A wonderful interview with Amber Star Merkens

…of Mark Morris Dance Group, by Gia Kourlas, in TimeOut.
She’ll be dancing the roles of  Dido and the Sorceress in Morris’s Dido and Aeneas at Mostly Mozart this week. I’ve always found her a fascinating dancer.
One of my favorite passages from the interview:

“It really is being like carried along by the music…. I basically feel like I’m also singing the role, which is thrilling for me. It almost feels like the music is coming up through me [from the pit]….It feels like you’re singing what you’re saying.”