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Pages in category "Acro dance moves" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aerial cartwheel; B.
Tricking – Training discipline that combines kicks with flips and twists from martial arts and gymnastics as well as many dance moves and styles from breakdancing. Tumbling – Gymnastics discipline in which participants perform a series of acrobatic skills down a 25 metres (82 ft) long sprung track.
Vaudeville dancer La Sylphe (c. 1908). Acrobatic dance emerged in the United States and Canada in the early 1900s, as one of the types of acts performed in vaudeville.Although individual dance and acrobatic acts had been performed in vaudeville for several decades prior to 1900, it was not until the early 1900s that it became popular to perform acts that combined dance and acrobatic movements.
Acrobatic skills are used in performing arts, sporting events, and martial arts. Extensive use of acrobatic skills are most often performed in acro dance , circus , gymnastics , and freerunning and to a lesser extent in other athletic activities including ballet , slacklining and diving .
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.
The gymnasts carry out their acrobatic moves and combine them with dance, all in time to and in keeping with the style of the music. Partnerships are judged on artistry/dance (worth 10.0 points out of 31.5) execution of skills (marked out of 10 and doubled to give 20.0 points out of 31.5) and difficulty of skill (worth 1.5 out of 31.5).
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.
A one-handed front walkover performed during an acro dance. A front walkover is an acrobatic movement sequence. It begins with the performer standing up straight with arms raised and positioned near to the ears.