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Socrates
Premiere
BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music)
Howard Gilman Opera House
Media Gallery
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Details List
Choreography | Mark Morris |
Music | Erik Satie - Socrate – “Portrait de Socrate” “Bords de L’Illissus” “Mort de Socrate” |
Costume Design | Martin Pakledinaz |
Lighting Design | Michael Chybowski |
Instrumentation | tenor, piano |
Number of Dancers | 15 |
Runtime | 29 minutes |
Press Quotes
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"...simply beautiful...sensuously attractive..."
New York Times -
"This may be [Mark's] most elegiac work, and it always seem like a special event."
San Francisco Chronicle -
"...the combination of restraint and emotion is profoundly moving. If you weep, it's not just at the death of Socrates but at the mystery of Morris's artistic means."
The Guardian