A revised two-act work was presented at the Teatro dei Fiorentini in Naples in the autumn of 1790.

Many years later, Cui decided to revise the two-act work: during 1881-1882 he added a new middle act (Act II) and another dance to Act III.

The two-act work is a portrait of Mozart, and its accompaniment is a taped collage of the composer's solo, orchestral and vocal pieces.

The two-act work, which Dance Brazil presented Friday night, concluded with an evocation of traditional Bahia festivals in Brazil.

Mr. Shepard has condensed and, in some cases, entirely rewritten the two-act work.

Nevertheless, the two-act work was danced to the hilt, and Chris Phillips, the designer, filled the stage with sinister fog.

Yet nothing in the two-act work looked so long ago and far away as to seem totally remote to a contemporary audience.

Action Heroes," the two-act work she brought to the Joyce Theater last Tuesday night.

Each scene of the two-act work possessed its own printed scenario and the subject matter ranged from creation myths to evocations of life in various historical periods.

That two-act work must have been something entirely different from Trial by Jury, which is in one act, and which opened just eleven days later.