Tuesday evening, Ms. Griffin will present four pieces on a program shared with Adam Hougland, a 1999 graduate.
He will present new works set to music by Paul McCartney and leading gospel singers, on a program shared with Sharon Wong and Hope Boykin.
Maxine Steinman, who has performed with Eleo Pomare and other interesting modern-dance choreographers, will present work on a program shared with Raymundo Costa.
Troika Ranch, which uses digital software tools to create visual and aural material, will present "Suite Devo" on a program shared with Joshua Fried.
The Arthur Aviles Typical Theater will perform tomorrow night on a program shared with Matthew Brookoff, Nathalie Claude from Montreal, Kate O'Neal from Los Angeles and New York's own Jody Sperling.
Festival (through July 7) In addition to Pavel Zustiak's "Painted Bird" trilogy (which has its own listing), this week's highlights at La MaMa include "NY/Urbana" (Friday and Sunday), a program shared by Jennifer Monson, Renée Wadleigh, Renée Archibald and Niall Jones.
And the evening, though a long three hours, was worth the battle, largely because of two pieces by Tatyana Baganova, in a program shared with three choreographers from the Kinetic company.
Ms. Fonaroff also presented choreography that year in a program shared with fellow Graham dancers Jean Erdman and Merce Cunningham, his first formal presentation of his own work in New York.
Biochemist Susan Gerbi of Brown University, who served on a National Academies' panel that recommended NIH adopt such a program, shares West's concern about stingy start-up packages.
One item on the agenda presented by Tulane's president, Scott S. Cowen, is a discussion of a playoff where all Division I-A programs share postseason money, an arrangement similar to the N.C.A.A. basketball tournament.
Australia's competition regulator approved a program-sharing deal by two pay television operators -- Optus, part of Singapore Telecommunications, and Foxtel, owned by News Corporation, Telstra and Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd.
