Contrary to conventional wisdom, modern dance was once predicated even more strongly than ballet on star presence.

Without a star presence, that approach is a pointless throwback.

He has also chosen to keep his distance, though, because his star presence receives a distracting amount of attention.

Out of the playoffs since 1997, they need offensive production and a star presence.

It could be, however, that Torre will go with Jeter, who has a much greater track record and star presence than the other two.

Rather than warp the show with her star presence, Ms. Carter deepens it.

The star presence she brings to the stage invariably fills every scene with drama.

St. Denis lives in the still-potent legend of her star presence and personality.

But indisputably, the dominant star presence of both guests generated the excitement that was often lacking during the season, which ends next Saturday.

The star presence at Metro became so huge that most often riot police had to be called in at film premieres.