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The Mark Morris Dance Group was formed in 1980 and gave its first concert in that year in New York. In the following years, the company s touring schedule has steadily expanded to include cities across America and Europe. Once considered the bad boy of the modern dance world, Mark Morris is now an influential and internationally celebrated choreographer whose pieces have become the standard of creativity for a new generation of dancers, choreographers and critics. The UK premiere of Visitation opens programme two, with nine dancers performing to Beethoven's Sonata no. 4 in C major. The evening is completed by the jubilant Going Away Party, set to the American Western swing music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys; plus Excursions which is underscored by Samuel Barber's Excursions for the Piano and the critically acclaimed Grand Duo, set to music by Lou Harrison. Part of a UK tour.

Creatives/Company

Choreographer: Mark Morris
Music(s): Beethoven (Visitation), Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (Going Away Party), Samuel Barber (Excurions for the Piano), Lou Harrison (Grand Duo)