Aeros’ adopts gymnastic style apparatuses to showcase technical skill with an artistic flare. The 18-member group, made up of former
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Romanian Gymnastics Federation gymnasts, comes to the Hult Center on Sunday night.
The Sport of Dance
■ Performing at the Hu It
Center, ‘Aeros’ will dazzle
audience members with its
in-your-face style
By Mason West
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Olympics are over, but it’s
not too late to see medal-winning
gymnasts. This time they won’t just
be on television, they’ll be at the
Hult Center.
Eighteen Olympic medal-win
ning members of the Romanian
Gymnastics Federation were
brought together in 1998 by Pantene
to form “Aeros.” What the compa
ny intended was to publicize a new
hair product, but the gymnasts and
choreographers didn’t stop there.
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They took their creation of gymnas
tic skills with music, costumes and
choreography, and made it into a
new art form.
What exactly the group does is am
biguous. Much of it looks like a
flashed-up gymnastics floor exercise
with multiple people. At times, it
seems to include elements of move
ment taken from classical dance
styles. However, the show also brings
into play different apparatuses for the
performers to work with.
The group is choreographed by
Americans Daniel Ezralow, David
Parsons and Moses Pendleton.
Among the three, almost no avenue
of dance performance has been un
touched. From music videos by U2,
Sting and Prince, to Olympic cere
monies, to scenes from the film
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The performance industry has
been veering toward a more abstract
interpretation of dance perform
ance as shown by the recent popu
larity of acts such as “Stomp” and
“Cirque du Soleil.” “Aeros” would
seem to have come along at the per
fect time for new ideas. While hesi
tant to make comparisons, compa
ny manager Matilda Hohensee sees
the similarities of audiences.
“It’s a little more hard hitting than
‘Cirque,’” Hohensee said. “It’s more
in your face like ‘Stomp.’”
Those similarities may increase
now that “Aeros” has brought the
two co-creators of “Stomp” on board
with the company on tour. The show,
which started touring Oct. 3, is still
in a state of change. While Hohensee
was careful to convey that the show is
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n’t set in stone.
“It’s exiting because the show is
changing every night,” Hohensee
said.
Other components of the show
include the music by Two Tall Guys
Music Lab, who most notably com
posed and performed the music for
USA Network’s series “La Femme
Nikita.” The costumes for the show
are colorful but minimal.
“The performers have such beau
tiful bodies, so we’re enjoying play
ing that up,” Hohensee said.
Hohensee said the performance
does have some sensual tones. One
piece in particular between two of
the performers is especially roman
tic. Nevertheless, she maintains that
the show is great for all types of au
diences.
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Karm Hagedorn, events manager
for the Hult Center, said she is very
excited to feature “Aeros,” especial
ly because of the new nature of this
performance.
“I think that people are ready for
the blurring of the lines between the
dance and the sport,” Hagedorn said.
Natalie Schoof, programming as
sistant at the Hult Center, said that
the experimental nature of the per
formance is what draws people to
the show.
“The choreographers are trying to
give gymnastics a more human ele
ment,” Schoof said.
“Aeros” will play one night only
on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are
available at the Hult Center, the
EMU ticket office and online at
www.hultcenter.org/online.htm or
by phone at 682-5000.
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