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Bach On Tap Shoes: Tiptoeing Through The 'Goldberg Variations'

Watch Caleb Teicher tap his way through Bach's Goldberg Variations with pianist Conrad Tao at the Steinway factory in New York.
Pianist Conrad Tao and dancer Caleb Teicher perform music from J.S. Bach's <em>Goldberg Variations.</em>

Although was probably no tap-dancer, he did know something about dancing. The , and that populate his various suites are, essentially, stylized dance movements that can

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