Ms. Tharp, now 70 and a grandmother, has long been known for her iconoclastic works, which datebackto 1965 and range from stark cerebral dances to grander ballet spectacles.
After pushing back the original construction finish datefrom 2016 to 2020 in March 2010, project leaders admitted that the city would need to import much of its electricity and that plans for electric transport pods (part of a personal rapid transit system) would not be feasible citywide.