“Leotards, tights, leg warmers and ballet slippers – these are bedrock accessories visible at most dance studios. But add ropes, pulleys, harnesses, Bungee cords and even such exotic-sounding implements as carabiners and the Lyra hoop, and you get an idea of the needs of Ameba Acrobatic & Aerial Dance, a Chicago troupe intent on taking dance in a special direction: up, sometimes way up, into the air.”