Like all truly original, first-rate drama it confused expectations, ultimately defying definition.

After all - and herein lies the biggest obstacle in writing on the 'fragmentary poetic' - the form, and even the 'impulse', defies definition because it doesn't exist.

She often appeared anonymously in them herself as a genderless figure, defying definition.

The party defies definition according to orthodox models of the political spectrum.

With a structure that defies definition, its coherence as a discrete form of dance lies only in its underlying ability to both impact and empower agents of change.