Virginia Arts Festival

May 8 @ 1pm: A conversation with Mark Morris and musicologist Simon Morrison will be followed by a book signing at Barnes & Noble, Westlake Center. Free May 8 @ 7pm: Pre-concert discussion with Mark Morris and Simon Morrison on music prior to curtani opening night. Free for ticketholders.

In celebration of its 20th anniversary, the Virginia Arts Festival stages a reunion of some of the greatest companies it has presented over the years. Alongside American Ballet Theatre, Birmingham Royal Ballet, and Tokyo Ballet among others, the Mark Morris Dance Group performs Resurrection (2002) with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra.

Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble Choreography by Mark Morris Conducted by Mark Morris Featuring Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano When this masterwork premiered 27 years ago, critics hailed the provocative work as "a tour de force of artistic storytelling...that smashes and rewrites boundaries" (Los Angeles Times). In revival, Morris's Dido and Aeneas still entices the […]