There is a section of Geography when all seven dancers are
lifting and tugging one another by the harnesses around their
waists. One tries to jump forward, but four others pull her upward and
backward, then lower her into a position of repose. She looks like a
leaf blown around in slow motion. The dancers also shout, play
complicated games of hopscotch, and get in each other’s way.
Choreographer Molly Scott says the dance is about “the stress of
proximity.” Part peaceful, part angry, Geography looks like
autumn in the city. (On the Boards, 100 W Roy St, 217-9888. 8
pm, $18.)

Brend an Kiley has worked as a child actor in New Orleans, as a member of the junior press corps at the 1988 Republican National Convention, and, for one happy April, as a bootlegger’s assistant in Nicaragua....