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  2. Acrobatics - Wikipedia

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    Acrobatics were part of village harvest festivals. [3] During the Tang dynasty, acrobatics saw much the same sort of development as European acrobatics saw during the Middle Ages, with court displays during the 7th through 10th century dominating the practice. [4] Acrobatics continues to be an important part of modern Chinese variety art.

  3. Aerial acrobatics - Wikipedia

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    Aerial acrobatics may refer to: Acrobatics § Aerial , acrobatics performed in the air on a suspended apparatus Aerobatics , the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights

  4. Aerial silk - Wikipedia

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    Aerial silks (also known as aerial contortion, aerial ribbons, aerial tissues, fabric, ribbon, or tissu) is a type of performance in which one or more artists perform aerial acrobatics while hanging from a specialist fabric. The fabric may be hung as two pieces, or a single piece, folded to make a loop, classified as hammock silks.

  5. List of acrobatic activities - Wikipedia

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    Acroyoga – Physical practice which combines yoga and acrobatics. Adagio – Performance of partner acrobalance poses and associated movements that involve stationary balances by a pair of performers. Aerial hoop – Circular steel apparatus (resembling a hula hoop) suspended from the ceiling, on which circus artists may perform aerial acrobatics.

  6. China’s Shaolin monks are known for their incredible ...

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    “You can’t imagine that people can actually do that with their bodies.” A career on the road McCurry started his career working at a local newspaper after graduating from Pennsylvania State ...

  7. Aerial cartwheel - Wikipedia

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    An aerial cartwheel or side aerial is an acrobatic move in which a cartwheel is executed without touching hands to the floor. During the execution of a standard cartwheel, the performer's body is supported by the hands while transitioning through the inverted orientation whereas an aerial cartwheel, performer is airborne while inverted.

  8. Navy’s famed Blue Angels aerial acrobatics team selects first ...

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    For the first time in its 76-year history, the Navy’s famed Blue Angels aerial demonstration team will feature a female pilot. The Navy on Monday named Lt.

  9. Flip (acrobatic) - Wikipedia

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    An acrobatic flip is a sequence of body movements in which a person leaps into the air and rotates one or more times while airborne. Acrobatic flips are commonly performed in acro dance , free running , gymnastics , cheerleading , high jumping , tricking (martial arts) , goal celebrations , and various other activities.