The Brazilian dancers opened the evening with "Who Are You?"

Mr. Santiago is a former member of the company and the solo captures the Brazilian dancers' look of heroic, molten sculpture.

The young Brazilian dancers performing in the folklore show began with a minute of silence.

As part of the Opening Night fanfare, players were announced onto the field while escorted by scantily-clad Brazilian dancers in full headdress.

The New York-based company of Brazilian dancers and musicians is marking its 20th-anniversary season, and a festive spirit prevailed throughout the evening.

Brazilian dancers, even the most avant-garde, are very tied to their roots, to nature, to the sea, to the northeastern outback.

Brazilian dancers and the Kirkland Bodie Band, a Bahamian group, will perform.

And Mr. Bujones has choreographed a folkloric piece for 12 of the company's 18 Brazilian dancers.

Last year he created a work in Brazil, with two Brazilian dancers, called "Cover," as in the sense of a pop-music artist covering another's songs.

These are hip-hop and jazz musicians from different parts of the world, African and Brazilian dancers and American tappers.