KT Nelson has integrated the velocity of wheeled movement into "Transit" in the form of artist Max Chen's distinctive bicycle art. Corey Brady and Natasha Adorlee Johnson coast in grand circles around the stage on a "breakfast table" bicycle, while Vanessa Thiessen and Daniel Santos fret and frivol over a morning cup of joe on a combination park bench and bike.
These unusual vehicles add an amusing and fantastical air to a portrait of everyday commuter lives, and they could have ended up as a mere gimmick, but Nelson is too savvy to rely solely on the oddity of her props. When "Transit" really needs to move, the dancers park the bikes and take flight off of their own considerable leg power through a space decked out to feel like a city square. Sheer curtains create windows that frame domestic scenes, and a small wedge of steps serves as a people-watching spot under bare lightbulbs suspended over the stage like droplets of rain.
ODC/Dance Downtown review: 'Transit' really moves
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