It also was the name chosen 39 years ago by Jonathan Wolken, then a budding dancer from Dartmouth College, for the four-man dance group of which he was a member. Mr. Wolken, 60, died June 13 at Mt.

According to the BBC’s Discover Wildlife, a Pilobolus — or a pilobolus crystallinus — is a miniscule fungus that “lives in poo and detonates its spores at 90 km/hr.” That’s 55.9 mph, which makes the ...

Almost 40 years ago, three male Dartmouth students, under the influence of the new world of modern dance they recently had discovered, decided to form a company, naming it after the fungus Pilobolus.

The company wraps up its delayed anniversary tour with a selection of vintage dances and premieres in a three-week season at the Joyce Theater. By Gia Kourlas The eight-week season will feature the ...