It's a shame that work within such a narrow register should serve as an introduction to Carte Blanche, which was created in 1989 and has some powerhouse dancers.
But Shani Collins and Camille Brown are a wonder, two powerhouse dancers whose characters' anguished, confused love for each other is almost palpable.
It could turn RNZB into quite a powerhouse, encouraging native dancers and choreographers to stay down under and be a part of it.
And his dancers are fearlessly individual powerhouse performers.
The inaugural season moves into 2019 with three powerhouse women: the boundary-smashing acrobat-dancer-comedian Adrienne Truscott, the Irish actor and Beckett specialist Lisa Dwan and the multidisciplinary phenom Ayesha Jordan.
Musical numbers get a boost from three female singers, led by powerhouse Markesha Chatfield, and four male dancers.
These four dancers are powerhouses; at times, as they advanced, retreated from, advanced again on the audience, you felt your breath catching.
Kimberly Ann Cole, in "Tones," had set the pace with her panther act, but it took Mr. Bre's "Rhythms of Life," with its whirlwind beginning, set to Dido's lament from "Dido and Aeneas," to get the full measure of the wonderful dancers -- especially Aisha Francis, a small powerhouse, and Michael Hayes, a large powerhouse, along with Richard Baker, Ms. Cole, Danielle Hobbs and Traci Luv Prince.
Hope Boykin This choreographer and dancer captured the attention of audiences with her powerhouse performances for the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater -- particularly her role in the production of Odetta.
