12:25 pm by Savannah Cooper
Mark Morris Dance Group’s beloved holiday classic, The Hard Nut, a reimagining of the traditional Nutcracker ballet, has delighted audiences around the world since 1991. In this collection, we uncover rare videos and photos of the creative process, vintage TV spots, and early cast members, including Mikhail Baryshnikov.
10:13 pm by Savannah Cooper
Over the last 43 years, Mark Morris and his work have appeared numerous times on television. In some instances, he choreographed directly for commercials or televised shows; in others, he and the company were subjects of documentaries and reality TV. Enjoy this selection of archival videos demonstrating some of the many television spots featuring Mark Morris, his work, and the company.
12:01 pm by barreladmin
Mark Morris has been directing and choreographing opera for nearly forty years. Beginning with Seattle Opera’s production of Salome in 1986, Morris has worked on eighteen operas to date and explored operatic music ranging from the baroque to contemporary works by composers such as John Adams. He has worked with many of the world’s greatest opera companies, including the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, The Royal Opera, English National Opera, and Gotham Chamber Opera. This collection of archival videos showcases Morris’ wide-ranging dramatic imagination, choreographic inventiveness, and profound understanding of music.
Morris’ Orfeo ed Euridice is being performed at the Metropolitan Opera from May 16 to June 8, 2024. Learn more and buy tickets here.
5:49 pm by barreladmin
The English painter Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017) was a long-time Mark Morris Dance Group collaborator and friend. Described by art historian Nicholas Serota as, “One of the great artists and colorists of his generation,” Hodgkin’s vibrant, abstract paintings served at the scenic designs for Mark Morris’ Rhymes With Silver (1997), Kolam (2002), Mozart Dances (2006), and Layla and Majnun (2016). In 2024, Mark Morris will premiere a new work, Via Dolorosa, at Cal Performances in Berkeley, CA featuring a Hodgkin painting originally used as the scenic design in Kolam.
5:24 pm by Laura
While Mark Morris has mostly choreographed to classical music, he has also created dances set to popular music since the beginning of his career. This collection features pieces set to rock and roll (Violent Femmes, Yoko Ono), country western (The Louvin Brothers, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys), and show tunes (Richard Rogers). Mark’s interest in popular music continues up to the present day in pieces like Pepperland (2017), set to music by The Beatles, and The Look of Love (2022), set to music by Burt Bacharach.
12:00 pm by Laura
In addition to being an exceptional choreographer and dancer, Mark Morris is also a captivating, funny, and thoughtful speaker. This exhibit features a collection of interviews with Mark Morris that span from the late 1980s through a 2014 conversation at Jacob’s Pillow.
12:55 pm by Laura
We are now featuring the full-length performance videos of three previously excerpted works showcasing Mark Morris as a performer: in “Pièces en Concert” (1986), “Pas de Poisson” (1990), and “Zwei Harveytänze” (1999). Read more about each work in the descriptions connected to each video.