Great Performances

Season 42, Episode 12

Episode Title: Mark Morris Dance Group: L'Allegro

Air Date: 2015-03-27

Overview:

Choreographer Mark Morris’s signature work comes to television for the first time, hosted by Mikhail Baryshnikov. Morris garnered international fame for this piece, set to George Frideric Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato with poetry by Milton. This performance was filmed July 2014 at the Teatro Real in Madrid, Spain.