1.   An isolated carpenter, for example, lovingly creates painted coffins in sculptural animal shapes for every person who lives in the valley.

2.   Molding herself into a sculptural shape with her head or shoulder sometimes resting on the floor, Akesson often danced with her eyes closed.

3.   Not to be overlooked are the figures in costumes resembling marble who enter a fountain and assume balletic sculptural shapes while busily spritzing water.

4.   Parsons and Ms. Kenny have a strong opening duet that introduces the sharp, hiccuping body contractions and sculptural shapes of the choreography.

5.   The trees are pruned into upright positions with a single trunk, unlike the familiar residential specimens with their multiple trunks in sculptural shapes.