Word: morrision
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Congratulations are also in order for TIME's photo department, which took more than its share of top magazine honors in the 49th annual Pictures of the Year Competition, sponsored by the National Press Photographers Association and the University of Missouri School of Journalism. In an extraordinary display of strength...
After more than 90 minutes of nonstop kicks, leaps and turns, the 27 dancers, sweating through their leotards, are beginning to drag. But Mark Morris, the precisionist putting them through these paces, is unmoved by their exhaustion. "A little dynamism would help," he drawls, drawing on the Dunhill cigarette he...
The dancers try again, but their taskmaster is notoriously difficult to please. Cigarette dangling from his hand and his Tiny Tim-style ringlets bouncing on his shoulders, he strides to the middle of the floor to show them how the steps should be done. Morris, 35, is tall and bulky...
Having accomplished this alchemy, Morris takes another puff and nods for the dancers to start again. "Be expressive," he commands. "Milk it. When it's expressive, it's a lot more interesting. When it's just steps, that's bad news. And when you're embarrassed about doing the steps...
Richly expressive and almost never embarrassed, choreographer Mark Morris has been one of the most interesting and original artists in the modern-dance world for more than a decade now. In recent years he has gained wider fame through his association with Mikhail Baryshnikov, with whom he co-founded the...