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Monday May 13, 2024

Published in Playbill

Orfeo, E.T., and More: What’s Happening in Classic Arts This Week

From classical opera, to contemporary dance, to both at the same time, the classic arts scene in New York is never quiet. Here is just a sampling of some of the classic arts events happening this week.
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Monday May 6, 2024

Published in Dance Magazine

ESPN+ Series Takes Viewers Inside a Mark Morris Dance Group Audition

Up to four company spots available. Two days of open classes. 380 hopeful dancers. These are the stakes laid out at the start of the fifth episode of the new ESPN+ series “Tryouts,” which takes viewers inside the pressure-cooker environment of a Mark Morris Dance Group audition.
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Friday April 26, 2024

Published in All Arts

Performing arts sector faces change four years after pandemic start

The pandemic upended New York City’s performing arts sector. Even after four years, the industry is still struggling to right the ship. Here’s how city cultural institutions are grappling with changes in audience viewing habits, diminished funding, and increased expenses.
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Saturday April 20, 2024

Published in Datebook

Review: Mark Morris’ powerful world premiere captures Jesus’ final hours in dance

In an early segment of choreographer Mark Morris’ serenely shattering new stage work “Via Dolorosa,” a dancer stands stiffly erect, extending his arms straight out to become a human crucifix. He topples back, still fully rigid, onto the shoulders of the two dancers who are there to support him.
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Thursday March 21, 2024

Published in Vogue

Isaac Mizrahi on Three Decades of Collaborating with Mark Morris—And the Importance of a Good Folding Chair

The Look of Love, a new work by Mark Morris that riffs on Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s legendary song catalog, is currently enjoying a brief run at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music). For the show’s costumes, which capture the choreographer’s exuberant celebration of music, he tapped his frequent collaborator (and friend) Isaac Mizrahi.
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Thursday March 21, 2024

Published in New York Times

Review: Looking for Love with Burt Bacharach, and Finding a Prayer

Mark Morris’s “The Look of Love” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music is uneven, but you can’t fight its swing.
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Wednesday March 20, 2024

Published in Brooklyn Magazine

Mark Morris and Isaac Mizrahi bring their Burt Bacharach homage to Brooklyn

‘The Look of Love’ comes to BAM for a four-night run starting March 20 — just don’t call it a jukebox musical.
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Wednesday March 20, 2024

Published in Fjord Review

What the World Needs Now

Mark Morris’s “The Look of Love” begins with praise. Dancers stand in a circle facing inward with clasped hands and chests lifted as Burt Bacharach’s “What the World Needs Now” resonates in the theatre. Morris’s dance, which was first performed in 2022 and had its New York premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on March 20th, is a celebration of Bacharach’s music and his idea of love, which, in spite of minor ups and downs, remains, as the opening song suggests, overwhelmingly “sweet.”
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