BROOKLYN, NY – The Mark Morris Dance Group’s Dance for PD® program announces a call for proposals for the 2023-2024 Lucy Bowen Award for Inclusive Choreography, an annual award aimed at supporting choreographers who want to create a new dance in collaboration with and publicly performed by people living with Parkinson’s. The Award grants up to $12,000 towards the creation of an original work of choreography and the associated production costs of a performance that shares that choreography with the public.

Mark Morris Dance Group’s Exploration of the Iconic Composer Is Much More than a Tribute Piece.

Mark Morris Dance Group brings its founder’s evening-length tribute to Burt Bacharach, “The Look of Love,” to the Pillow (June 28-July 2). But Morris’s famously musical dancers will also appear closer to home, in their first-ever run at the Joyce (Aug. 1-12).

I’m super excited to see the Mark Morris Dance Group back in town on May 6 with The Look of Love, an homage to the chart-topping songs of Burt Bacharach. Last time the troupe was in town, they took on the Beatles with Pepperland, and I can’t wait to see what they do with Bacharach.

BROOKLYN, NY – After more than 40 years as a New York City-based dance company, the Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG) will make its debut at The Joyce Theater in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York. The company’s 10-day engagement will feature two programs of work, including audience favorites and rarely seen pieces, as well as a world premiere and a stage premiere.

Created more than 20 years ago, the Dance for PD program starts with somatic movement “to allow participants to get in touch with how their body is working that day,” Riley says. “Next are choreographed movements used to improve spatial orientation and awareness. Classes are designed to start with bigger movements which are generally easier for people with Parkinson’s and gradually work into the trickier fine movements. Eventually, when accessible to the participants, we work up to standing exercises and moving across the floor.

The summer season also features the Joyce Theater debut of the Mark Morris Dance Group. The troupe will present two programs, thefirst (Aug. 1-5) will have Morris classics like “Numerator,” “Italian Concerto” and “Grand Duo”; the other (Aug. 8-12) includes the stagepremiere of “Tempus Perfectum,” as well as two older works and a world premiere to be announced later this spring.

Dance for PD allows Brooklynites living with Parkinson’s to connect not only with friends, but with their own bodies.