Donald Rosenberg for The Plain Dealer

The repertoire that American choreographer Mark Morris has created for more than 30 years is rich and deep, but it’s possible to see only a fraction of his canon in any given season. Outside New York, the challenges are even greater, especially given the infrequency with which the Mark Morris Dance Group appears in certain cities.

Roger Durbin for Knight Arts Cleveland

There are so many cool things about MMDG, but maybe the top one is that this renowned choreographer makes it an artistic and entertaining point to perform to live music. His group, the MMDG Music Ensemble, has an amazing streak of offering nearly 800 performances, according to organizers of the event.

Alastair Macaulay for The New York Times

In the spring and summer Mark Morris showed four works new to New York, showing a wide range of virtues; the mixture of dance liveliness and formal ceremony in “Festival Dance” is particularly winning. More remarkable yet is how his “Socrates”(2010) now seems a true and luminous masterpiece. Returning to the city as part of the Mostly Mozart Festival here is his finest, most large-spirited work of the past 16 years.

Alastair Macaulay for The New York Times

How many layers are there to human thought? Sometimes in art, just as in people’s conversations, we’re aware of only one at a time. On other occasions, though, we realize just how many layers can be in simultaneous action, and we’re given a sense of both revelation and mystery. When a choreographer responds to music — when one artist reacts in detail to another — the sensation of multilayering can affect us as an insight not just into dance but into the regions of the mind.

Erin Steele for The Michigan Daily

In the world of modern dance, few choreographers are as widely revered as Mark Morris, whose dance company will perform in Ann Arbor tonight. His widely acclaimed choreography has been performed all over the world, and The Mark Morris Dance Group has collaborated with living legends like dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, designer Isaac Mizrahi, conductor Jane Glover and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.