Glossary
Sparkle Motion
Samantha Darko's dance troupe, coached by Kitty Farmer. Their trip to Star Search in Los Angeles puts Rose and Samantha on the plane whose engine becomes the Artifact.
"Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion!" Kitty's most-quoted line is also the film's plot engine. When Jim Cunningham is arrested, Kitty must stay for his hearing, so Rose Darko takes the girls to Los Angeles - and boards the red-eye flight home on the night of October 29. The engine that tears off that plane over Middlesex is the one that fell into Donnie's room on October 2.