Article: Field of Dreams. (Paul Taylor Dance Company, City Center Theater, New York, New York, October 26-November 7, 1993)

Paul Taylor's all-too-short annual New York season almost literally started with a whimper Without the expected conductor taking his place, the lights dimmed the curtain rose, and Taylor's yeasty, mercurial marvel from 1982 called Mercuric Tidings was performed to a tinny tape recording of its vibrant Schubert score. My heart sank as a dance that is crafted to soar was nearly flattened by its wanly canned music.

Some of the new Mercuric cast members (Taylor's company has five new names on the roster this season) were given the unhappy task of reviving a formerly brilliant work in enervating circumstances. Still, as the shock settled, one noted the vivifying ...

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