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PERPETUAL MOTION DANCE
PRESENTED A VERY GOOD 
MODERN AND AERIAL DANCE
IN "əˈstrā" LAST EVENING: LAST
PERFORMANCE TODAY 2 p.m.
 By Nancy Condit

Perpetual Motion Dance Company's 11 member troop took the stage last night at
Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center in a very good performance in a dance that
explored the world of a post catastrophic environmental event.
The first dance "refuge," choreographed by Michelle Moeller was done to the
pulsing beat of music by radiohead. The dancers' dark brown masks covering their noses
and mouths set the mood of an environmental disaster.
In "dependence," choreographed by Caitlin Robinson, dancers Emily Dawson
and Alana Murray worked the red silks beautifully as they created different shapes
in the floor to ceiling long soft apparatus.
They are growing as a company -- they look very fit. Choreographer dancer Amy Nevius
even choreographed them to walk/dance over each other, even to standing on each
other while the supporting dancers are covered with a black tarp.
The best part of the second half was the dancers moving flat on the stage while other
dancers above the stage used the aerial apparatus in the shape of two large circles --
a mobile pince nez that could rotate at the bridge of the "nose."
All of the apparatuses were built by the company.
Dancer Kayla Jenkins was also the hair stylist, even shaving close half of her head to
get the post catastrophic environmental event. The other dancers' hair styles added
well to the performance's effect.
Perpetual Motion Dance  has a qualified rigger in Alana Murray, who is also a
dancer, aerial instructor, choreographer, OCDF Coordinator and PM2 instructor.
Equally notable is Perpetual Motion Dance's composition of all women performers.
The last performance is at 2 p.m. today at Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center on the
Fairgrounds. See my previous blog.