballets have also been performed by English National Ballet, Grand Theatre de Geneve, The Royal Ballet, The Royal New Zealand Ballet and Miami City Ballet, along with colleges and universities.
RECENT BALLET NEWS & UPCOMING PERFORMANCES or Return to MMDG PERFORMANCE CALENDAR
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre will perform Maelstrom, February 3-12, 2012.
San Francisco Ballet will premiere Beaux, Morris' eighth ballet on the company, February 14-25.
Houston Ballet will perform Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes, May 24-Jun 3, 2012.
ALSO IN 2012: A second ballet World Premiere by Mark Morris (details soon)
BALLETS BY MARK MORRIS (in chronological order)
Mort Subite, Boston Ballet (1986)
Esteemed Guests, Joffrey Ballet (1986)
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes, American Ballet Theatre (1988)
Ein Herz, Paris Opera Ballet (1990)
Paukenschlag, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (1992)
Maelstrom, San Francisco Ballet (1994)
Quincunx, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (1995)
Pacific, San Francisco Ballet (1995)
Sandpaper Ballet, San Francisco Ballet (1999)
A Garden, San Francisco Ballet (2001)
Gong, American Ballet Theatre (2001)
Later, San Francisco Ballet (2002)
Non Troppo, American Ballet Theatre (2003)
Sylvia, San Francisco Ballet (2004)
Up and Down, Boston Ballet (2006)
Joyride, San Francisco Ballet (2008)
Beaux, San Francisco Ballet (2012)
