Hall felt that Ellie was the character the audience could identify with.

Instead of being cardboard types, they are complicated people whose problems the audience can identify with.

Our job is to make the audience identify with us as humans.

This helps to create a new generation of characters with which its audience could identify.

"He's the one I want the audience to identify most strongly with," the choreographer said.

I think it helps the audience identify with this collective memory.

"A shared experience helps the audience identify with you," he explained.

He wants to help audiences evaluate dance and identify its place in culture.

"Most of the lead characters are young, hip attractive women, and the audience identifies with them."

An audience who's not used to going to see dance or theater can identify with it.