May finds former B-boy Doug Elkins combining hip-hop, Graham, and Balanchine in rousing dances; former Merce Cunningham Company member, Rashaun Mitchell, exploring human relationships in his bold and emotional, almost surreal, works; world-renowned Bharathanatyam performer and choreographer, Ramya Ramnarayan, beautifully blending Hindu tradition with a contemporary sensibility; and Blakeley White-McGuire, a member of the Martha Graham Dance Company, creating dramatic works of great power that reveal her expressionistic roots.