L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato -20th Anniversary
World Premiere: November 23, 1988, Brussels, Belgium
20th Anniversary: May 16-18, 2008, Seattle, WA; May 29-31, 2009, Berkeley, CA
Mark Morris, choreographer
Adrianne Lobel, scenic design
Christine Van Loon, costume design
James F. Ingalls, lighting design
"With this two-hour cornucopia of theatrical richness... Mr. Morris moves into the level of high seriousness that his talent had always promised. Ideas, music and dance flow into a regenerating whole in ''L'Allegro,'' which the American choreographer created in 1988 shortly after his company became the resident troupe of the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels. Mr. Morris has taken the least likely of scores for a contemporary dance work and made that work seem not only natural but timely, and more than universal." -The New York Times, (1990) READ ENTIRE ARTICLE
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L'Allegro 20th Anniversary Past Events
Mark Morris Repertory Workshop for pre-professionals (Past Event)
Sections of L'Allegro taught by Tina Fehlandt, founding member of MMDG
March 17-21, 2008
Mark Morris in Conversation (Past Event)
with Gigi Yellen of KingFM 98.1
April 15, 2008, 7:30pm
On the Boards, Seattle (video COMING SOON)
Hidden Soul of Harmony: Mark Morris's L'Allegro
Photography by Stephanie Berger and Susana Millman
First presented in Seattle, WA (April 2008), then in Toronto, ON (June 2008), and currently on view at the Mark Morris Dance Center (Brooklyn, NY) until it is presented in Berkeley, CA in Spring 2009. VIEW ENTIRE EXHIBIT
WORLD PREMIERE of this exhibition also featured a multi-media short on MMDG's history at On The Boards, Seattle (Video COMING SOON)
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Mark Morris Dance, Music & Literacy Program Showing (Past Event)
Culmination of 10-week sessions in Brooklyn Public Schools
By Invitation Only, April 17, 2008 (Video COMING SOON)
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Insight into L'Allegro: A Mark Morris Masterpiece (Past Event)
Multi-disciplinary discussion and Q/A featuring:
-Gerard Schwarz (conductor, Seattle Symphony) on Handel WATCH NOW
-Marshall Brown (UW Comparative Literature professor) on Milton WATCH NOW
-Susan Casteras (UW Art History) on Blake WATCH NOW
-Roger Downey (Seattle Weekly dance critic) on Morris WATCH NOW
-Moderated by Kitty Daniels (Chair, Cornish Dance Department) WATCH NOW
Benaroya Recital Hall, Seattle, WA
L'Allegro at 20 - A Conversation (Past Event)
Mark Morris and author Wendy Lesser
May 5, 2008 (Video COMING SOON)
New York Public Library, Main Branch
Mark Morris: Portraits - Seattle (Past Event)
13 portraits of Mark Morris taken over 20 years by notable photographers such as Annie Leibovitz, Mark Seliger, Max Vadukal and William Wegman.
PLUS - Pre-performance lectures (7:00PM)
May 14-May 18, 2008 VIEW ENTIRE EXHIBIT
Read the write-up in the Seattle Times
More events and performances announced soon. Stay Informed
VIEW the historical slideshow of the production.
