Peter DaSilva
News
- Thursday, April 26, 2012
Cal Performances 2012–13 Season to Include Kronos Quartet, Philip Glass, Fatoumata Diawara, Sérgio & Odair Assad, Mark Morris
Cal Performances at the University of California, Berkeley, has announced its 2012–13 season, which will feature Kronos Quartet as the season's Artists in Residence; Philip Glass's groundbreaking work with Robert Wilson, Einstein on the Beach; Fatoumata Diawara's debut; a Sérgio & Odair Assad concert with Paquito D'Rivera; and the return of the Mark Morris Dance Company with the holiday favorite Hard Nut. Subscription sales begin on Friday.
- Friday, December 10, 2010
Mark Morris's "The Hard Nut" Opens at BAM for First New York Performances in Eight Years
The Hard Nut, Mark Morris's 1991 retelling of the classic tale of The Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann, returns to New York for the first time in eight years, with an eight-performance run at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn, starting tonight. The New York Times says: "Mr. Morris creates a marvelously musical, choreographically ingenious response to Tchaikovsky’s great score that has its own magic and speaks its own truths about the nature of love." The Hard Nut DVD is now 33% off in the Nonesuch Store.
About Mark Morris Dance Group
The Mark Morris Dance Group was formed in 1980 in New York City. It quickly began a busy touring schedule performing throughout the US and Europe and filmed a piece for the CBS program Dance in America. In 1988, the group was named national dance company of Belgium and began a three-year residency at Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels.
The Mark Morris Dance Center was opened in 2001 in Brooklyn, New York. In addition to being the home base and rehearsal facility for the group, the space houses a school that offers classes to students of all ages and outreach to local youth.
Nonesuch released a DVD of The Hard Nut, the choreographer's 1991 retelling of the classic tale of The Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann, in which, Morris "takes a serious new look at an old classic," says the New York Times. "What makes The Hard Nut so lovable, and indispensable," the Times suggests, "is a sweetness and spaciousness very like its traditional Tchaikovsky score."
Latest Release
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The Hard Nut (DVD)
October 16, 2007In The Hard Nut, Mark Morris's 1991 retelling of the classic tale of The Nutcracker, the choreographer "creates a marvelously musical, choreographically ingenious response to Tchaikovsky’s great score that has its own magic and speaks its own truths about the nature of love," raves the New York Times. "What makes The Hard Nut so lovable, and indispensable is a sweetness and spaciousness very like its traditional Tchaikovsky score."
On Tour
- December 14, 2012 – 07:30 pmZellerbach Hall, Berkeley, CA
- December 15, 2012 – 02:00 pmZellerbach Hall, Berkeley, CA
- December 15, 2012 – 08:00 pmZellerbach Hall, Berkeley, CA
- December 16, 2012 – 03:00 pmZellerbach Hall, Berkeley, CA
- December 20, 2012 – 07:30 pmZellerbach Hall, Berkeley, CA
- December 21, 2012 – 07:30 pmZellerbach Hall, Berkeley, CA