Entries Tagged 'Circus' ↓

A long (10min 25sec) highlights reel from many disciplines, including contortion. Some new (to me) footage of Junior.

bboy, power move, acro, punisher, the end, cico, guillaume, demon, dahma n, kheiro, junior, tricks and combo, brazil, breakdance, gymnas tics, sport, thomas, flare, air flare, vrille, marcio, superphazers, morgan hamm

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks bboysistou.

Aomori University won the 2009 All Japan Team Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.

But don’t expect to see a male version of the Women’s sport.

This is must see video. Great artistry, precision, synchronicity. Difficult tumbling. Sections that could be called Acrobatic Gymnastics.

In fact, this team could go to work for Cirque du Soleil tomorrow. A riveting performance.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Japan has been doing male team performances like this for over 50yrs.

For the first time I found this Men’s Rhythmic Gymnastics website. It’s not kept updated, however.

Rhythmic Gymnastics is a competitive sport under the authority of F.I.G. (International Gymnastics Federation). Currently, only the women’s portion of rhythmic gymnastics is recognized by FIG – men’s rhythmic gymnastics is yet to get FIG approval. The possibilities and opportunities men’s rhythmic gymnastics presents are endless. It is up to each and everyone of us to work hard to make the dream a reality.

MenRG.com

Thanks Chris Houston for sending us the link.

It will premiere in December at the new CityCenter in Las Vegas.

Click through to the official Cirque show page for video links.

Facebook Viva ELVIS fan page.

The easiest way I found to actually read this article was to click through (on the image below), then ZOOM my browser window. Good luck.

NCAA Champion magazine caught up with former Ute Kristina Baskett recently and profiles her in its latest edition.

click on this image

Kristina is performing in Vegas in the Wynn show Le Rêve.

Cirque du Soleil photo shoot at Mystere in Las Vegas in the popular reality TV show.

Watch it on YouTube. (8min)

Get a glimpse of Cirque du Soleil HQ in a funny video.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

It’s promoting the big OneDrop.org performance art event Friday, October 9th.

disclosure – I love Cirque du Soleil

Cirque du Soleil co-founder Guy Laliberté is orbiting the Earth. He spent $35-million to become only the 7th “tourist” to leave the planet.

Some have criticized him for the extravagence during a global recession.

Personally, I agree with this assessment from the Montreal Gazette:

… Laliberté provides jobs to thousands and pleasure to hundreds of thousands, and got rich in the process. Now he is spending some of his money to have fun. More power to him.

Guy Laliberté slips the surly taunts of critics

Guy has not made a serious mistake in the past. What makes people think this is a blunder?

His space trip is part of a huge campaign to raise awareness of the need to provide clean water to everyone in the world.

The main event is happening this Friday though the specific details are not yet revealed. You can get some hints on what to expect from the OneDrop.org website.

Some of those who will be appearing live:

Actors Matthew McConaughey and Salma Hayek, singers Joss Stone, Elisapie Isaac, Helene Segara, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Michel Fugain, Natasha St Pier, Lorie and Zazie, musical group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Bolshoi Ballet principal dancer Nicolai Tsiskaridze and poet Touria Ikbal join their voices with previously announced Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, A. R. Rahman, Cirque du Soleil, Claude Challe, Dr. David Suzuki, Fnaire, Frank De Winne, Garou, Gilberto Gil, Gregory Colbert, Jean Lemire, Julie Payette, Maud Fontenoy, Patrick Bruel, Peter Gabriel, Peter Lik, Shakira, Simon Carpentier, Tatuya Ishii, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Tiffany Speight, U2, Vandana Shiva and Yann Arthus-Bertrand.

PR Newswire

It’s big.

Laliberté has already pledged $100 million for the cause of clean drinking water. This is part of that ongoing campaign.

Genius is almost always artistic. Or mad.

History will remember Guy Laliberté as a genius.

Joshua Allen and Katee Shean were the Season 4 winners of So You Think You Can Dance.

Week 9 they did a piece to “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” by John Mayer. The choreographer was Aussie Wade Robson.

… Wade Robson … created the original version on his beautiful dancers from his Cirque Du Soleil/Criss Angel BELIEVE show. He then decided to shoot a short film of two of his dancers that really connected with the piece, Ben Susak & Pam Chu. …

Smoking. Sensual.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks to choreographer Anastasia Umeh who linked to this video on Facebook.

Timing is critical when applying for any new job.

Cirque du Soleil is looking for male gymnasts for a new show directed by a world-renowned director. The show-performed under a big top-will begin in spring 2010 and will afterwards set off on tour.

Selected gymnasts for this role must show excellent skills on the high bar, floor and trampoline. They must also be open artistically (i.e. for acting and dancing)

Now is the time to add your name to their computer database.

Click through to the Work at Cirque link at the top of any page on this site.

UPDATE: Streamed video at abola.pt/directos/

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Shani Isseroff reminds us that European Championships is in progress right now in Portugal.

24th European Championships for Seniors and 8th European Championships for Juniors and 4th European Age Group Games in Acrobatic Gymnastics take place from 25th September to 4th October in Vila do Conde (POR).

Russia and Great Britain dominated the Age Group competition (11-16).

GymNiceTic

Shani points out that it’s not getting much coverage on either old media or the internet. Perhaps Senior finals will be interesting enough to generate some press.

Fact is, Acrobatic Gymnastics is my favourite gymnastics discipline. And there are no athletes more sought after for Circus jobs.

GymNiceTic covers Acrobatic Gymnastics.

FIG does a good job of providing an overview, but not much commentary:

… Some 422 gymnasts from 18 national federations will compete at the Acrobatic Gymnastics European Championships end of September and beginning of October in Vila Do Conde (POR) in the categories Women’s Pairs, Men’s Pairs, Mixed Pairs, Women’s Trios and Men’s Groups. …

FIG – Europe’s ACRO elite meet in Portugal

Videos are being streamed from France. (Click on the pulldown menu to choose what to watch.)

The British Acrobatic Gymnastics blog is good.

More links have been compiled here.

But Shani is correct. There are not nearly enough Acrobatic Gymnastics websites on the net. Leave a comment if you have more to recommend.

related link – The quadruple back has now been banned in FIG competition, I understand.

Pro-jump (UK) and Poweriser (USA) are two brands of spring-loaded stilts used for the extreme sport of Powerbocking. (Alexander Böck from Germany first patented the idea in 1999.)

You might also see them called Kangaroo Boots.

Click PLAY or watch Pro-jump action on YouTube.

There are a number of other brands, of course.

They’ve been used in circus performances. Yet I feel there’s much potential left in this invention.

Perhaps Poweriser basketball.

Thanks Sally. … Check out her The Good, The Bad and the Ugly Leotards blog.

I’ve yet to see the Cirque BUG show. But it looks fun.

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It’s playing Toronto right now. Then touring the USA.

official website

Thanks Marceline.

Nathan Blair was a Horizontal Bar / Floor specialist with the University of Iowa from 1999-2003.

You can see some video highlights on YouTube. He competed Def from age-16 to age-23, rarely missing the regrasp.

One College season he never missed a single routine on pipe.

Since then Nathan has been coaching and performing all over the world. Sea World San Diego. Acrobatic shows on cruise ships. And more.

Click PLAY or watch Nathan on YouTube.

Coming up is a gig on the world’s largest cruise ship — Royal Caribbean’s $1.2 billion Oasis of the Seas.

… Facilities rival the best on land. The 1,380-seat main theater features a thrust stage, and entertainers perform aerial acrobatics. The AquaTheater pool has a hydraulic floor that reaches nearly 18 feet at its lowest depth and underwater cameras. …

Sounds great!