Gravity and Other Myths acrobats present ode to peak physical form Oct. 27 in Eisenhower Auditorium

UNIVERSITY PARK—Australian physical theater troupe Gravity and Other Myths presents an ode to the journey to peak form with “Ten Thousand Hours” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, in Eisenhower Auditorium.

Tickets are $52 for an adult, $14 for a University Park student, and $19 for a person 18 and younger. Buy your tickets online via the Arts Ticket Center. Avoid the $4 fee by purchasing by phone at 814-863-0255 or in person, weekdays 10 a.m.–4 p.m., at Eisenhower Auditorium.

The Center for the Performing Arts and the Arts Ticket Center are parts of the Penn State College of Arts & Architecture.

The company of eight acrobats and a musician will explore the nuance of physical skill—how we obtain it, how we perfect it and how it can transform our lives.

Set to a driving, dynamic, and intricate musical score using live percussion on stage, “Ten Thousand Hours” follows the physical language of the pursuit of mastery. The high-level athletes fast-track a powerful journey of movement and discovery, where strength meets vulnerability, and the ordinary becomes extraordinary before your eyes.

The funny, amazing, next-level acrobatic event “is a do-not-miss performance,” said Amy Dupain Vashaw, Center for the Performing Arts assistant director of programming.

Visit Gravity and Other Myths online for more information.

Watch a preview of “Ten Thousand Hours.”

“This show is the epitome of human perfection,” said a reporter for SoDoEatReview.com. “The combination of synchronicity, teamwork, and trust demonstrates what the human body can achieve when pushed to its absolute limits.”

For fans of

Contemporary circus and physical theater

Art dance

Family-friendly cirque

Physical challenge and exertion

Routine fitness

Sensory-friendly venue

Eisenhower Auditorium is certified by KultureCity as a sensory-friendly venue. One goal of the Center for the Performing Arts is to offer everyone an opportunity to enjoy an event, regardless of a guest’s invisible neurodisabilities such as dementia, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and autism.

Guests are welcome to visit a designated quiet space on the lounge level, or sign out a variety of items to help self-regulate, including noise-reducing earmuffs, anti-strobe glasses, lap pads and carefully curated sensory tools. The KultureCity app helps reduce uncertainty by providing pre-visit social stories, so guests know what to expect.

Read about the KultureCity certification.

Prepare for your arrival with a pre-visit social story.

Click for available accessibility services.

Acknowledgments

Support is provided

McQuaide Blasko Endowment

Gerald B. M. and Sylvia Stein Memorial Endowment.

A grant from the University Park Fee Board makes student prices possible.

Accessibility services are provided by Sidney and Helen S. Friedman Endowment.

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The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State, a unit of the College of Art & Architecture, aspires to create connected, sustainable, and equitable communities, where everyone experiences joy, belonging and creativity.

For more information about the season, visit the Center for the Performing Arts online, Facebook and Instagram.