Slick choreography and sheer visceral power - Beyoncé never put a foot wrong.
But the intricacies are transcended, he believes, by the music's striking character and visceral power.
A lack of visceral power was the central problem in the Prokofiev as well.
Above all, he played, with illuminating clarity and visceral power.
And what initially appears to be only an intellectual exercise winds up exerting a far more visceral power to disturb.
"Don Juan," too, benefited from a brisk account that magnified its visceral power.
The visceral power was like a punch in the stomach.
The symbolism of split personalities and divided souls also has visceral power.
But their works are steeped in color, texture and visceral power.