For the "Danse Sacrale, " Stravinsky's climactic dance to the death, Mr. Twist tweaks his creation "without dancers" by capping it with one featured dancer.

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Sitting a little too close to Clay, she exchanges a few pleasantries before the dance of death begins.

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"His death puts a period to an era in the dance world, " McKenzie said.

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