Joy and serenity flow from Mark Morris Dance Group in Toronto's Sony Centre at Luminato

Par Stanley Fefferman, 24 juin 2013

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Critique faite à Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, le 21 juin 2013

L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Mark Morris)

Mark Morris Dance Group

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Tafelmusik Chamber Choir

Dame Jane Glover, Direction

Karina Gauvin, Soprano

Shannon Mercer, Soprano

Thomas Cooley, Ténor

Douglas Williams, Baryton-basse

Mark Morris’ luminous, whimsical Moon lands in Brooklyn

Carla Escoda, 26th March

Commissioned by Washington DC's Kennedy Center in the before-times, Mark Morris' Moon lands more ominously today than it surely did when it was conceived. But it still radiates joy.

*****

The dance is not going away party: Mark Morris’ new Northwest

Carla Escoda, 22nd July

Mark Morris Dance Group’s second week at the Joyce Theater in New York unveiled a world premiere in a mixed bill that represented a narrow range of Morris’ dazzling creativity.

***11

Dancers come and go, The Hard Nut fresh as ever

Carla Escoda, 12th December

It's 33 years since its premiere in Brussels, and in its eighth season in New York at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, this irreverent American classic is still firing on all cylinders.

*****

Mark Morris’ dance-intensive Orfeo ed Euridice returns to the Met

Susan Stempleski, 16th May

The latest revival of the company’s 2007 stylish production of Gluck’s operatic take on the Orpheus myth is enlivened with superb singing and dancing.

*****

Kansas City Ballet: Barminess in Bliss Point

Hilary Stroh, 12th May

Alexander Ekman's Cacti is the zany highlight of the evening!

*****

Visions of Classical (Re)Vision in San Francisco

Jaime Robles, 11th February

“Your love affair with ballet, your time with ballet, is short,” explains Welsh about his ballet Bespoke, “Eventually you lay down, and dance keeps moving. It’s a bittersweet thing.”

****1

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Stanley Fefferman

Stanley Fefferman is Professor Emeritus at York University, Toronto. He is active in classical, new music, and jazz circles as a writer and accredited performance photographer. His work is archived on Canadian sites The Live Music Report.com, Showtimemagazine.ca, and OpusOneReview.com. His website is here.