Dance: ‘Four Quartets’ at Bard/Summerscape

T.S. Eliot (1888-1965) has the pride of place among Dead White Authors.  His posh boarding school, Ivy League and ex-pat background makes him untouchable in English departments and on bloggie lists of "GREATEST WRITERS EVER."  Still, there are times when the heart of even an overrated writer's work created at the expense of a mentally-ill first wife is laid bare.  Thanks to choreographer Pam Tanowitz and her company, composer Kaija Saariaho, artist Brice Marden, musicians of The Knights and most of all actress Kathleen Chalfant, Eliot's Four Quartets's is not for post-docs alone.  It is unfortunate that there were only three performances of this

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