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Morris takes Mozart in his stride
published: July 5, 2007
Making choreography to Mozart scores is what is known, theologically, as an act of supererogation, which is defined as “doing more than duty requires . . . hence, anything superfluous or uncalled for”. The road to Mozartian dances is signposted for those of us who revere Divertimento Number 15 as being “Only for Balanchine” – whose genius had the measure of Mozart’s – and is littered with the abominations perpetrated by the Eurotrash dance-crowd who know, in their tiny pointed heads, that Mozart is, in fact, another word for doormat. So what of Mark Morris and his Mozart Dances at the Barbican this week?
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Mozart Dances
by JUDITH MACKRELL for the Guardian
published: July 6, 2007
To hear Mozart through Morris's ears is to appreciate the music in scintillating new detail. Harmonic variations sparkle or darken through the changing textures of the choreography. But to see the music through Morris's eyes is even better, as the choreography channels our own emotional responses to Mozart and then crystallises them into a narrative we never imagined.
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Mark Morris dance group, Barbican, London
by ZOE ANDERSON for the Independent
Published: July 6, 2007
In the last of three linked dances, the Mark Morris Dance Group pair off in couples. With their bold torsos and fleet, skippy steps, they look both elegant and goofy: they could be dancing at court, or at an office party. Everything they do is human and marvellous.
Mozart Dances comes to the Barbican as part of New Crowned Hope, the Mozart festival created by theatre director Peter Sellars and produced in partnership with the Vienna Festival and New York's Lincoln Centre.
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Mozart Dances
by DEBRA CRAINE for the Times
published: July 6, 2007
The first piece, Eleven, set to the Eleventh Piano Concerto, is for the women. This is where the movement motifs and signature phrases are introduced, although at this stage we don’t know that they are going to reappear in each piece. The choreography is decorous and stately, formal yet flowing with a freedom that allows even a simple change of weight to take on an aura of loveliness.
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