She describes the choreographer's Seattle childhood: a loving family excellent early dance training intense involvement in an extraordinary folk dancing group (Koleda). Acocella has interviewed Morris, as well as his family, friends, dancers-and critics-at length. She also presents an infinitely more human, appealing Morris than is usually portrayed. Acocella (dance critic for New York's Daily News) has long championed Morris: here, by chronicling his early life and examining his works, she presents an extraordinary primer not only on how a choreographer develops but also on what dance can mean- and how it works. Choreographer Mark Morris always elicits extreme reactions in audiences-but even those who hate, or are baffled by, his work can't deny that he's one of the most important creative figures in dance.
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