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Friday and Saturday at 7 30 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m., Baryshnikov Arts Center, 450 West 37th Street, Manhattan, (866) 811-4111, bacnyc.org; $20. (Sulcas) Naomi Goldberg Haas / Dances for a Variable Population (Friday and Saturday) Work created for outdoor performances comes indoors in Ms. Haas's "Out to In," performed alongside "Short Bits" to a collage from Radiolab WNYC.

At 7 30 p.m., Baryshnikov Arts Center, 450 West 37th Street, Manhattan, (866) 811-4111, bacnyc.org; $20. (Sulcas) Naomi Goldberg Haas / Dances for a Variable Population (Thursday, through Oct. 15) Work created for outdoor performances comes indoors in Ms. Haas's "Out to In," performed alongside "Short Bits" to a collage from Radiolab WNYC.

One of the cleverest performances comes from Aaron Neil, who is implacably dopey and complacent as police commissioner Sully Kassam.

His characteristic self-conscious refinement, which in some of his performances comes across as mannered, here seemed just another level of stylization.

One of the most brilliantly dislocated performances comes from PC Music crew member Felicita, commissioned to collaborate with the traditional Polish dance company Śląsk.

The warning from the BBC not to engage in comments online about the contestants' performances comes as the youngest ever competitor, Martha Collison, a 17-year-old school girl, is about to enter the baking tent.

The great performances came elsewhere.

So where do the performances come from?

Two of Durant's worst performances came in those games.

Ironically, their best performances came in the defeats to Australia and New Zealand.

Strong supporting performances come from rising stars Brad Pitt and Michael Madsen.