Lionel approaches dance making in a way that looks for physical metaphors within complex structures. This working process allows the viewers to connect and respond in their own personal way to the action on stage and lets the audience see the performers not as detached dancers, but as fully realized people. It also results in dances with fully developed characters who move through landscapes created by their own physical actions; landscapes that, rather than being bound to a particular scene or story, have the power of a personal specificity along with the ability to exist in a multiplicity of places, times and perspectives.