Voice of Dance

Mark Morris: Intimate Portraits

Mark Morris (1984). Photo by Peggy Jarrell Kaplan.

The Museum of Performance & Design’s current exhibition in San Francisco offers intimate portraits of choreographer Mark Morris by luminaries of the lens such as Annie Leibovitz, William Wegman and Martin Shoeller. The 16 portraits (three more hang in the lobby of the War Memorial Opera House) were taken between 1984 and 2008 and originally included in an exhibition at Lincoln Center to celebrate the Mark Morris Dance Group’s 25th anniversary.

The exhibit makes its way to the Bay Area for San Francisco Ballet’s All-Morris program in March and the Mark Morris Dance Group’s upcoming performances of L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato at Cal Performances in May.

Mark Morris: Portraits will be on exhibit at the Museum of Performance & Design, 401 Van Ness Ave., 4th floor, in San Francisco, through March 25, 2009. Admission is free.

-JM