On an 80-degree evening in April, I sensed the crowd’s excitement for ZviDance’s new Zoom at Dance Theater Workshop. The evening-length work was publicized as an integration of “dance, cell phones, video, projection, a real-time web interface and live music.”

“I’m attracted to dancers who are interested in social dance, not just contemporary concert dance,” choreographer Larry Keigwin says during a rehearsal for his company’s upcoming season at The Joyce Theater, March 16-21.

After taking Alexandra Beller’s class at the Dance New Amsterdam studios, I plopped down on the lobby’s couch and noticed Mike Rimbaud’s bright burlesque paintings above me.