Just as skilfully, he shows God slowly coming back to life as the sound of a swelling celebratory hymn inspires him to dance a sweet and hopeful jig.
The thrill of fantasy strikes him late one night when, laboring alone in his workshop to the loud sound of hip-hop, he does some erotic gyrations with the bar of metal he's working with and then bursts into a thrilling dance of sweet reminiscence (one of Tatum's athletic moves reminds me of a 1953 turn by Bobby Van).
They are attractive, hard-bodied students, aspiring actors and the like, who are paid to dance at sweet 16's, corporate parties and the occasional wedding, but most of all bar mitzvahs or bat mitzvahs, where the presence of three generations of partygoers, among them dozens of 13-year-olds, creates the potential for even the most carefully engineered affair to dissolve into boredom or chaos.
Dance on, sweet streaker, and may the message written across your chest spread across our quickly-deteriorating world.
While the former is making what should be all the right moves to woo his lady friend, the other is winning her over on the sly with his cheesy dance moves, sweet sequined blazer, and sense of humor.
Other bronze medalists danced solos: "Sweet Sorrow," a stormy piece for Ms. Valentine; "Time," a solo for Mr. Agoudine filled with sudden changes in dynamics; and "Possession," in which Mr. Jordan appeared to explore strange, and possibly dangerous, territory.
Every so often, Okpokwasili breaks into a spasm-filled dance or a sweet melody.
How high has anticipation been running for the Museum of Modern Art's fall atrium dance series, "Some sweet day"?
Elias Araya's drumming hinted, temperately, at dance music in "Sweet and Bitter," which even had some electronic handclaps.
They present a playful dance of the sweet and the salty, the sour and the fiery.
