She cartwheels on his thigh, and there are numerous curves and twists as the dancers stretch away from each other.

There was a ballet barre set up backstage so dancers could stretch.

The drums pulsed like a heartbeat as a dancer with a smile stretched across her face fell backward into the crowd.

In the second solo, Ms. Madden becomes a stagehand of sorts, her body tucked up through a large aluminum folding ladder as two dimly seen dancers stretch behind her.

Down a winding path, other dancers stretched softly through a ritualistic duet in a clearing under the trees.

The dancers stretched and rolled ritualistically on their backs, bodies strewn across the grass.

Many athletes and dancers stretch deliberately before or after exercise in order to enhance performance and reduce injury.

Four dancers stretch a little awkwardly through a classroom bend, alone on stage, then blossom into the lush, freewheeling movement of the dance's first part, called "Seeking."

The wonderfully astute American dancer Christopher Williams crouches and stretches among the metal cube frames.

Within a few minutes, about 60 young dancers were stretching and practicing until the ballet mistress signaled the rehearsal accompanist to begin.