As Snowboy played some of Mr. Palmieri's most uptempo records of the 1960's, they danced powerfully in a wild mongrel style, a mixture of salsa, Brazilian capoeira, break dancing and swimming in breast strokes on the floor.

The groom danced powerfully; he had the bearlike build of all the Vetter-ling genetics.

And in his dream, Paul danced powerfully, gracefully, to the hectic rhythms of the Building 58 Suite.

Donlin Foreman's powerfully danced Stranger was the aggressor and Kenneth Topping's Hippolytus was not an unwilling player in this domestic triangle.

Woetzel danced powerfully, then watched from the wings as Watts and Soto performed their last New York duet, followed by seemingly endless applause and a storm of flowers from high above the stage.

Jennifer Archibald, one of three guest choreographers, contributed "Sweet Signs," a simple trio for three young women finding themselves to music by Terrence Blanchard, danced powerfully by Maya Stewart, Rayven Ramijo and Cari Lynn Orr.

In Miss Graham's 1947 "Night Journey," Terese Capucilli's powerfully danced Jocasta relived her unwitting marriage to her son, Oedipus, in an unusually electric performance.

"Loves Remembered" is an early (1991) work, danced powerfully by Mr. Sewell and Penelope Freeh with an emotive power that comes out of its modern-dance sensibility.

One solo, danced powerfully by Sandra Stone, has the anomic quality of Mr. Taylor's solo in Balanchine's "Episodes" - two very different sides of a single coin.

The two dancers say that the rules are archaic and that they have proved that two men can dance powerfully and still be artistic.