Entries Tagged 'dance' ↓

Kirill Prokopiev is a young Russian gymnast. Not a strong tumbler (2009), but you can watch his air flare on YouTube. (embedding disabled)

Kirill is only the second Artistic gymnast to compete the air flare, after Morgan Hamm.

Watch the masters on an air flare compilation video.

Thanks bboysistou (YouTube) for the tip that another gymnast finally figured it out.

Via Full Twist.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (6min)

The wonderful days when the goal was to make simple things look fantastic.

Founder and Creative Director of SportMusic.com, Alex Goldstein from Russia, created music for Yelena Davydova, Masha Filatova, Natalya Shaposhnikova and Nellie Kim, amongst others.

They have READY-TO-USE music for Floor routines. ($75) … But it’s free to listen to the full version.

Even better, I think, is their CUSTOM MUSIC service, starting at $95.

SportMUSIC.com home page

They offer Rhythmic music, too.

3D truly is a whole new ballgame when it comes to the big screen.

A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers, including Luke (Malambri) and Natalie (Vinson), team up with NYU freshman Moose (Sevani), and find themselves pitted against the world’s best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown …

IMDB

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Impressive how they can convey 3D in a 2D video clip. John Woo is a master.

Thanks Jason.

Antonia Markova is currently a member of USA Gymnastics’ national staff, and choreographer for USA Women’s National Team Artistic Gymnastics.

Here Antonia is filmed giving instructions and corrections to an elite gymnast while she performs the complete complex. This complex is designed specifically for gymnasts to improve their dance skills at the highest levels and all levels can begin to use the complex as they move forward. …

Click through to GymSmarts.com for details. ($30 / 14min)

The Chalk Bucket forum has a thread on this topic.

Cost in the USA runs $100 → $350 for Floor.
Free → $150 for Beam.

If you want professional choreography, check out Precision in Los Angeles.

At my gym kids have paid as much as $450 for a Floor routine. Buying a “used” routine is normally 50% of the original cost.

Leave a comment if you can add to the discussion. Price for quality varies wildly, it seems to me.

related – Gymnastics Zone – So You Need a Routine Choreographed

You know this song.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Dean Kalyan linked to this great pop music video saying:

I dig this. In an age where music videos continue to devolve into nonsense and porn-inspired gimmicks, it’s nice to see people with talent are still able to shine.

Love the “moon walking” dance steps.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Janelle Monáe (born December 1, 1985 in Kansas City as Janelle Monáe Robinson) is a Grammy nominated American singer, songwriter, dancer, and performer. …

Whether you’re high or low …
You gotta tip on the tightrope …

Janelle Monáe – official website

From the Beatles show LOVE in Vegas.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

The Diski dance is … comprised of a series of choreographed football moves, named from different parts of the country, and was created for the 2010 FIFA World Cup as part of its advertising campaign …

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… Just before the match of Bafana Bafana against Uruguay, Cape Town celebrated Youth Day with the Biggest Diski Dance.

31 000 visitors visited the Cape Town FIFA Fan Fest through out the day where they were taught the Diski Dance by roughly a 150 Western Cape Gymnasts lead by Barbara Murphey …

FIG

An act in Les 7 doigts de la Main‘s show La Vie.

This video is from (I think) the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain competition in Paris.

Hand to hand circus act by Sébastien Soldevila et Mimi Bonnavaud.
(The 7 Fingers)

Numéro de main à main par Sébastien Soldevila et Mimi Bonnavaud (Les 7 doigts de la main)

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

This is something like La La La Human Steps meets Acrobatic Gymnastics. Wow!

Mimi is like an acrosport version of Louise Lecavalier.

(Linked by senior Cirque coach Tom Otjes on Facebook.)

related – SFGate backgrounder (2007) on Sebastian Soldevila and Emilie (Mimi) Bonnavaud.

I still have video of Duane when he was on the USA Jr. National Team under Hideo Mizoguchi. One of the strongest young gymnasts I’ve ever seen.

Kaitlin found him on the WWW:

Singer, Dancer. Choreographer, Actor, Director

… He competed in the 1991 Jr. Pan-American Games, 1993 and 1994 Portugal Invitational, USA vs. Mexico dual and 1991 McDonald’s InternationalMixed Pairs. …

Duane began his professional dance career at the age of 17, dancing for the first Hip-Hop theater dance company, Rennie Harris Puremovement (RHPM). While performing with RHPM, he also taught at MIT, Stanford University, Jacobs Pillow, University of Utah, UCLA, Monte Carlo Ballet Company, Pennsylvania Ballet Company,Philadanco, Alvin Ailey Dance Theater and Broadway Dance Center.

In 2007, Duane was installed as an adjunct faculty member of The Boyer College of Music & Dance at Temple University, Philadelphia. In January 2008, he was honored to be named the Assistant Artistic Director to RennieHarris Puremovement.

He is currently conducting community outreach programs within the suburban Philadelphia area as well as in conjunction with select universities across the nation. In August 2009, he was installed as an adjunct faculty member of Ursinus College. He is currently in the studio, preparing for his future solo releases.

duaneleeh.com

The best Floor Exercise of all. Moran Hamm is still the only Artistic gymnast to have competed it.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

bboy cico, included, has one of the best.