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By JANINE PARKER | July 2, 2008

Tanglewood Music Center Fellow Kiu Tung Poon stealthily followed Barber’s mood swings, the bluesy section creeping up like that one drink too many. Morris’s response to Barber’s piece transforms Excursions from a fun romp to a poignantly abstract comment on the individual’s struggle to find a reason to keep getting up in the morning. Here’s to January 20, 2009.

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ARTICLES BY JANINE PARKER

YOUNG AND OLD | July 02, 2008
The presence of company veterans infuses Mark Morris Dance Group with a maturity that both grounded and lifted this presentation to a higher plane.

RICH MENU | August 29, 2007
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago proved a worthy finale for Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival’s 75th-anniversary season.

PILLOW TALKING | August 15, 2007
Last summer, Los Angeles Times dance critic Lewis Segal suggested that ballet is dying an ugly, boring death.

NOT QUITE NINA | May 07, 2009
On hearing the opening notes of the Kronos Quartet composition and seeing the dancers lit in sunny yellow, I feared we were about to be subjected to one of those “up with people” ballets.