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    Dance Review: 'Astral Converted'

    Choreographer Trisha Brown's infinitely interesting "Astral Converted" is a perfect work for contemporary art fans with a bent for architecture or geometry.

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    360 Degree Dance Company

    Alessandra Prosperi and company artistic director Martin Løfsnes are exhilarating dancers, but unfortunately their choreography fails to reach the same high level of accomplishment.

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    New York City Ballet

    For its first-ever fall season at Lincoln Center, New York City Ballet is offering four weeks of mixed bills that are giving audiences a chance to catch up with some of the new ballets.

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    Batsheva Dance Company: Project 5

    Artistic director of Israel's Batsheva Dance Company, Ohad Naharin is the most consistently enthralling choreographer on today's contemporary dance scene.

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    Dance Review: 'Shantala Shivalingappa: Namasya'

    Shantala Shivalingappa is a beguiling dancer, and though her evening of four solos includes a work by Pina Bausch, the modest program leaves one wanting.

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    Untapped!

    A superbly entertaining show for all ages, this stimulating introduction to tap features five appealing male dancers backed by a three-piece rock band and a beat boxer.

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    Lyon Opera Ballet

    Despite its name, France's Lyon Opera Ballet is proffering a full evening of choreography that abounds in modern-dance sensibilities, with nary a pointe shoe in sight.

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    Paul Taylor Dance Company

    Paul Taylor Dance Company proffered an uneven triple bill that sandwiched off-putting "Brief Encounters" between enchanting "Black Tuesday" and uncomfortable "Arden Court."

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    Ballet Nacional de Cuba: La Magia de la Danza

    Appearing in New York for the first time in nearly a decade, Ballet Nacional de Cuba is offering a rousingly entertaining sampler of excerpts from six famous ballets.

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    Charlie's Angels

    The show has nothing to do with the popular television series; the Charlie in this case is revolutionary jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker.