On a darkened stage, several figures with flashlights perform grand jetée (leaps).

The six figures still performed their silent arabesques in the blend of moonlight and lamplight.

Indian films have often used what are now called "item numbers" where a glamorous female figure performs a cameo.

A striking figure, she performed sporadically in the work.

A sinister figure was performing a circuit around the side of the great house, far away from where Cady was parked.

More complex figures (mişcare) performed in place between walking steps.

The painted figures are performing various actions, one of which is tongue piercing, and they probably represent a Kaqchikel ritual in progress.

A cloaked figure, stepping in from the door, performed that service for him.

Watching the large lifelike figures perform made us all wish we were privileged children of the last century.

It removes the quality of distance without which larger-than-life public figures cannot perform convincingly.