Mark Morris is not a filmmaker or a writer but he's a dancer, choreographer and a director (artistic). He's retired as a dancer now. I was checking Wikipedia on who were the people that were born today and I found out that it's his birthday.

His company, the Mark Morris Dance Company, also calls Fort Greene home just like Brooklyn Young Filmmakers Center. That's probably the best things that I love about Fort Greene -- it has a thriving artistic community just from a couple blocks away you have BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), The Paul Robeson Theater, BCAT, Brooklyn Music School and Urban Glass.

I was first introduced to these organization through a program called High 5. It's a program helped me as a high school student to go and experience New York City's best plays, dance, music and other performances. If you're between the ages of 13 to 18 you can go through this program too. The tickets are just $5 and the shows are listed in a catalog delivered to your school. If you don't have it you can visit their website and see which shows you can go see.

I'm glad Mark Morris opened his company in Fort Greene. It's a great asset to the neighborhood. So here's a "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" to Mark Morris from India!

Do you have a favorite artistic institution/group or theater? What is it and why do you like it?