I like working with grown-up dancers much better, because t… - Mark Morris

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I like working with grown-up dancers much better, because there’s somebody to talk to at the airport when you’re delayed. In the middle of class, they hate me for it, but I always say, ‘What are you reading right now?’ or ‘Did you see this movie?’ or ‘Who wrote that piece of music?’ I do little quizzes to keep people involved and not just to become robotic dancing machines, because I hate to watch that.

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Mark William Morris (August 29, 1956) is an American dancer, choreographer and director.

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