Choreographer Mark Morris brings the Beatles-inspired ‘Pepperland’ to Beverly Hills

Choreographer Mark Morris didn’t hesitate when the city of Liverpool, England, asked him to create a new dance for the 2017 celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”
“I said yes, obviously,” says Morris, whose Brooklyn-based Mark Morris Dance Group has been widely acclaimed since its founding in 1980.
Which is not to say he was entirely sure how his interpretation of the Beatles’ legendary album wo