In western dance there is a preconceived view of the dancers' role on stage. On stage we often see male dancers with female dancers. Also there are set roles and certain movements for female and male performers. In Moon Water you see neutrality in gender. In Moon Water a dancer is just that, a dancer. Moon Water breaks free from the very restricting aspect of how we perceive the roles of the male and female dancers.

In Adair's Women and Dance, Adair states, "as the body is central to dance training and practice, recognition that that which is socially constructed can be deconstructed offers a challenge to traditional practices." Throughout Moon Water, the female and the male body is not central. All of the dancers are wearing white pants. The female dancers have flesh toned tops on making it very difficult to tell which dancers are female or male. Because of this neutrality between the male and female dancers, the audience is able to focus on more important aspects of the dance.

The movement of the dancers is one of the most important aspects of Moon Water. Unlike most western dance, there is not a climax in Moon Water. Moon Water moves horizontally through time. This horizontal movement allows for a very different development of the movements. Lin uses stylized arm movements that are based upon tai chi. Also utilized are circular movements that are found in martial arts. These circular movements fit into the horizontal direction of the piece because both do not a high, pivotal point.

The first image the audience sees in Moon Water is a crouching dancer. As the dancer rose, balancing on one leg as his limbs, fingers and even toes curled up. His movements smoothly moved between meditative and larger, circular movements. He was soon joined by...