Numerator_Tanglewood 2017_ChristopherDuggan - 172 header

Numerator

View All Works
Numerator

Numerator

Premiere

Tanglewood Music Center

Seiji Ozawa Hall

View All Performance Listings

Media Gallery

  • images
Numerator_Tanglewood 2017_ChristopherDuggan - 172 websize
Numerator_Tanglewood 2017_ChristopherDuggan - 189 websize
Numerator_Tanglewood 2017_ChristopherDuggan - 175 websizw
Numerator_Tanglewood 2017_ChristopherDuggan - 208 websize
Numerator_Tanglewood 2017_ChristopherDuggan - 172 websize

Numerator_Tanglewood 2017_ChristopherDuggan - 172 websize

Numerator_Tanglewood 2017_ChristopherDuggan - 189 websize

Numerator_Tanglewood 2017_ChristopherDuggan - 189 websize

Numerator_Tanglewood 2017_ChristopherDuggan - 175 websizw

Numerator_Tanglewood 2017_ChristopherDuggan - 175 websizw

Numerator_Tanglewood 2017_ChristopherDuggan - 208 websize

Numerator_Tanglewood 2017_ChristopherDuggan - 208 websize

Details List

Choreography Mark Morris
Music Lou Harrison - Varied Trio for violin, piano and percussion
Costume Design Elizabeth Kurtzman
Lighting Design Nick Kolin
Instrumentation violin, piano, percussion
Number of Dancers 6
Runtime 18 minutes

Press Quotes

  • "quietly-angelic"
    New York Times
  • "poetic and musical"
    ArtsJournal

Related Press and Media

Published in MassLive

Review: Mark Morris Dance Group perfect at Tanglewood

Watching for Morris's creations on Thursday night set to Harrison's music, it was impossible to imagine the music without the movement. Everything went perfectly together.
Read Full Article

Published in The New York Times

Mark Morris’s Egalitarian Ethos and Top-Class Art

The Mark Morris Dance Group presents two programs at the Mark Morris Dance Center; one a centennial celebration and the other made up of miscellaneous pieces featuring a world premiere.
Read Full Article

Published in artsJournal

Dancing with Lou Harrison

On June 28, 2017, in Tanglewood’s Seiji Ozawa Hall, the Mark Morris Dance Group premiered a work, Numerator, set to Harrison’s Varied Trio for violin, piano,and percussion. The title of the program? Lou 100: In Honor of the Divine Mr. Harrison. That brings to seven the number of works that Morris has set to music by a man he considered a friend.
Read Full Article

Published in Broadway World

Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble, April 6, 2018

The Mark Morris Dance Group presented Lou 100: In Honor of the Divine Mr. Harrison and all the works on the program were choreographed to the music of Lou Harrison, someone that Mr. Morris adored. 
Read Full Article

Published in DanceTabs

Mark Morris Dance Group – Lou 100: Pacific, Numerator, Serenade, Grand Duo – New York

This week and next, MMDG is performing two programs at home. There are four works on view. One, Serenade, is a solo, premiered five years ago. Another, Pacific, was originally made for San Francisco Ballet, in 1995. Grand Duo, from 1993, is one of Morris’s most popular, and rousing pieces. The most recent work, Numerator, is from last year; this is its New York début. ★★★★✰
Read Full Article

Published in The New York Times

Mark Morris and Lou Harrison, a Large-Spirited Partnership

Though born almost 40 years apart, the composer Lou Harrison and the choreographer Mark Morris, both from the West Coast, became one of the great artistic partnerships. At Tanglewood on Wednesday and Thursday, the Mark Morris Dance Group performed “Lou 100: In Honor of the Divine Mr. Harrison."
Read Full Article

The mission of the Mark Morris Dance Group is to develop, promote, and sustain dance, music, and opera productions by Mark Morris and to serve as a cultural resource to engage and enrich the community. Propelled by Core Values of community, access, excellence, and creativity, MMDG is committed to ongoing work on inclusion, equity, and diversity to ensure its programs are welcoming and accessible to all. See our Commitment to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access.

Dance Group

Dance Center

More

MMDG is a member of Dance/USA and the Downtown Brooklyn Arts Alliance.

© 2025 Mark Morris Dance Group - All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy