In performances honoring ancestors, exquisite cloth is the major medium for the masker's transformation.

This performance honored Lucas Hoving, a powerful dancer with the Limon company from 1949 to 1963 who was later its artistic adviser.

The performance honored Eleanor D'Antuono for her 50 years in ballet.

Their performances honor the memory of Leslie Howard and Raymond Massey, who played these roles in 1934, while adding just the right dash of 1990's irony.

Mr. Solzhenitsyn's energetic performance honored that requirement, and offered a tour of his own technical facility.

- becomes real theater as long as such terrific performances are honoring it.

A special performance honored Mary Dodge, the history of the organization, and music educators with music by Howard Hanson and Charles Ives.

The group's performance on Thursday night at City Center honored Ailey's vision.