But Mr. Houston-Jones appears only in the beginning, embracing and blindfolding a man (Arturo Vidich) whose full face we never see, and offering a too-brief solo that is something of an overture: a hinging, fluid dance that seethes with an almost feral desire.
"Serving Nia" is a swimmingly fluid dance, and among six women a male trio, Vernard J. Gilmore, Matthew Rushing and Glenn A. Sims, performs with stunning lyrical power.
And, this isn't just the latest trend, it reflects our new understanding of gender--not simply I Tarzan/ You Jane, not simply Nature, not simply even Nature and Nurture, but a complex fluid dance we are only beginning to understand.
Another highlight was Cloud Gate's "Moon Water," in which Mr. Lin extended tai chi principles into an expressively fluid dance vocabulary that related to metaphors of water and moonlight as symbols of illusion.
The point is that I had gone to a piano bar, and I had certain understandable expectations: lush, romantic music; the fluid dance of fingers across a keyboard; a trip back through time.
A choreographer known for her interest in fluid dance forms offers "The Match," a quartet for Wally Cardona, Mark Lorimer, Chrysa Parkinson and Ros Warby.
