Description
'The absorbing story of an uncompromising genius of the dance.' Salman Rushdie
'Candid, compelling. . . I loved every word of insight into the mind of a master.' Sunday Times
Mark Morris was nineteen when he moved to New York to become a professional dancer. Flat broke, he found a group of like-minded artists that danced together, travelled together, slept together - a collective which became the Mark Morris Group.
Suddenly, Morris was on a fast ascent, and with success also came controversy: from the circus of his tenure at La Monnaie in Belgium to his work on the biggest flop on Broadway history. But through the Reagan-Bush era and the worst of the AIDS epidemic, Morris emerged as one of the great visionaries of modern dance, an artist as joyful as he is provocative.
From the most brilliant and audacious choreographer of our time, this is the exuberant tale of a young dancer's rise to the pinnacle of the performing arts world.
About the Author
An acclaimed ballet choreographer and opera director, Mark Morris was born on August 29, 1956, in Seattle, Washington. He formed the Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG) in 1980 and has since created close to 150 works for the company. From 1988 to 1991, he was Director of Dance at the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels. In 1990, he founded the White Oak Dance Project with Mikhail Baryshnikov.
Book Information
ISBN 9780571356676
Author Mark Morris
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
