The group is performing a three-night run of The Look of Love: An Evening of Dance to the Music of Burt Bacharach, which Morris choreographed in tribute to the famed composer.
Berkeleyside: Long-planned Berkeley dance tribute to Burt Bacharach is now suddenly a memorial
SF Gate: Mark Morris Dancers Back In Berkeley At Last, With Bacharach
SF Chronicle: ‘Earworms of the highest order’: A new dance work celebrates the songs of Burt Bacharach
In “The Look of Love,” his latest evening-length work for the Mark Morris Dance Group, he explores the work of the late composer Burt Bacharach — in particular, the chart-topping singles he created in the 1960s with lyricist Hal David, most of them for singer Dionne Warwick. Bacharach died Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 94.
Bay Area Reporter: Mark Morris Dance Group's "The Look of Love" - Company Director & Berkeley native Sam Black returns to his roots
This month, Cal Performances welcomes back longtime artistic partner, Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG), for the Bay Area premiere of Morris' latest creation, "The Look of Love: An Evening of Dance to the Music of Burt Bacharach." Having performed at Zellerbach Hall annually for more than 30 years, Berkeley has become the New York-based company's home away from home.
Cal Performances: The Making of The Look of Love
In February 2023, Mark Morris Dance Group will bring the Bay Area premiere of Morris’ latest work, The Look of Love, to Zellerbach Hall. Notably, this is Morris’ first evening-length work since the creation of Pepperland in 2017, and it marks a return to the world of pop music for the choreographer, celebrating the iconic songs of Burt Bacharach. Take a peek inside the creation of this delightful new production via Q&As with both Morris and musical arranger Ethan Iverson.
The Washington Post: Dancemaker Mark Morris’s homage to Burt Bacharach was no light lift
The New York Times: Yes, Burt Bacharach Wrote That. And You Can Dance to It.
SF Classical Voice: Sway to the Music of Burt Bacharach With Mark Morris and Company
The iconic choreographer Mark Morris, whom The New Yorker described as “undeviating in his devotion to music,” never fails to surprise. Indeed, after making dances set to such composers as Handel, Monteverdi, Mozart, and Schumann, the New York-based artist created a global hit with his 2017 full-evening Pepperland, a groundbreaking terpsichorean tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
And now? Cue the music of Burt Bacharach — with lyrics by Hal David…
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Where do you go after The Beatles? If you’re Mark Morris, the answer is Burt Bacharach. The ever-musical choreographer follows 2017’s Pepperland with The Look of Love, collaborating with composer Ethan Iverson to plumb Bacharach’s songbook of chart-toppers.
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The Beatles got the Mark Morris treatment — reverent irreverence — in 2017’s “Pepperland.” Now Morris takes on the music of Burt Bacharach, in “The Look of Love.” The evening-length work features 14 Bacharach songs in new arrangements by Ethan Iverson, with costumes by the frequent Morris collaborator Isaac Mizrahi.