Christoph Niemann drew outlines of a human head on the ground, and Stephen Wilkes photographed the Momix dance troupe filling the space with their bodies.
This allows the troupe to fill the vacuum by checking their cellphones, reading magazines or, in one hilarious (and withering) sequence, running footage from the Kenneth Branagh movie "Hamlet" instead.
MOISÉS VILLE, Argentina — At its height in the 1940s, this outpost on Argentina's grasslands had four synagogues for a population of 5,000, a theater for Yiddish-language acting troupes, a newspaper filled with feverish debates about the creation of the state of Israel and saloons where Jewish gauchos galloping in from the pampas could nurse a drink alongside fellow cowhands.
Lynn Dally, the troupe's artistic director, filled the show with stylistic surprises.
There had, of course, been rock-and-roll concerts before the Mime Troupe appeal; the Beatles had filled Shea Stadium a few months earlier.
Coming from a more offbeat angle is Pigpen, a theater troupe that has created marvelous plays filled with humor, puppetry, storytelling and excellent songs.
"The Dance We Dance," a suite of excerpts from the repertory of this 20-year-old troupe, suggested a tradition of inspirational dancing filled with passion as well as technical skill.
The stage becomes the big top, with the clown troupe the New York Goofs and a carnival filled with jugglers, magicians and mimes.
I loved the live show filled with great Bollywood songs, performed by a fabulous troupe of dancers and singers.
ODONATA DANCE PROJECT (Tonight through Sunday) After many showcase appearances, this troupe offers its first full-scale program which promises to be filled with high heels, bare feet, big hair, palm trees and fishnet stockings.
