Even fans without instruments contribute to the constant din, dancing in the aisles and cheering or booing spectacular and routine plays alike.
Against a bare black set with a white floor and two large elevated video monitors, the 11 performers are all in constant motion dancing and singing, but four characters are central.
In nice weather, the sidewalk cafes are filled with people all day and into the night, and there is a constant parade of concerts, dancing and jugglers.
Yet they maintain a constant, magnetic stage presence, dancing and singing at Fela's nightclub, the Shrine, in the Lagos of the late '70s.
One of the most important parts of DJing is transitioning between songs, matching beats so that the beat remains constant, letting people continue dancing, uninterrupted.
Within this constant swirl of movement — each section features six couples — Ms. Childs creates a dance about dancing that is not only mathematically, but also emotionally, sound.
"Social dancing such as swing requires constant, split-second decision-making.
Apart from the innumerable such masterstrokes, all of which support the frequent contention that Mr. Cunningham is the greatest of living choreographers, the Beacon Event on Saturday was also a constant display of the stylistic particularities of Cunningham dancing.
