Mark Morris Dance Group's
The Look of Love
An Evening of Dance to the Music of Burt Bacharach
DATE: Wednesday, Nov. 20, 7pm
LOCATION: Baum Walker Hall at Walton Arts Center
TICKETS: $10
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Following the roaring success of his Beatles tribute Pepperland, Mark Morris teams up again with musical collaborator Ethan Iverson for The Look of Love, a wistful and heartfelt homage to the chart-topping songs of Burt Bacharach. Bacharach was a towering figure in popular music, known for soaring melodies and unique orchestrations influenced by jazz, rock and Brazilian music paired with longtime lyricist Hal David's unsentimental, poignant lyrics. This evening-length work features original choreography by Morris and new musical arrangements by Iverson, performed by an ensemble of piano, trumpet, bass and drums, with singer, actress and Broadway star Marcy Harriell (In the Heights, Rent) on lead vocals.
SONG LIST FOR THE PERFORMANCE:
- Alfie
- What the World Needs Now
- I’ll Never Fall in Love Again
- Message to Michael
- Raindrops Keep Falling on My
- Head
- Do You Know the Way to San
- Jose
- Anyone Who Had a Heart
- Walk on By
- Don’t Make Me Over
- Are You There (With Another
- Girl)
- The Blob
- Always Something There to
- Remind Me
- The Look of Love
- I Say a Little Prayer
10x10 Feature: Mark Morris Dance Group
Following the roaring success of his Beatles tribute Pepperland, Mark Morris teams up again with musical collaborator Ethan Iverson for The Look of Love ...
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