"Dance, Drama ... Zombies?"

Watch out! Sexy zombie brides are currently rampant inside the Center for the Arts.

The Zodiaque Dance Company's latest production, entitled "VOICES... That Dance," opened this weekend, playing on themes of Halloween and the undead, among others.

The first dance of the night, "Captious Chatter," choreographed by Kelly Cammarata, opened with a tap number and as the title implies, contained bustling activity. The dancers were flowing and flexible, displaying backward bends, spins and astoundingly precise coordination.

The second dance of the night was entitled "Finally Seeing" and featured dancers in gray outfits swinging their legs back and forth in robotic synchrony. The sight would have been comical if not for the mechanical melancholy that saturated the piece. The dancers portrayed a tragic critique of conformist society.

Choreographer Nicole Calabrese's "Reduction to a Single Tone," had a pseudo-Oriental theme with the dancers wearing what resembled traditional garments. The dance was mainly concerned with slow flowing motions, elements of shadow, and still positions. The title refers to the coordination and eventual metaphorical merging of the male and female dancers.

The fourth dance, "Lucid Dreams," was a spectacular piece of work put together by student choreographer Teal Darkenwald. The piece featured all female dancers in elegant black and white lace, half-dancing and half-stumbling around like zombies. Haunted house-style music, dimmed lights, and eerie images projected behind the performance all enhanced the frightening effect.

At one point a zombie bride saunters ever so slowly across the stage diagonally while the other zombies encircle her in a ritualistic procession.

"Yield," was concerned with the inner turmoil young girls experience while growing up, specifically the idea of running away from home. The dancers actually vocalized phrases like "Home sweet home" and "No place like home."

The music was reminiscent of a little girl's wind up jewelry box, and indeed the dancers wound down as the dance progressed, eventually culminating with the dancers slumping over like worn out dolls, music halting and lights dimming.

"Alternating Realities," choreographed by William E. Thomas, provided the audience with a glimpse into the angelic realm of dance. Men and women danced in flowing silver gowns leaping and gesturing as if to fly. At the end of the performance the dancers placed their fingers over their mouths in a shushing motion as if to say, "Don't make a sound, the angels have come down from heaven for a secret visit."

The final dance of the night was "Moebius Stripped" (Tracy Degenfelder) in which female dancers twisted off their multicolored tops revealing plain black leotards. The shirts were used as props during the fast-paced dance.

Zodiaque's "VOICES... That Dance" runs through Sunday at the CFA Drama Theatre.