The exhibition, which was mounted in connection with the center's recent "dance on camera" series, can be seen in an upstairs gallery through March 4.

The most recent dance, from 1993, is the not-so-innocent "Field of Grass."

Each of the program's four new and recent dances was crammed with surprising incident.

The evening also included two recent dances that have retained their appeal.

The program includes new and recent dances that explore emotional states and one in which a 30-foot long skirt is a character.

Their dance was a mating ritual, and much more obviously so than more recent dances.

Other recent dances appear awkward because their choreographers in some way fumbled while creating them.

The five dances, all but one new or recent, were meticulously put together and well thought out.

And the 45-minute piece has a humility missing from recent dances on social issues.

Much recent dance by black choreographers makes room for the spiritual openly and in distinctive ways.