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One seems possessed amid a group orgy of scissor jumps.

Energy as rage was expressed in a hair-raising repetition of scissor jumps.

Some of his leaps were odd, as in a scissor jump that became a split in the air.

He was an attacking, left-handed, player, notable for his scissor jump smash.

But more often than not, the dancers were seen in exhilarating scissor jumps, in continuous dynamic interplay with each other and the music.

The movement itself, while often off center, includes such ballet signposts as scissor jumps, hops in arabesque and even lifts.

Two hundred scissors jumps, touching extended fingers to extended toes -- Chmeee watched curiously.

They followed the lead of a guard, running in place because there was no room for real running, forming precise rows for scissors jumps, pushups, situps.

Johan Kobborg gave the big male solo the benefit of his brilliant Danish leg beats and flashy scissor jumps.

Pamela Alviar and Grantley Naughton splice in some scissor jumps in their energetic pillow fight.

In this regard, Marianna Tcherkassky and Johan Renvall (his solo had smooth elegance with amazingly high scissor jumps) are models in every respect.

Like Rudolf Nureyev in his most famous role, he aims for pantherine grace but also spices the dancing with an extra snap to his scissor jumps and stag leaps.

His high jumps landing in splits and his exciting scissor jumps and barrel turns promised a perfect performance in the future, when he brings his turns under control.

A trio of jumpers - Kimberly Bartosik, Alan Good, Dennis O'Connor - bursts in, with Miss Bartosik's scissor jumps especially exultant.

Often the shape of a dancer was transformed in the air, as when Frederic Gafner's scissor jump became a diamond shape just before Kimberly Bartosik slid into a split at his feet.

The scissor jumps and very high rising on the ball of her foot that she showed in her hops on one toe in the last dance were amplified with astonishing virtuosity in the fling.

A tap dance by the twins Kurt and Kyle Froman is a risky interlude that begins with broad, simple steps but grows increasingly intricate, filled with moments on toe and little scissor jumps.

Tricks: Air Walk, Wall Ride, Foot Plant, Doug's Special, Japan Air, Scissor Jump, Squat Jump, Side Jump, BlackBird, Stale Air.

To see the delicacy or swiftness of the women's footwork, or the precision and still-astounding air turns, barrel turns, butterfly leaps, scissor jumps, squatting dances and toplike spins of the men is to see dancing in its essence.

The dancers look like a ballet troupe dressed in folk gear; in vivid, hand-embroidered costumes and leather boots, the women perform swift, precise footwork while the men demonstrate a breathtaking repertory of barrel turns, air turns, butterfly leaps, scissor jumps, squatting dances and toplike spins.

The impressive virtuosity, unexpected in what is not exclusively a dance ensemble, was apparent in the extraordinarily light leaps of the men, who rode invisible horses in Mr. Timofeyev's's "Cossack Dance," and especially in the high scissor jumps of his "Ukrainian Hopak."