There is always more going on than I can take in at one viewing, or 10. I wasn't surprised to learn that Whiting admires him. Like his dances, hers are dense with activity and hard to grok. But unlike his, hers are coherent and filled with deliberate meaning. Classic Cunningham is waggish and hermetic.
Whiting is purposeful, disclosing, metaphoric.
Whiting's dances aren't referential. They don't tell stories. Her dancers seem supremely intelligent, but they aren't strongly differentiated. For Whiting they come close to a kind of universalized humanity. She choreographs facial expressions as well as body movements.