In the middle of Beethoven’s “Diabelli Variations,” from 1823, the pianist’s left hand starts rocking up and down the keyboard in a pattern that sounds uncannily...
And then there is Memoli’s material, which takes the dance back to a time when Tharp was in her 50s and improvising to explore classical technique,...
Last night, however, that conceit did not bother me at all. Perhaps Teddy Bergman’s exuberant production somehow softened the approach, or perhaps I felt less defensive...
