Look for some stunning visual effects when Mendocino College presents “Silk,” a live dance performance,  several times later this month.

The production will feature circus-style acts by Pendulum Dance Theatre of Portland, Oregon and contemporary dances by the Mendocino College Repertory Dance Company.

The show will open with “Shadows of the Silk Road,” a medley showcasing four contemporary dances choreographed by Mendocino College dance professor Leslie Saxon West and her students.

The pieces were inspired by West’s three-week trip to China in April of this year.  Dances by other faculty choreographers and guest performers will round out the first half of the program.

Members of Pendulum Dance Theatre of Portland will follow with “Nine,”  which opens with dancers climbing hand over hand up colorful silk streamers hanging from the rafters.

Once in the air, the dancers will wrap themselves in cocoons of silk, emerging to perform ballet-like acrobatics.

You can see “Silk” at 8 p.m.  Nov.  20-21 and 2 p.m. Nov. 22 at Mendocino College, 1000 Hensley Creek Road, Ukiah.

Advance tickets cost $10, or $8 for 12 and under, 65 and older); all tickets cost $2 more at the door. 468-3079.