Bekker's versatility is demonstrated by his innovative techno work with the band BKS, which produced a string of progressive hits popular in the contemporary club scene.
Flying acrobats and a lone beribboned female dancer recalled the grottos of Dunhuang, painted in the Wei and Tang dynasties when camel caravans plied the Silk Road.
Orphaned as a baby, Robinson began performing in local beer gardens at age six.Within two years, this young "hoofer," or song-and-dance man, was entertaining audiences far from home.
But the French, who had similar folk dances, associated the English word "country" with their term "contre" ("against") to produce the name " contredanse " for the longways "type".