'Ten Tiny Dances' downsizes genre with confined 'stage' Updated at

When Mike Barber created the "Ten Tiny Dances" concept, he thought that requiring dancers to remain on a 4-foot-square platform was challenging enough. "A dancer began dancing these small, intimate movements," Barber recalled, "and as she danced, another dancer came out with an ax and proceeded to destroy the stage, until all that was left was a 1-foot-by-1-foot space.