The stage began bare and dark with a video of a running dog projected, back lit onto one of the three white walls that made up the set. From when the music started until the end of the performance the dancers were in motion. Somewhere in the middle of the piece, the walls were lifted and projected onto with strange video, then when the stage became dark again and the music ended the dog running was once again projected onto now elevated walls. Much of the dancing in this piece was based in action reaction; Dancers would make movement around each other and then with each other, limbs leaping away from each other's touch as if their skin was sensitive. All the movement was incredibly organic and logical to the eye, having to do with weight moving in reaction to a touch or an initial movement. It made me think of kinetic sculptures that are made to run on their own if given enough of an initial push. The dancers appeared to move in this same way. The music for Random Dance was sometimes quiet and sometimes hard and intense with fast beats and big rolling tones. The dancers often mimicked the pace of the music, dancing slowly with partners in mellow moments of sound and frantically throwing their bodies around when the music climaxed. It was interesting because I'm not used to seeing dancing with technique used in response to techno/house music like this. The dancers were so energetic and dance to their full capacity for the entire time to intense music. If you could take the essence of Burning Man and make it into a performance, Random Dance would be it. Thanks again White Bird, for another incredible show!!!!