The publishing of David Foster Wallace’s last novel, The Pale King, unfinished at the time of his death, has brought on yet another torrent of writing about DFW. I can’t think of another writer whose legacy is shaped quite like his. His writing is brilliant and penetrating, and the cadence of his style is infectious […]
Mark Morris
The Indelibles
Mark Morris Dance Company performing V Some of the artists I love have achieved the state of being apotheosized. They have become, for me, untouchable and unconditionally cherished. The Indelibles. I’m sure you have your elite corps too, the ones that have connected with you at such a deep place that they are immune to […]
Keep Here Your Watch, and Never Part
Seeing Mark Morris dance the part of Dido and her alter ego The Sorceress at the Boston premiere of “Dido and Aeneas” in 1989 was one of those nights at the theatre I’ve never forgotten. What a fortuitous combination of Purcell’s music, exquisitely ordered but emotionally fraught, with Morris’ infectiously seductive, inventive and extremely contemporary […]