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Have you seen Morris dance?

2010-11-01T10:25:00.000-07:00

I could not get my eyes off of her, relation of the scenery and an inclined roof top level She dances on are equally interesting. Dancer manages to produce compelling movement that comes across engaging through video.....[view whole article here]

The Gathering: The Exponential celebrates the release of their first album

2010-01-15T19:19:00.001-08:00

The Gathering: The Exponential celebrates the release of their first album

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The Ones to Watch

2008-11-08T22:46:00.000-08:00

Chicago Tribune November 7, 2008

"She's one of our most important recent grads," says Bonnie Brooks. "She has a kind of intelligence that's not just an intellectual smartness--although she definitely has that, too. But she's got a kind of soul and spirit and body knowledge... FULL ARTICLE

Time Out Chicago

2008-11-08T22:42:00.000-08:00

Critics' Picks October 9-15

Talented young choreographer... FULL ARTICLE

Critic's Choice

2008-11-08T22:12:00.000-08:00

Chicago Reader July 6, 2007 buy Laura Molzahn

Margaret Morris's Laying of Hands has the passion of youth and at least some of the wisdom of age. In this accomplished hour-long dance for five, she aims to look at healing, but her starting point is violence. Morris, a 2005 Columbia College grad who received a Chicago Dancemakers Forum grant to create the piece, isn't afraid to use straightforward movement--and it's shocking early on when... FULL ARTICLE

Hot Dance

2008-11-08T18:33:00.000-08:00

Hot dance on stage and (small) screen tonight
Posted in Dance by Asimina Chremos on June 19th, 2008

Fans of the local jazz music scene know and love Nicole Mitchell, the ultracreative flutist, composer and bandleader. Turns out Margaret Morris, one of my favorite dancer-choregraphers, is bringing her vibrant, passionate improvisational stylings to Mitchell’s Xenogenesis Suite ...FULL ARTICLE

Hands

2008-11-08T18:23:00.000-08:00

‘Hands’ a zeitgeist of fear and trembling

By Sid Smith and Tribune Arts Critic
July 09, 2007

In biblical tradition, the laying of hands evokes such benign forces as blessing and healing. But in “Laying of Hands,” from Margaret Morris Dance, the landscape is one of angst, feral animosity and apocalypse... FULL ARTICLE

Healing Hands

2008-11-08T17:41:00.000-08:00

Time Out Chicago / Issue 123 : Jul 5–11, 2007
Healing Hands
In her first major work, Margaret Morris aims to mend your mind.

By Asimina Chremos

Margaret Morris is one of the most promising young choreographers coming out of Chicago. Only 26 years old, Morris has a daring and progressive vision. Her burgeoning talent was recognized by the Chicago... FULL ARTICLE

'Hands' a Zeitgeist of fear and trembling--Chicago Tribune

2007-09-12T12:04:00.000-07:00

by Sid Smith, Tribune Arts Critic

In Biblical tradition, the laying of hands invokes such benign forces as blessing and healing. But in "Laying of Hands," fro Margaret Morris Dance, the landscape is one of angst, feral animosity and apocalypse. This may not be the way the world ends, necessarily, but it is where the world has brought itself....

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