Mark Morris Dance Group

Making his Kentucky debut, Mark Morris is universally lauded for his commitment to live music and his phenomenal gift for translating music into exciting, provocative movement.

The MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP was formed in 1980 and gave its first concert that year in New York City. The company’s touring schedule steadily expanded to include cities both in the U.S. and in Europe, and in 1986 it made its first national television program for the PBS series Dance in America. In 1988, MMDG was invited to become the national dance company of Belgium, and spent three years in residence at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels. The company returned to the United States in 1991 as one of the world’s leading dance companies, performing across the U.S. and at major international festivals.

In fall 2001, MMDG opened the Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn, NY, the company's first permanent headquarters in the U.S., housing rehearsal space for the dance community, outreach programs for local children, as well as a school offering dance classes to students of all ages. The company’s 25th Anniversary celebration included over 100 performances through 26 U.S. cities and ten U.K. cities; five world premieres; and Morris’s conducting debut in a performance of Gloria at BAM.

Performances:

Mar 7, 2009

08:00 pm

W. L. Lyons Brown Theatre, Louisville
Box Office: 502-584-7777, 1-800-775-7777 (toll free), 502-562-0730 (TTY)

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