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Did you catch slacker Andy Lewis, aka Sketchy Andy?

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He’s sponsored by Gibbon Slacklines (Facebook).

Click over to YouTube to see Andy’s 2011 Showreel.

(via Browbeat – Who Was That Guy in the Toga With Madonna? And What Was He Doing?)

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… The marketing side of me says, “YAY! I support the effort!” It could possibly bring more attention to the sport of trampoline, increasing visibility and interest. You can never have too much attention.

Then, there’s the artist in me. She says, “Do you really want to place rules and parameters on such freedom of movement?” …

That quote’s from Trampoline Pundit linking to a NY Times article on the idea being pushed by some at the Quebec Circus School:

… “The ultimate goal is to have wall trampoline be in the X Games,” said Julien Roberge …

… Roberge, who trains with members of Canada’s Olympic trampoline team and is considered one of the country’s top bouncers, acknowledges that there must be an organized way to judge an event. He and his fellow trampolinist Ignacio Adarve have written criteria for judges to use to assign points to moves and tricks. In a typical contest, bouncers will perform a series of 10 consecutive tricks, each following a bounce on the trampoline. The highest marks will go to those who perform the most difficult acrobatics. …

read more – Defying Gravity With Creativity

I’m not against the idea either. But Wall Tramp is many years away from getting into the X Games, if ever.

Trampowall first gained popular attention at Cirque’s La Nouba in Orlando.

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Yuval Ayalon from Israel is a circus performer in Vegas.

This short training vid just passed 100,000 hits.

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Thanks Dana.

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The 2012 Winter Cup & BlackJack Competition will take place once again in Las Vegas on February 2nd to 5th …

BlackJack home page

The Senior National Team and 2011 Visa Championships Qualifier is by invite only, a who’s who of Men’s Gymnastics USA. See the list of registered athletes here. (PDF)

Thursday Feb. 2nd is prelims, Saturday Feb. 4th Finals.

Cirque du Soleil’s Lisa Jones (lisa.jones@cirquedusoleil.com) will be on hand to talk to any coaches who have questions regarding future career opportunities.

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Director Diane Paulus and Director of Creation Fernand Rainville, talk about the name for Cirque du Soleil’s 32nd production. Catch “Amaluna” as it World-Premieres in Montréal in April 2012. Tickets & Show Information.

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related – Canadian Trampoline athlete Alex Seifert has his first contract with Cirque. Congratulations.

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Cirque’s Stacy Clark – original photo on Facebook.

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More Power Tumbling. Some excellent triples.

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Mike went on to Cirque du Soleil, working the excellent act in La Nouba, Orlando.

Thanks Ws van Wijk for the link.

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Cirque’s Stacy Clark on Facebook linked to some new videos about the famed school.

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There are more clips like that on the CircusMontreal YouTube channel.

That’s a really good looking channel, by the way. They’ve used one of the new templates.

I have a friend who’s just applied.

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Publisher Chris Korotky is in Vegas supposedly researching an article for the next edition of Inside Gymnastics.

Sounds like a pretty sweet gig. He was at Elvis last night. Michael Jackson IMMORTAL tonight.

Follow the trip on the Inside Gymnastics Facebook page.

Immortal, a touring show, is the first of two Cirque MJ productions in development. Still “under construction” it’s worth seeing. In Sin City until Dec. 27th.

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After a diagnosis of a germ cell tumor, a rare form of ovarian cancer, surgery and chemotherapy, Shannon realized more than ever that it is important to celebrate each and every day. She is focused on the future and is encouraging other cancer survivors to Seize the Day!

Shannon Miller Lifestyle

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See more Seize the Day segments on Shannon’s YouTube channel.

(via Gymtruthteller)

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It seems Cirque keeps opening shows, but never closing any. They are closing Tokyo Disney, I’m sad to say.

… Since its opening on 1 October 2008, Cirque du Soleil “ZED” has continued with encouraging audience support. But as of Saturday, 31 December 2011, the production will come to an end.

official announcement

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I saw the excellent show after Worlds. And went backstage. Many are disappointed and upset to be winding down. It’s definitely one of the most popular shows within the company.

Some acts are being moved to existing shows. (I heard the excellent double trapeze troupe is going to Mystere.)

… Part of the problem was the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The show was black March 11 through April 20th. Special netting was brought in to protect artists in case of aftershocks during performance.

Zed was the first show to reach its one-millionth guest faster than any show in Japan, and did see great success with over 1,000 performances …

In fact, ticket sales boomed … right after the announced closing.

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I’m at the Henderson Cup 2011 National Gymnastics Championships, hosted for the first time in Hong Kong. Competition begins today for 90+ Sr men and 50+ Sr women. The Worlds Teams from Tokyo are not here, still in recovery mode from that peak meet.

That gives an opportunity for the best of the rest to shine.

Facebook page.

official home page in Chinese and Google translated

You might be able to watch some LIVE coverage online on Nov. 20th, Hong Kong time:

… 2-hour live broadcast will also be broadcast in real time, on-line, so that people can have more ways to enjoy this wonderful event. Visitors can log in from anywhere via the Internet to watch event …

details

Internet in Hong Kong is not restricted as it is in the mainland. In fact, it was very difficult for China to host the meet in Hong Kong as much cost and paperwork was required to bring everyone over.

Under the principle of “one country, two systems“, Hong Kong still has a different political system …

A guest of Cirque du Soleil’s Jun Chen, I don’t have a media credential, but I’ll still try to get stories out as best I can.

Leave a comment if you are following the meet elsewhere, on Chinese blogs perhaps.

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The latest edit from our most entertaining acrobat.

Professional stuntman, gymnastics coach and free runner Damien Walters returns with his annual video: Damien Walters 2011 Showreel.

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Lots of new stuff there.

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