POTSDAM — The Fall 2022 Student Choreographers' Concert showcases SUNY Potsdam creativity Dec. 1 to 4, with five individual choreographic works that include an aerial performance for the first time at the Performing Arts Center Dance Theater.

Titled "Frames in Motion," the free concert will run from Dec. 1, 2 and 3 at 7:30 p.m., with afternoon shows Dec. 3 and 4 at 2 p.m. Students have been rehearsing their works since early fall in preparation for the live performance.

Emma Milligan '22 is finishing her final semester in the North Country with an eye to one day integrate aerial performance with dance therapy to help people mentally and physically through movement.

"I just always danced, as soon as I could walk, and kept going," Milligan reflected. "There is so much you can say with movement that you can't with words."

Before she leaves the College, Milligan brings the treat of an aerial silks performance titled "Statues in a Moonlit Garden."

The concert works include "Twofold," by MacKenzie Mooney '23, which tackles duality and good and evil in confrontation. Camryn Douglas' "Serenity" is a piece inspired by the movement of trees and is a reminder "to sit back, relax and take in what the earth has to offer," Douglas '23 said. "City Scape" by Rosalin Batista '23, explores the ambiance and chaos of the city. "All the train lines connect with each other at some point, why can't we?" she said.

And "Ayrus," by Brianna Pemberton-David '23, reflects on a sisterly bond disrupted by death, with a reconciliation of emotions in the aftermath, the student choreographer said.