Phoenix rising: Beyer Blinder Belle designs a Brooklyn headquarters for the Mark Morris Dance Group.(Brief Article)

Interior Design, September, 2001 by Hill, Jeff

ONE OF MODERN dance's brightest stars, Mark Morris has been shaking up the establishment for 20 years with his harmoniously eclectic works, which mix Eastern and Western cultures, traditional and avant-garde movement, and a variety of musical styles ranging from Baroque to punk rock. After years of working in a cramped Manhattan space, Morris finally has a state-of-the-art facility of his own in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, right across the street from the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where many of his dances have premiered. "In 1988, Mark Morris Dance Group began a three-year stint in Belgium as the official company of the Theatre de la Monnaie," begins Michael Osso, director of development and marketing. "There we had access to our own studios, orchestra, and administrative...

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