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Article: The Mark Morris Dance Company, The Armitage Ballet and Peter Martins. (Dance) (column)
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- The Nation
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- March 12, 1988
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The Mark Morris Dance Company
The Mark Morris Dance Company
The Armitage Ballet Peter Martins
During the 1980s we've witnessed a change in the way dancers treat the past: Where they used to dismiss or exploit its ideas, they now pay homage to its facts. The homage takes various forms; most obvious are the reconstructions and revivals that have tried for accuracy in detail as well as in general atmosphere. Among them are four imposing works by George Balanchine (Gounod Symphony, Divertimento, Concierto de Mozart and Symphonie Concertante); a fair amount of early Graham, including two persuasive monuments to her 1930s company of women ...