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Mark Morris Dance Group

Mark Morris Dance Group

Facing the music

by Stephanie Rieke

posted 9/1/2005

For some time now, concert dance has been losing its footing with audiences. Back in the golden era of Balanchine and the Bolshoi, when Broadway and PBS productions enthusiastically embraced it, dance was a growth industry. Kids flocked to ballet classes, and adults snapped up tickets. Baryshnikov became a rakish movie star in The Turning Point. Dance was

 
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