Mark Morris Dance Group (USA) - L'Allegr il Penseroso ed Il Moderato

Synopsis

The Mark Morris Dance Group was formed in 1980 and gave its first concert in that year in New York. In the following years, the company s touring schedule has steadily expanded to include cities across America and Europe. Once considered the bad boy of the modern dance world, Mark Morris is now an influential and internationally celebrated choreographer whose pieces have become the standard of creativity for a new generation of dancers, choreographers and critics.

Our Review:

24 April 2010

Choreographer Mark Morris is hailed as one of contemporary dances front runners and his infamous production of L’Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato is one of his most celebrated works. Fellow critics jump for joy at Morris’s creation and wit, but is this enough to inspire a crowd outside of the contemporary dance circle?

I have to agree that Morris’s impeccable chorus of dancers are the cream of the crop in their precision and technique; each move is calculated to the finest detail yet still reflects the ‘organic’ approach towards presenting work that gives each dancer personality.

The piece is a literal embodiment of a pastoral oratorio by Handel, the patterns, shapes, and characters portrayed on stage fit the soaring orchestrations with a great sense of harmony.

The combination of the English National Opera Orchestra and The New London Chamber Choir creates a sense of event to the proceedings, elevating and highlighting the epic scale of the production.

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Angela - 25 April 2010:

Much of Mark Morris' work contains "comment, question, and/or narrative." L'Allegro is an evocation of sheer delight in all things living. The entire piece holds me spell-bound. ...

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