MoveTube: Mark Morris is a Dido to die for

Dancer Mark Morris doesn't miss a beat in his 1989 production of Dido and Aeneas – combining masculinity, femininity and musicality in one astonishing performanceDido and Aeneas is one of the operas most often set to dance, but for me no version goes so deep into Purcell's music and drama as Mark Morris's 1989 production.This clip of Dido's Lament and Death gives just a taste of the vivid, saturated eclecticism of Morris's style. In the opening 50 seconds, the heavy, measured tread of the danc...

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