
MOON
Premiere
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Mark Morris Dance Group - Eisenhower Theater
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 |
Costume Design | Isaac Mizrahi |
Lighting Design | Mike Faba |
Scenic Design | Wendall K. Harrington |
Instrumentation | Keyboards, Double Bass |
Number of Dancers | 12 |
Runtime | 55 minutes |
Details
“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).