Top 10 in dance for 2011
New takes on old standards characterized many of the year's best dance performances. Lucinda Childs's minimalist work from the 1970s gained new life, while Merce Cunningham's company went out in a blaze. "Giselle" attained new luster from a single ballerina, and an aging ballerina proved she has yet more luster to give. In chronological order, here are the performances that successfully delivered that most wondrous …