"By the Inch" at the American Dance Institute

The directness of Christopher K. Morgan's work hooks you from the first move. The transcendence of it keeps you hooked, even after the last moves are over. It's an unusual thing in dance, to experience a fast-paced kinetic charge that has emotional content, too. This was the power of Morgan's "By the Inch," a program of four extraordinary works at American Dance Institute this weekend. The performances flew by -- the program lasted scarcely longer than an hour, including an intermission -- and l...