And some of the staging, as when dancers clumsily enacted Siegfried's sword-forging scene while he stood there flexing his muscles, looked downright silly.

Here all 10 dancers in Ms. Chouinard's company enact bizarre rituals in sleek, Eurotrashy costumes - an all-too-chic "Sacre du Printemps."

The dancers enact the story being retold, and the music finally climaxes and ends abruptly.

History collides with contemporary life as audiences are taken on a walking tour through the area, pausing in gardens, back alleys, churches and apartments while dancers enact scenes from Chelsea's past.

Except for the Mother, sung by Ruby Hinds, the singers are all offstage; dancers enact the plot while the singers and the Narrator propel the dramatic exposition.

Eighteen dancers in yellow costumes enact a church service with fans and stools.

Each village has dancers and musicians to enact musical dramas which have been passed down through the generations.

Performed since the seventeenth century, ten female dancers accompanied by two or four males enact a repertoire of six to ten dances to the sound of flute, drums and bells.

What is clearer are themes that emerge in almost all the sections, as dancers enact mysterious rituals signaled by allusive gestures that reverberate with condensed emotion.

In "Love Is Blind," she bitterly denounced a friend's abusive male lover; although he kills the friend in the song, dancers enacted a fight followed by a reconciliation.