Mark Morris Dance Group: in residence at Cal Performances this weekend. Photo: Cal Performances MARK MORRIS MAKES MAGIC Berkeley is blessed to have the Mark Morris Dance Group perform annually at Zellerbach Hall as part of Cal Performances. The group is in residence this weekend and will be performing what the New York Times says “is his […]
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‘Acis and Galatea’ promises to be a grand, sensory delight
Mark Morris’ Cal Performance presentation and world premiere of Handel’s Acis and Galatea runs April 25-27 Musical morsels become masterpieces in the hands of composers like George Frideric Handel and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Spring forward 200-plus-odd years and find dance and design have their modern day monument builders as well. When choreographer Mark Morris and […]
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Ojai North! in Berkeley serves a cocktail of sounds, sights
Mark Morris’ Mosaic and United. Photo: Stephanie Berger What happens when you shake, stir and allow to mingle a music-savvy choreographer (Mark Morris), two earth-and-occasionally-ear-shattering composers (John Cowell, Igor Stravinsky), a marvelously matched foursome (American String Quartet) and a nimble jazz/pop/avant-garde trio (The Bad Plus)? You get a mixed drink — and that’s exactly what […]
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Vienna, Kronos, much more in Cal Performances season
Cal Performances 2013-14 season features a return residency for the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the world premiere of Mark Morris’s Acis and Galatea (see video above), a celebration of Kronos Quartet’s 40 years, and an emphasis on Brahms, with performances by Yo Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax and Anne Sofie von Otter, as well as a host […]
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Rich and satisfying: ‘The Hard Nut’ cracks the mold
The Mark Morris Dance Group perform The Hard Nut at Cal Performances Dec. 14-23. Photo: Stephanie Berger at Cal Performances Dec. 14-23. Photo: Stephanie Berger Exploding onto the main stage at Zellerbach Hall like the Fourth of July wrapped in black, white, red and green packaging, Mark Morris’s The Hard Nut made its triumphant return to Berkeley. […]
