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Choreographer Jones will be in residence
By Christine Kosonen | March 25, 1996Continuing his brave and powerful work as one of America's most potent contemporary choreographers, Bill T.
Christine Kosonen
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Concerts feature music, comedy
By Christine Kosonen | March 25, 1996George Clinton and the P. Funk All-Stars, the Fugees to appear
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Jojouka musicians to perform tonight
By Christine Kosonen | October 12, 1995Over the centuries they havve mystified pilgrims and princes, a Moslem saint and the Rolling Stones, and tonight the Master Musicians of Jajouka will caste their spell over Spaulding Auditorium. From their remote village in northern Morocco, the 4,000 year old rock 'n roll band leads off a 17-city U.S.
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Dance company does not disappoint
By Christine Kosonen | October 10, 1995Proving once again who is the hottest ticket in dance today, Mark Morris Dance Group stunned the sold-out audience last night in its first performance at the Moore Theater. Part stylist and part illusionist, Morris freely incorporates the classic and the avant-garde, the elegant and the awkward, to present an eclectic movement style of juxtapositions which speaks about a similar mix in life. In "Lucky Charms," a cross between chorus line pizzazz and sobering sculptural escapades, dancers donned in vibrant sequins flash jazz hands in kick formations and flittering games of hide-and-seek. With a flip in lights, Morris, always playful provocateur, commands an unexpected recognition of weight.
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Morris dance company to perform at the Hop
By Christine Kosonen | October 9, 1995Often whimsical and slightly outrageous but always propelled from the heart, the Mark Morris Dance Group will perform tonight at the Moore Theater. Since founding his company in 1980, Mark Morris has earned a reputation for writing his own rules as the country's hottest young choreographer.