There’s no way to deny that dancers are athletic. All of that leaping, turning, jumping – it’s a lot of work. The performers of AEROS, however, are literally athletes from the prestigious Romanian Gymnastics Federation who blend acrobatics, modern dance, theater and original music to create something entirely original.

Developed in 1998 by choreographers David Parsons, Moses Pendleton and Daniel Ezralow, who also collaborated with the creators of the tap sensation “Stomp”, Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas, AEROS quickly became the world’s first performing arts project for a national gymnastics team. They haven’t been in the D.C. area since 2001, so the performances tonight and Saturday night at the Warner Theatre are a unique opportunity to see them in action.