Forty years later, somehow their work is still very vital. You can learn a lot from it. I learn how many things it has influenced. It's one of those never-ending examples of group camaraderie. They confronted each other with their innovations, learning from each other's mistakes, pushing each other to serious theatrical discovery.
People can relate to the pedestrian movement.
They don't get bored. They protest, or they adore. . . . These choreographers still get under people's skin, all of them. Potential ticket buyers expecting to see a princeling surrounded by ballerinas may be startled by what they find at the Merriam. Instead, he becomes a member of the ensemble whose task is to reestablish the relevance and sheer power of these classics of recent dance history.