Local performance art ensemble Quixotic Fusion will be in residence at JCCC Oct. 25-29 and will stage its full-length performance, Lux Esalare, at 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Oct. 29-30, in Yardley Hall of the Carlsen Center. Lux Esalare debuted in 2009 but is re-staged for its Yardley Hall performance.

Quixotic Fusion is an ensemble of musicians, dancers, aerialists, composers, choreographers, and fashion and lighting designers collaborating to produce new forms of artistic expression. This inventive group of artists goes beyond the limits of any specific art form to create a total sensory experience for its audience. Quixotic makes performance art interactive and eliminates the barrier between performer and audience.

During its residency, Quixotic members are visiting a number of classes in areas ranging from graphic and fashion design to animation and game development, even entrepreneurship. They also gave demonstrations of the sort of feats of spectacle that will be performed on Friday and Saturday nights.

Quixotic’s creative experiences can’t be limited to a single definition. Audiences are immersed in light, dance, ephemeral ribbons wrapped around aerialists, a solo violinist, live rock band and high-fashion costumes.

Lux Esalare tells a mesmerizing story of choices and possibility, with incredible dance, live music, video projections and aerial artistry. Sonya Tayeh, choreographer and a judge on Fox Network’s So You Think You Can Dance, crafted the piece based on an ancient Greek fable. TrendHunter Magazine says that costume design by Sarah Nelsen suggests an ethereal look using “stretch Lycra bodysuits incorporating light reflective strips on the ‘wing’ portion of the costumes.”

Quixotic was founded in 2004 by award-winning sound designer and visual artist Anthony Magliano, a JCCC graphic design alumnus who is now the interactive team leader at Bernstein-Rein Advertising, and by award-winning dancer/choreographer Keelan Whitmore, a graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy who danced five seasons with the Kansas City Ballet before joining LINES Ballet of San Francisco. The ensemble has evolved from artists going into old buildings and creating site-specific experiences to a more sophisticated operation with a full-time staff.

“We have come a long way,” Magliano said.

Magliano continues as co-artistic director, now joined by Mica Thomas, co-artistic director, who received his BFA in theater from Southern Oregon University and attended the master’s program in lighting design at Penn State University. His artistic ventures include a variety of types of projects such as lighting, dance, installation art, painting, masonry and photography.

“I am able to practice a lot of technical theatrical innovation. I am able to use my music background, visual arts background and love of technology to really paint a stage with lighting, projections, music, fashion and performers,” Magliano said.

The 20-30 members of the ensemble have a background in everything from ballet to sculpture. Quixotic has people who have worked with Cirque Éloize and Cirque du Soleil, and “cirque” is the only single-word definition Magliano allows for the ensemble — otherwise the description is “multidimensional.”

Quixotic has performed shows at the Spencer Theatre at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Crossroads Arts District and Uptown and Midland theaters, and created an outdoor experience at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.  The Yardley Hall performance is one of the rare times the Performing Arts Series has booked a local ensemble.

“We are flattered to be invited to perform at JCCC. The Performing Arts Series doesn’t usually bring in local acts. We are an exception,” Magliano said. “It is exciting for me, as an alumnus, to return to the college. I take pride in all the skills I’ve learned and turned into a project of this size.”

Quixotic Fusion tickets are $35 and $25, available by calling the PAS box office, 913-469-4445 or online at www.jccc.edu/TheSeries.