Joan Acocella states in an essay about music and its importance to Mark Morris, “Structure gives us freedom,” (166). Structure and freedom, however, appear to be in opposition of one another. Acocella contents that it is with knowing and understanding structure that we can learn to break it. In Mark Morris’ choreography, he loves the clarity of structure that is afforded by working with a composition of music. Moreover, his work is a, “physical act of musical understanding,” (162). Therefore, each stretch of an arm or lift of a leg is present in the score. In understanding the structure of the music, however, Morris allows himself to play with it and adapt it to what he needs. As a result, he finds freedom within structure. The entire idea of structure in most art forms is hard to conceptualize. Art is perceived as something that is wholly creative. There are no limits or definitions, just exploration. Imagine if Picasso had to work within structure? Then his noses would not be where his mouths are. Interestingly, however, technique is an important part of the creative process. Whether it is singing, dance, theater, photography or art, there are specific structured techniques for each form. In theater many actors are trained by method, in which they work on a character externally then internally. In addition, playing an instrument requires rigid technique of which button to press or chord to play to produce a specific sound. So it is with dance as well, that technique is extremely important. People must remember that even though something can be expressive, this does not mean that it was not founded in structure and technique.  In the case of Mark Morris his work might seem chaotic and unplanned to the untrained eye, but it is very structured and disciplined.  Unlike many other choreographers, however, his structure is formulated by the music more so than the dance.