But the choreographer and his lighting designer, Lisa Pinkham, create a tapestry of moods and colors in this fast-moving stylized ritual.

"Trio for the End of Time," danced to religious music by Arvo Part, was a cooler, more stylized ritual filled with clear patterns and body shapes.

The Argentinian director Jorge Zanada examines the sensuality and stylized rituals of the dance.

Mr. Kouyate's choice of a Greek tragedy also proved surprisingly suited to the stylized rituals of West African village life.

Is it part of the stylized ritual of hide-and-seek so many lovers play?

"I was just considering," he told her, turning slowly, "how battle has become a stylized ritual with forms that change to fit the seasons."

They drink it according to a highly stylized ritual that has evolved over many centuries.

The annual New York City budget dance, a stylized ritual that has varied little over the past decade, took a different step forward yesterday.

While movies and television now attract the most energetic forces in popular culture, Broadway has evolved into a stylized cultural ritual.