DANCE TROUPE’S THEATER PIECES, REVIVING A HISTORIC PAST
BERKELEY, CA—-Always count on the dean of US modern-dance choreographers, Mark Morris, 67, to pull rabbits out of the hat. The company director has lost none of his mojo. The Mark Morris Dance Group did a rarity at Zellerbach Hall. Not only was MM’s “Via Dolorosa” a world premiere, but it was the first time in memory that the veteran ever tackled a sacred-religious theme in dance with his troupe. His dancers—nine of them here, all stellar interchangeable parts—are exquisitely…