(noticia) Mark Morris: A Balance of Stillness and Razzmatazz

By Sarah Kaufman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, February 13, 2006; Page C01


Mark Morris dancers in a Schubertian "Rock of Ages." (By Susana Millman -- Mark Morris Dance Group)

Dancing itself was the subject of the Mark Morris Dance Group program this weekend at George Mason University's Center for the Arts.

In his 25 years as head of one of the most acclaimed modern dance companies in the world, Morris has worked on both grand and intimate scales, creating witty romps full of naughty bits and magnificent abstractions that spring from musical masterpieces. But Friday's program had a deeply personal feel, not only because Morris himself danced -- an increasingly rare event -- but because the works delved into the power of dancing to bridge the gap between alone and abyss.

The program opened with the equivalent of a fireworks display in "From Old Seville," a flamenco-inspired gem in which Morris, who turns 50 this year, flaunts both his heel-drilling footwork and his funny bone.

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