Scott Wells & Dancers meld athleticism, artistry

Sitting on a sunlit stoop near his lower Pacific Heights studios, the genial Scott Wells looks more like a regular guy out for a cup of coffee than the freewheeling choreographer whose works have sent dancers swooping on skateboards, pitted balletic Baryshnikovs in a boxing match with Rocky Balboa, and melded the physicality of contact improv with the finesse of dance.

Wells has a love of pure movement that is palpable in the scores of works he has produced over the years. It's that kind of audacious athleticism that takes front and center when his company, Scott Wells & Dancers, presents the obstacle course capering of "Parkour-Deux" juxtaposed with a military-inspired precision of "Special Forces" during its 20th anniversary season at CounterPULSE this weekend.

Scott Wells & Dancers meld athleticism, artistry