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Interview with Mark Morris

Title
Interview with Mark Morris [videorecording] / interviewer, Robert Greskovic.
Publication
c2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Morris, Mark, 1956-
  • Greskovic, Robert
  • Wenzel, Ryan.
  • Chiltern, Michael.
  • Brooklyn Independent Television.
  • New York Public Library. Dance Division
  • Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (65 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
Mark Morris speaks with Robert Greskovic about beginning the company in 1980; splitting his time between Seattle and New York City; choosing to be referred to as the Mark Morris Dance Group; the casting of his early dances; Verla Flowers and her influence; his first Seattle show resembling a variety show; moving to New York City and working at the Eliott Feld ballet; his interest in the aesthetics of folk dancing; becoming the Monnaie Dance Group/Mark Morris; his three-year residency in Brussels, Belgium; how Brussells influenced his work; his devotion to music; his experience working for a government; "L'Allegro il penseroso ed il moderato" and "The hard nut"; establishing the White Oak Dance Project with Mikhail Baryshnikov; auditioning and hiring process; technicalities of his dances; teaching; choreographing; what he is working on now; working with ballet companies.
Subject
  • Flowers, Verla > Influence
  • Mark Morris Dance Group
  • Brooklyn Academy of Music
  • Monnaie Dance Group/Mark Morris
  • Théâtre royal de la Monnaie
  • White Oak Dance Project
  • Hard nut (Choreographic work : Morris)
  • Allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato (Choreographic work : Morris)
  • Dancers
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Interviews.
Access (note)
  • Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Credits (note)
  • Videotaped by Brooklyn Independent Television ; camera and sound, Ryan Wenzel, Michael Chiltern.
Event (note)
  • This interview was videotaped at the Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn, New York on January 15, 2009.
Funding (note)
  • Recording made possible by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
System Details (note)
  • DVD, transferred from a MiniDV cassette.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-5053
OCLC
424502081
Title
Interview with Mark Morris [videorecording] / interviewer, Robert Greskovic.
Imprint
c2009.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
System Details
DVD, transferred from a MiniDV cassette.
Event
This interview was videotaped at the Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn, New York on January 15, 2009.
Credits
Videotaped by Brooklyn Independent Television ; camera and sound, Ryan Wenzel, Michael Chiltern.
Performer
Interviewee, Mark Morris.
Funding
Recording made possible by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Restricted Access
Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Added Author
Morris, Mark, 1956- Interviewee
Greskovic, Robert Interviewer
Wenzel, Ryan. Production personnel
Chiltern, Michael. Production personnel
Brooklyn Independent Television.
New York Public Library. Dance Division
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Research Call Number
*MGZMT 3-5053
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