Photo: Ken Friiedman ACIS AND GALATEA
Choreography: Mark Morris
Music: Handel (arr. Mozart) – Acis and Galatea, K.566 (1718/1788)
Set Design: Adrianne Lobel
Costume Design: Isaac Mizrahi
Lighting Design: Michael Chybowski
Instrumentation: orchestra and chorus; Galatea (soprano); Acis (tenor); Damon (tenor); Polyphemus (bass‐baritone)
Number of dancers: 18
Number of dancers: 18
Running time: Act I: 41 minutes / Act II: 56 minutes; one intermission
Premiere: April 25, 2014
Zellerbach Hall, Cal Performances, Berkeley, California
Acis and Galatea is a Mark Morris Dance Group / Cal Performances, Berkeley / Celebrity Series of Boston production, in association with
association
with Harriman‐Jewell Series, Kansas City; Krannert
Harriman‐Jewell Series Kansas City; Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana‐
Center for the Performing Arts University of Illinois at Urbana‐
Champaign; and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
“…a new jewel in Morris’ crown.”
– The New Yorker
“The ggeometries – we see the dancers in foursomes, couples,
p
trios, rings,
g lines, triangles
g
– are
impressive; and marvels occur, felicitously timed and phrased.”
‐ The New York Times
“A memorable performance of mythic proportions.”
‐ Kansas City Metropolis Arts Journal
“Morris can articulate, with the tiniest of lifts, the paradoxical mixture of sensuality and solemnity.”
‐ San Francisco Classical Voice