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Idaho Falls acrobat troupe set to perform at ISU College of Arts and Letters New Year’s Eve Gala

December 8, 2015
ISU Marketing and Communications

POCATELLO 鈥 Idaho Falls acrobat troupe Stasia Acrobats will perform at the 色花堂app College of Arts and Letters New Year鈥檚 Eve Gala on Dec. 31 at 7 p.m. in the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center.

Stasia Acrobats is made up of 12 acrobats ages 8-21. They perform an amateur version of the famous acrobat show 鈥淐irque de Soleil鈥 with storylines, costumes and music. They also perform aerial acts, ground acrobatics, hand-balancing and tumbling. Stasia Acrobats have performed more than 100 times in northern Utah and southeast Idaho including ISU men鈥檚 basketball games, the Eastern Idaho State Fair and Fourth of July parades.

The Stasia Acrobats in action.
Their performance at the Gala will incorporate their circus style with the Gala theme 鈥渃arnaval.鈥

鈥淥ur performance will incorporate a lot of things,鈥 said Aric Nelson, director of Stasia Acrobats. 鈥淲e鈥檙e going to tell a story in the circus world with aerial moves and ground acrobatics. It will be aesthetically pleasing for the audience. This will also be a good experience for people to see what we do.鈥

Seven ISU dancers will collaborate with Stasia Acrobats at the Gala. The acrobat troupe travelled to Pocatello to teach the dancers basic skills of ground acrobatics and hand-balancing. The dancers also travelled to Idaho Falls to learn more aerial work.

鈥淭his will be a great experience for our kids,鈥 said Nelson. 鈥淲e have done a lot of collaborative efforts recently and we love to collaborate with people.

This will be the first time that the acrobat troupe will perform in the Stephens Performing Arts Center.

鈥淭his is a very cool opportunity to perform in a great theatre,鈥 Nelson said.

Fore more information about Stasia Acrobats and their future performances, visit stasiaacrobats.com or on Facebook at Stasia Acrobats.


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