Mark Morris Dance Group at the Williams Center

Simply “the most successful and influential choreographer alive” (The New York Times), Mark Morris has a limitless capacity to touch every emotion. His dances—repeatedly described as masterpieces—reflect his insightful musicality and an extraordinary grasp of human feeling, from the trifling to the profound. This Williams Center debut program realizes Morris’ particular genius, inspired by such wide-ranging ideas as those expressed in Mendelssohn’s “Songs without Words,” the music and poetry of self-described “Oblique Musical Philosopher” Ivor Cutler, and Lou Harrison’s “Grand Duo for Violin and Piano.” Live musical performance accompanies the program.

Program: Words (2014) set to Felix Mendelssohn’s “Songs without Words;” A Wooden Tree (2012), set to words and music by Ivor Cutler; Grand Duo (1993) set to Lou Harrison’s “Grand Duo for Violin and Piano.”