That space in between.

Round Two of City Center's phenomenally diverse Fall for Dance festival was not quite as wall-to-wall excellent as the first year. There were a few clunkers, but the high points were just as high. It started off with a short blast of rhythm and wit from New Zealand's Black Grace. Other discoveries for NYC audiences included Tania Isaac (see "25 to Watch"), Stanton Welch's Houston Ballet in his lushly inventive Nosotros, and Aditi Mangaldas Dance Company with its amazing interactive body rhythms. Larry Keigwin's Angels of Anxiety, displayed a punk-high energy, and Joanna Haigood had a wistful magic, gliding through her Dance in a Doorway (an Air Mail Dance by Remy Charlip). It was nifty to see Charles Moulton's ball-passing again (right) and glorious to watch Bill Irwin's loose-legged dancing. But the awesome part was the juxtapositions between things, the aesthetic and cultural shifts between a Forsythe duet followed by a Loie Fuller-type solo, or Le Spectre de la Rose followed by Urban Bush Women. The experience was, well, mind-expanding.