The document discusses Christopher Bruce's dance piece "Ghost Dances" which was inspired by murders committed by the Chilean government in the 1970s. The piece premiered in 1988 with costumes designed by Belinda Scarlett and music by Incantation. Bruce used balletic movements to depict the ghosts' strength and power. Scarlett's costumes emphasized the ghosts' muscles to represent the murders they had committed. The lighting was dark at first to depict a cave, becoming brighter when the ghosts sensed the arrival of villagers whom they planned to kill. The piece shows the ghosts ignoring Chilean culture and traditions as they have no respect for the villagers.