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Mark Morris Dance Group brings all to the Schwartz Center
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Long considered the flamboyant bad-boy of postmodern dance, Mark Morris brought his troupe to the Schwartz Center on March 15 and 16, to present “All Fours” set to Bartók’s feisty String Quartet No. 4 and “Violet Cavern” set to music by the jazz trio The Bad Plus, who performed live in the pit. Both pieces were more muted than the outrageous Morris choreography that scintillated audiences and scandalized critics in the ’80’s and ’90’s when Morris’ — often literal — cheekiness onstage rivaled the audacity of his acerbic tongue off it.