The most powerful dance i've seen has combined the power of visual art and music as an essential part of the work. Martha Graham did it well--Applachain Spring, for example, with music by Copeland and sets by Noguchi. In ballet, it is the Ballet Russe, Fokine, and Diaghlev. Last night I saw the Kirov do Scheherazade and Firebird. The most amazing thing about it was the overall scope and quality of the production. Everything was detailed, ornate, and other worldly--the costumes, sets, music, and of course the dancing. The richness of the colors of scheherazade were incredible, thanks to Leon Bakst (http://www.rollins.edu/Foreign_Lang/Russian/bakst.html).