Who knew Milton Babbitt's "Semi-Simple Variations" could be so funky? True, he played jazz sax in dance bands as a youth. But he's mainly known for his ultra-mathematical compositions - sort of like Schoenberg squared. Indeed, he worked in the math department at Princeton before they let him teach music!
Adding bass and drums helps. Three dancers... well, that's a bit over the top.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-PJw2lqW7c
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