This article is about Mark Morris’ love for music. He is the director and founder of his own dance company the Mark Morris Dance Group; however, he also considers himself a musician. He has had his dance company going on 30 years and he is a proud and well known choreographer. Mark likes to push past boundaries with his company. Instead of a normal dance company, he engages in music festivals with his company. His modern dance group is the only dance based company to perform at Tanglewood Music Festival. Mark doesn’t play an instrument of sing, but he is fully knowledgeable about music. He is able to read scores, direct operas, and conduct shows. He definitely uses his knowledge of music in his choreography. A lot of the time the music makes his dance rather than the dance making the music. Mark chooses to have his company perform at music venues because he feels music lovers are more open minded. Many dancers look at a piece of work through tunnel vision. Musicians are more experimental than more conservative dance fans. So overall his advice to the dance world is to open up.
Kaufman, Sarah. "Mark Morris taking dance into the realms of music." The Washington Post. 30 Jan. 2010. Web. 31 Jan. 2010.
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