A Conversation with Mark Morris FREE February 21, 2007

Free
Seating is limited and will be on a first come, first served basis.



USC's Margo Apostolos will facilitate a conversation with internationally acclaimed director, choreographer and dancer Mark Morris. Renowned for his grace, innovation and musicality, Morris formed the Mark Morris Dance Group in 1980, and has since created more than 120 works for the company. From 1988-1991, he was Director of Dance at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, the national opera house of Belgium. In 1990, he founded the White Oak Dance Project with Mikhail Baryshnikov. Morris is also much in demand as a ballet choreographer. He has created six works for the San Francisco Ballet since 1994 and received commissions from American Ballet Theatre, the Boston Ballet and others. His work is in the repertory of the Geneva Ballet, New Zealand Ballet, Houston Ballet, English National Ballet and the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden. Morris has worked extensively in opera, directing and choreographing productions for the New York City Opera, English National Opera and the Royal Opera, Covent Garden. Morris was named a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 1991. He has received honorary doctorates from the Boston Conservatory of Music, the Juilliard School, Long Island University, Pratt Institute, Bowdoin College, Bard College, Bates College and George Mason University. Morris is the subject of a biography by Joan Acocella (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). In 2001, Marlowe & Company published Mark Morris' L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato: A Celebration, a volume of photographs and critical essays.

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