Mark Morris Dance Group

Join us in wishing company member Laurel Lynch a very happy birthday! Here's how Laurel plans to celebrate this year: "I’m really looking forward to camping in the White Mountains in New Hampshire this week. Fresh spring growth, alpine peaks, and nightly campfires will be the perfect antidote to a pandemic year spent mostly indoors." Frank Finkelstein

#MMDGOnTour: We’re at the Kaatsbaan Spring Festival this weekend performing live on stage for a real audience! Take a peak behind the scenes from yesterday’s rehearsals. One more performance of Three Preludes and Words tonight at 6:30pm! Julia Weber

#MMDGonTour: We are in Kaatsbaan for 2 days of performances! Head over to Instagram to go behind the scenes with our company manager, Julia Weber: http://bit.ly/MMDGInstagram If you are nearby, see us perform Words and Three Preludes in-person. May 22-23 | Get tickets: https://bit.ly/3bhOdJD Kaatsbaan will record our performance on May 22 and share it on Vimeo for a limited amount of time. The video will be free to watch with a request for viewers to donate. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to AAPI organizations Heart of Dinner and Asian American Arts Alliance.

In celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, our staff and dancers have curated a list of ways we're celebrating through the performing arts. We invite you to explore the events, performances, dance pieces, and artists that inspire us. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3opj3Vb Photo of Bijayini Satpath

Save the date and register for Mark Morris On The Plaza! Join us for a weekend of outdoor programming at The Plaza at 300 Ashland in Brooklyn, June 11 - 13, 2021. Throughout the weekend, MMDG will perform a program comprised of seven Mark Morris dances. Plus, the Mark Morris Dance Center will present dance classes for all ages and abilities, and our Student Company will perform works by Mark Morris, along with choreography by MMDG company members and Dance Center faculty. June 11-13, 2021 | View the schedule and register: https://markmorrisdancegroup.org//mark-morris-on-the-plaza/

Join us in congratulating now-former company member Jammie Walker on his acceptance to Yale Law School! He has also been selected for an SEO Law Fellowship, which will begin this summer. We will miss seeing him on the stage but wish him all the best in this next chapter. "I am humbled by the opportunities that I have been afforded, and exceedingly grateful to all of those who have pushed me to seek the most from those opportunities. Being a member of the Mark Morris Dance Group has given me skills, perspective, and confidence that I know will help me as I transition to this new career. " - Jammie

Did you get your copy of Mark Morris's memoir Out Loud? Yes, share your favorite quote in the comments. No, get your copy today to join the conversation: http://bit.ly/Mark-Morris-Out-Loud

Train in-person with the members of the Dance Group during our Summer Intensive. We are excited to bring this training, in a limited capacity, back to the Dance Center located in Brooklyn, NY. Our Summer Intensive gives pre-professional dancers a unique experience to explore the work of Mark Morris and prepare for a career in dance. There is also a virtual option for those who aren't able to join us in person. May 10-15, 2021 | Train with us this summer: http://bit.ly/2XI6GXK

Mark Morris revealed his favorite person, place, and thing on Randy Cohen's interview show, Person Place Thing. Listen to Morris's and Cohen's conversation centered around classical Indian dance, modern American music, and the greatest cooking utensil of all time. Tune in now: http://bit.ly/3ir2qWa

Watch Mark Morris's New Love Song Waltzes in this month's Dance On! Video Vault series. As dancer Tina Fehlandt says in her introduction to this work, New Love Song Waltzes epitomized the philosophy and ethos of the Dance Group in the 1980s. The collection, Dancers’ Picks: Tina Fehlandt and Guillermo Resto, will be available on demand through January 31. Watch now: https://bit.ly/2NGJbcU

We are excited to return to the (outdoor) stage this May as part of Kaatsbaan's Spring Festival. More details about our performance will be announced soon. Learn more about Kaatsbaan's Spring Festival: http://bit.ly/3bhOdJD Giles Ashford (2018)

MMDG Off the Clock with apprentice Malik Williams. I felt I was stuck in a rut. I had just started working with the company and Mark, then quarantine hit. Yes, I was and am still working with the company and Mark, but it is just not the same over Zoom. About 3 months into quarantine, I had appendicitis and had to get surgery. This meant I was basically bedridden for at least 6 weeks. Both of these, and several other things happening in my life, made me feel like I was no longer myself, no longer in my body. So one day I went outside to an empty cul-de-sac and just moved until I was almost too sore to walk home. It was one of the few times during this whole pandemic I felt like myself again. Music: "Nothing at All" by Linda Diaz

"Out Loud is a golden opportunity to get inside the mind of one of the great musicians of our time and also into the history and progress of modern dance itself." -Isaac Mizrahi Mark Morris's memoir Out Loud is available for purchase on our online store. Get your copy today: http://bit.ly/3beWZIp

Today we pause to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and honor his legacy. Dr. King's words and his message of peace and racial justice resonate just as much today as they did over fifty years ago, particularly in light of the continued injustice and violence against Black and Brown people. To honor MLK’s extraordinary life and leadership in the civil rights movement and to keep remembering and learning, we've assembled a list of virtual events from some of our friends and partners. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3gXOhyK

Stream Mark Morris's New Love Song Waltzes on our Dance On! Video Vault series. Morris created this work as part of a commission from Dance Theater Workshop in the fall of 1982. This new Video Vault collection, Dancers’ Picks: Tina Fehlandt and Guillermo Resto (which also includes Championship Wrestling After Roland Barthes), will be available on demand through January 31. Watch now: https://bit.ly/2NGJbcU

Happy New Year from everyone at MMDG! Thank you so much for standing by our side through this very difficult time. Your support over the last nine months has helped us successfully launch our first-ever online programs in our 40-year history. And we can’t wait to bring you more of Mark’s life-affirming artistry! Together, we can embrace 2021, poised to take on the challenges, confident in the many protocols we have put in place to safely return to our beautiful Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn. If you are new to us, please be sure to join our email list to stay up to date on the latest news and events: http://bit.ly/MMDGNews

Our next Video Vault collection of the 40th Anniversary Season features two Mark Morris dances, Championship Wrestling and New Love Song Waltzes, which were selected by founding Dance Group member Tina Fehlandt and former dancer and collaborator Guillermo Resto. The collection, Dancers’ Picks: Tina Fehlandt and Guillermo Resto, will be available on demand through January 31. Watch now: https://bit.ly/2NGJbcU

Today is the last day to watch this month’s Dance On! Video Vault series, Baryshnikov Dances with MMDG. Mark Morris choreographed Three Russian Preludes for Mikhail Baryshnikov, set to three preludes by Dmitri Shostakovich. Watch this dance along with The Argument, Three Preludes, and Ten Suggestions now through December 29. Watch now: https://bit.ly/2NGJbcU Annie Liebovitz