Mark Morris Dance Group "The Look of Love"
Venue: Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Organizations: Mark Morris Dance Group
Date: Saturday, February 24, 2024
Time: 7:30 - 9:00 PM
Event Types: Arts & Theatre
Cost:

Description:
The Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech presents the Mark Morris Dance Group performing "The Look of Love" on Saturday, February 24, 2024.

Internationally celebrated choreographer Mark Morris teams up with collaborator Ethan Iverson for this evening-length homage to the legendary late Burt Bacharach. A towering figure of popular music, Bacharach is known for soaring melodies influenced by jazz, rock, and Brazilian music — his longtime lyricist Hal David providing unsentimental, poignant lyrics. Favorites like Walk on By propel Morris’ deceptively simple, yet glorious movement.

This evening-length work features original choreography by Morris and new musical arrangements by Iverson, performed by an ensemble of piano, trumpet, bass, and drums, with singer, actress, and Broadway star Marcy Harriell on lead vocals. Famed American fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi created the costumes for the production.

Founded in New York City in 1980, the internationally renowned Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG) has been called "the preeminent modern dance organization of our time" (Yo-Yo Ma), its members receiving "highest praise for their technical aplomb, their musicality, and their sheer human authenticity" (Bloomberg News). Live music and community engagement are vital components of the Dance Group, which has toured with its own musicians, the MMDG Music Ensemble, since 1996.

Through Access/MMDG programming, the Dance Group provides educational opportunities in dance and music to people of all ages and abilities while on tour internationally and at home at the Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn, NY.

Links:

• https://markmorrisdancegroup.org/
• https://www.facebook.com/markmorrisdancecenter
• https://www.youtube.com/@MarkMorrisDanceGroup
• https://www.instagram.com/markmorrisdance/

Adults tickets range from $25.00-$65.00 and tickets for Virginia Tech student tickets with ID and youth ages 18 & under are $10.00 each.

To purchase tickets online, visit: https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/online/mapSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=F674F6ED-2F56-4F25-A54A-6C1F1B194F03.

Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech is located at 330 Turner Street NW in Blacksburg, VA.

For more information, visit: https://artscenter.vt.edu/performances/mark-morris.html or https://www.facebook.com/artscenteratvt or https://www.instagram.com/artscenteratvt/ or call 540-231-5300.