Acrobatics

There is lots of tumbling, which is the main staple, this includes running, jumping, and other acrobatic moves. They have to depend on their team to not mess up like any other sport and they also have to be strong and fit. Throwing people in the air may sound easy, but putting a twist on the throw, now that's hard! You have to be synchronized with

combines facets of dance, music and acrobatics and body language. It was developed in Brazil by African descendants with indigenous influences, probably in the early sixteenth century. It is known for its rapid and complex movements using his arms and legs to execute maneuvers great agility in the form of kicks, feints and tackles, among others. Capoeira fighting style incorporates as low and swept movements while in sport more emphasis on acrobatics and ritualized displays of skill becomes

Eugen Sandow is generally accepted as the first modern bodybuilder. He performed feats of strength and displayed his body in the late 1800s. As a result of his exhibitions, Sandow was known as the strongest and best built man in the world. Others soon began to admire and emulate him. Most of these bodybuilders, mostly men, performed at exhibitions and for circuses. As more individuals participated in bodybuilding, gyms and weight-rooms appeared. Standard exercises began to dominate weightlifting

Board games and card games are a pastime of American culture. Sitting around with friends or family and competing against each other to hopefully be the one to win the game. Something that is not seen as much, is a cooperative game to play with friends and family. There is a game like this, it is just not as well known. Dungeons and Dragons is a good game option to play with friends or family. There are a variety of characters to play as like Elves, Dwarves, Humans, and Orcs. Some less commonly played

you lose weight fast, but they won't help you achieve a toned body. Weight training , will help you tone your body and build some lean muscles, but it won't help you shed the layer of fat in order for the muscles to actually show. Yoga and other acrobatic workouts can help you improve

create something unique to be noticed. The Berry Brothers’ act included rhythmic, synchronized cane twirling and dazzling acrobatics to pop out. Soon newer styles were invented such as flash, novelty, eccentric, legomania and comedy, swing tap also known as classical tap, class, military, rhythm, close floor and paddle and roll. Flash is a style of dance that incorporated acrobatics and were often used to finish a dance. Novelty is the incorporation into a routine of specialty props, such as jump ropes

another you’re fucked.” These are the words spoken continuously throughout La Boite theatre’s latest performance When One Door Closes. This is a modern drama performance that tests the very boundaries of what theatre is as a whole, through the use of acrobatics, and three very powerful 20th century literary heroines, Nora ('A Doll’s House'), Hedda Gabler and Miss Julie . Directed by Yaron Lifschitz and Libby McDonnell, When One Door Closes, is outlined by the gender political beliefs, of its fictional

The mysterious Jellicle cats with the glowing yellow eyes prowled slowly through the aisles of the audience under the glimmering full moon, starting the performance off with an eerie yet intriguing beginning. The musical I watched was CMT Mainstage’s performance of Cats, Les Chats cast. This famous show composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber is the second longest running musical on Broadway, and it is based on T. S. Eliot’s conglomeration of poems, Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. Each musical number

and colorful aesthetics that I have been obsessed with since I was 5-years-old. Due to my love of music, I have participated in my school’s orchestra since fourth grade. Due to my love of dance, I have joined a circus performing arts school as an acrobatic dancer. Due to my love of the city, I have already made plans to move to New York as soon as I get a high school diploma in my

There is no comparison to the immense thrill of flying through the air with a crowd of smiling faces looking up at me with smiles and disbelief and knowing that they are just as thrilled as I am just to watch me climb, twirl, and perform a staggering drop. Being an aerial acrobat is something that has given me life, helped me discover my capabilities, and challenged me to be a better version of myself, and now it is part of what defines me. I originally began my venture into the aerial world on