There are all kinds of virtuosity in dance—some of it is dressed in the classical symmetry of ballet, while others come from a wilder source. When Cristal Pite brought her company Kidd Pivot to OtB two years back, the audience was gobsmacked by its special take on virtuosity. The dynamite performance technique, propelled by powerfully challenging choreography that bordered on dangerous, left the audience breathless. Pite’s new work, Dark Matter, draws inspiration from the inexplicable elements of physics, to make dancing that is almost unbelievable. SANDRA KURTZ

Feb. 17-20, 8 p.m., 2011