But having so much of the choreography revolve around the crocodiles distracts from the most ravishing part of Cambodian dance: how the movement of the arms gives the body a spiraling elasticity, and how a supple back continues that energetic line to extremely flexed fingertips and toes.
A passage of footwork may suddenly tie in to a figure in the musical accompaniment, a sudden lift may catch a salient note in Orbison's singing, a dancer may arch back on a closing chord, but much of the choreography floats around the music.
There he works out choreography, dancing around the coffee table and the tiger lilies, or sometimes making pictures in his mind, sitting with his eyes closed in an overstuffed leather chair next to the tape-and-CD player on the bookshelf.
It was like watching carefully crafted choreography as Twitter bounced around and Facebooked echoed as a video platform called YouTube anchored the launch of her campaign.
Ever since 2010, an odd choreography has developed around budget time between George Osborne and the media.
But his repertory, along with ballets by Robbins, Mr. Ratmansky and Mr. Wheeldon, keeps her at the company, along with a philosophy that revolves around choreography, not stars.
Unlike some of his previous pure-dance pieces, "Hi Everybody!" integrates text into the choreography and tosses around political issues as well as dance and acting styles.
