In addition to expanding the Ailey repertory with works by artists as diverse as Kyle Abraham, Mauro Bigonzetti, Ronald K. Brown, Rennie Harris, and Paul Taylor, Mr. Battle has also instituted the New Directions Choreography Lab to help develop the next generation of choreographers.
Last year, she received a grant to develop the play with a choreographer, a director, and a cast of actors and dancers.
Ms. Anthony, a veteran choreographer and performer and a teacher who has played a quietly influential role in developing the dancers and choreographers of today, will present a program of her own work and dances by Bertram Ross, Mary Ford and dancers from the Martha Graham School.
This is the idea behind PopAction technique, a movement system developed by the choreographer Elizabeth Streb.
"Contact," developed by the choreographer Susan Stroman and the writer John Weidman, consists of three scenes, each involving dancers performing to recorded music.
The director Wim Wenders, below, said he would move ahead with a 3-D film project he had begun developing with the choreographer Pina Bausch, The Guardian reported.
Ms. Zuk is a former member of the Batsheva Dance Company, and she teaches Gaga, the inhibition-releasing movement language developed by the choreographer Ohad Naharin, who has been the dominant dance influence in Israel for at least a decade.
Mr. Goldstein's argument mirrored that of the musicians' union: Unlike traditional musicals, "Contact," developed by the choreographer Susan Stroman and the writer John Weidman at the Lincoln Center Theater, contains no original score, singing or live orchestra.
Many of them were recorded in an efficient and detailed form of dance notation mostly developed by the choreographer and balletmaster Raoul-Auger Feuillet, whose treatise "Chorégraphie, ou L'Art de Décrire la Danse," published in 1700, was soon translated into English.
Anderson's role in the original Star Wars trilogy was highlighted in the film Reclaiming the Blade, where he shares his experiences as the fight choreographer developing the lightsaber techniques for the movies.
