Too often in dance the word "line" is used to describe a static pose, but Scott Wells & Dancers' deft style of contact improvisation reminds us that "lines" should be continuous threads of movement that roll, knot, ravel and occasionally seem to trail off into space - concepts of motion turned into a physical reality.
It's a particular pleasure to see the company back in the cavernous, cathedral-like Project Artaud, which beautifully frames the airborne flights of Wells' 16th season, presented by ODC Theater through Saturday at Artaud, a temporary home while the ODC venue undergoes renovation.
Beyond the drama of what look like dangerously high-flying antics, Wells' dancers have a talent for drawing audiences into the exhilaration of launching a body through the air, and sharing the satisfaction of timing so accurate, it makes clipping onto a trusty partner look easy. In his 2007 "Gym Mystics," Wells' gleeful sense of play pervades the piece from the moment Rajendra Serber launches himself at a free-standing wooden beam to the simultaneous tumbles and cartwheels of eight dancers criss-crossing the stage speckled with Allen Wilner's smoky lighting.
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