MOON
MOON

MOON

Premiere

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Mark Morris Dance Group - Eisenhower Theater

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MOON is commissioned by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in partnership with Arizona Arts Live, University of Arizona; Cal Performances, UC Berkeley; Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; and Mark Morris Dance Group.

Details List

Choreography Mark Morris
Music Marcel Dupré - Vingt-Quatre Inventions, Opus 50 (I, III, IV, VI, XVIII)
Music György Ligeti - Musica Ricercata (1-10)
Music Horace Heidt & His Musical Knights - Dawn of A New Day
Music Al Bowlly - Roll Along, Prairie Moon
Music Al Bowlly - Blue Moon
Music Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys - Blue Moon of Kentucky
Music Bonnie Guitar - Dark Moon
Music Henry Hall & the BBC Dance Orchestra sung by Hildegarde - Honey-Coloured Moon
Music Excerpts from NASA’s Golden Record
Costume Design Isaac Mizrahi
Lighting Design Mike Faba
Scenic Design Wendall K. Harrington
Instrumentation Keyboards, Double Bass
Number of Dancers 9
Runtime 55 minutes

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“With gorgeously impressionist lighting… intriguing outer space projections… elegant costumes… and little toy spacemen scattered about, [Morris’] MOON became a luxuriant dreamlike escape…. Most important of all, his company [has] never been better, and the dancers themselves provided the real fantasy. Otherworldly movement somehow matched the different music in ways that seem rational but not needing to make sense. Movement, itself, was adventure.… The genius of MOON, however, is to remind us that wonder can be around the least expected corners.” —Los Angeles Times


“MOON is classic Morris; full of whimsy and also weirdness.…The dancers responded with genuine joy…beautifully, harmoniously gliding by—and sometimes into—each other like the movement of celestial bodies (Broadway World).