"[Santos is] a ballerina that's funny and juggles," Garbo said.
He met Santos in Brazil while dancing with MOMIX, a major dance company, he said.
"Daielma Santos wanted to try on one of inflatable costumes I made called 'Fred Zeppelin,' " he said. "We've been working together all over the world working on this show with inflatable pieces that we've invented."
Garbo said he began creating the inflatable pieces before he met Santos.
"We created the inflatable dress, that came afterwards, but he basically had the suits before we started work," Santos said.
Santos said she has been dancing since she was a young girl.
"When I'm not performing with Fred, I work with Portland Ballet, and I teach and dance for them," she said. "I started very young, when I was like 7 years old, in ballet, and I'm going to be 39 next month."
There is a special duet performed at the end of the show.
"The last piece in the show is a duet. We both have inflatable suits, and we perform to the music 'Put Your Head on My Shoulder' by Paul Anka," she said. "We do a little dance in the inflatable suits. We can't hug each other because we're so inflated. We do some acrobatic moves in the piece, and at the end, one of our big moves is we do one-arm handstands on a chair."
Laura Sullivan, Penn State's Center for the Performing Arts spokeswoman, said Garbo is part of the Center's Forever Young series.
"It's lighthearted afternoon fun. It's geared a little more toward children and families," Sullivan said.
There is the performance at 2 p.m., but also a "kid-friendly" Artistic Viewpoint Session starting at 1 p.m., Sullivan added.
"For most every performance, there's an Artistic Viewpoint Session," Sullivan said. These sessions are an hour prior to a performance and involve an artist or specialist conducting a discussion.
"But for this particular one, it's [a] kid theme," Sullivan said. It has a carnival concept with games, face painting, snacks, glow necklaces and prizes, she said.
"All of our prizes are inflatable prizes," Sullivan said, which clearly goes along with the theme of the show.
After the performance there is a meet-and-greet autograph session.
"Never have we turned people away for the meet-and-greet program. The artists will stay until every child has their chance. It's very exciting for them to go have the opportunity to meet the artists," Sullivan said. "It's nice when we have performers who also understand and want to take the time and spend the time with those kids. I think that's probably just the way Fred is, too. He's been doing his inflatable show for a quite a while."
Sullivan said the event targets families.
"It's not only all performance but a whole afternoon for kids. We want them to be comfortable and have fun. I think for a lot of the parents, if you see your kids having fun, you're having fun," Sullivan said.
