A cluster of bodies shifts about the stage, forming, re-forming and pulled apart, as if by some gentle natural impulse, for moments of partnered and individual dancing.
In Jerome Robbins's "I'm Old Fashioned: The Astaire Variations," Rebecca Krohn's way of lingering on a beat or a step is the most individual dancing she has yet given us.
Widdecombe – who survived to week 10 of the 2010 series despite, or possibly because of a highly individual dancing style ("I wouldn't call that dancing, dear") – told the Guardian that Balls's performance in the waltz had been much better than her own.
The overboard reception has noted not just the astonishing individual dancing — especially by the new soloists Natalia Osipova, 21, and Ivan Vasiliev, 18 — but also the overall look, speed and spirit of this revitalized company under Alexei Ratmansky, now in his third year as artistic director.
Glimmers of individual dancing shine through — Sara Mearns's tranquil pointwork or the way Jennie Somogyi throws her head back and lingers in an arch — but much of the three-section work is so stilted that by the time the final movement, "Chain to the Rhythm," rolls around, the couples just seem shackled.
Some footage appeared to show an almost carnival atmosphere early in the day, with Michael Jackson music blaring and an individual dancing in the street with a guitar.
It is not just that his pieces erupt unexpectedly in often empty galleries, with individuals and groups dancing and singing and engaging visitors in provocative dialogues.
I wasn't sure how the Ailey Dancers would respond to my brand of improv -- and it would be more than fair to say that I was just a little intimidated by the virtuosic dancing and their individual dance celebrity status working on my brand of post-modern dance gumbo.
The paradox of this production is that, from that opening scene onward, the characters never register more fully as individuals than when they're dancing in an ensemble.
We always have to leave our individual marks on the party by dancing with a girl.
