DOUBLE TAKES.(Paul Taylor's "Promethean Fire"; Mark Morris Dance Group)(Dance Review)

Paul Taylor had a little fun with the press recently. When his "Promethean Fire"was unveiled at the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina, last June, some reviewers speculated that the piece--with its big cast (the whole company), its black costumes and black backdrop, its saints-in-an-altarpiece formations--might be about the events of September 11th. Prior to the work's New York premiere at City Center a few weeks ago, Gia Kourlas asked Taylor about this, for the Times. He answered that if he was thinking about anything when he made "Promethean Fire"it was "Fantasia."Once he said this, you could see it. His piece, like Disney's movie, opens with Bach's ...