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This traceur has a serious career. He’s one of The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers (LXD), for one.
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Travis Wong pro reel
March 16th, 2010 — dance, martial arts, parkour (free running), salary (contract)
flash mob – Sound of Music
March 9th, 2010 — dance, humour
Central Station Antwerp, Belgium
More than 200 dancers …
It is a promotion stunt for a Belgian television program, where they are looking for someone to play the leading role, in the musical of “The Sound of Music”.
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Linked by (fantastic) choreographer Jenne Smart Kissell on Facebook.
Podkopayeva – I think she can dance
March 5th, 2010 — dance
The “complete package”, 1996 Olympic all-around champion Lilia Podkopayeva is one of most popular gymnasts in history.
Lilia Podkopayeva & Sergey Kostetskiy finished 3rd for Ukraine at the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008.
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teaching dance head position
February 22nd, 2010 — dance
Creating long beautiful line leaves a favorable impression with the judges. Here Donna Culp shows a how to create long beautiful lines through your shoulders and head.
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Akai, The Box reach ‘Got To Dance’ final
February 9th, 2010 — dance
A 10yr-old street dancer and Glasgow ballet group impressed on a British reality TV dance contest.
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via @icclevix
Soviet gymnastics – Where Did Our Love Go?
February 8th, 2010 — Gymnastics, dance, floor (women)
So odd. So original. This is spooky good.
naimushina dudnik mostepanova baraksanova chudina bicherova omelianchik
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Perhaps I’ll evolve into a recluse who refuses to listen to any music later than 1989. Or to watch any gymnast after Omelienchik.
This was chosen by the new montage blog, Quitter’s Try. Thanks!
That video was posted by gentilly86 from France. I instantly subscribed.
Floor gasm – video
February 4th, 2010 — Gymnastics, dance, floor tumbling, parkour (free running)
Some gymnastics “Floor Exercises” I’d never seen before. This is the kind of creativity no longer rewarded in Artistic gymnastics.
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Comment on that post from explodingp:
… Next video Floorgy?
acrobatic dance troupe – STREB
January 22nd, 2010 — circus, dance
Dory Dynna linked to a highlights reel. Very cool … but they seem to fall down, a lot. ☺ He’s got tickets to see them in Vancouver as part of the arts festival held in conjunction with the Winter Olympics.
Promotional video for STREB with highlights from Wild Blue Yonder, STREB VS GRAVITY, Cirque du Soleil and the David Letterman Show
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… “It’s a mixture of slam dancing, exquisite and amazing human flight, and wild action sport,” says Elizabeth Streb, the daredevil founder of the Brooklyn-based STREB Extreme Action Company. …
Streb, an exuberant 60-year-old with spiky black hair, has won a MacArthur “genius” award for her work with the company she created in 1985. She remains fit a decade after she stopped performing her own choreography — so physically demanding, each move is calculated mathematically to avert catastrophe. …
read more: Daring dancers ready for Olympiad
teaching gymnasts to keep legs straight
January 20th, 2010 — Gymnastics, dance, physical preparation
In the former Soviet Union young boys and girls took 1hr ballet training every day.
No wonder they had great “form”.
Most gymnastics coaches in 2010 need to find faster, more efficient methods to motivate and teach children to keep legs straight, feet stretched.
Keeping great leg form will improve your scores. Here Mary Lee Tracy shows several drills to improve leg strength and improve leg form.
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I really appreciate busy coaches like Mary Lee taking time to share with us.
You can support Mary Lee and Gymnastics Minute by buying and recommending her popular coaching DVDs on GymSmarts.
choreographing UCLA Floor routines
January 14th, 2010 — Gymnastics, NCAA, dance, floor (women)
There’s a fascinating video online where Head Coach Valorie Kondos Field explains how she comes up with those unforgettable UCLA Floor routines.
And how she keeps coming up with new ones every year since 1983.
related – Kyle from Gymnastike interviews Anna Li
college gymnasts more entertaining than elite
January 6th, 2010 — Gymnastics, NCAA, dance, floor (women), judging
The College Gymnastics season begins. I’m happy, happy.
UCLA Gymnastics vs Utah Preview
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Kate Richardson competed in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, finishing 7th on Floor in Athens.
Here she is, a few years ago, competing Floor for UCLA.
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Great tumbling. Interesting and unusual (College) dance.
Andrew Thornton used this routine as just one example of how college gymnasts have more entertaining floor routines than most elites.
Check Andrew’s American Gymnast blog post where he show other examples: Jamie Dantscher, Allyse Ishino and Tabitha Yim.
In College “entertainment” value is more important than difficulty. The best of example of that was Courtney McCool dominating Floor Exercise in 2008 all season. And winning the NCAA Championships on Floor that year despite having no double salto on FX.
Judges agreed that McCool’s was the most entertaining and “cleanest” routine of the finalists.
2-person, 1-arm handstand
January 3rd, 2010 — acrobatic gymnastics, dance, physical preparation
Stu sends us a clip featuring Julia Paliy & Igor Gavva, Acrobatic gymnasts doing a dance piece.
Igor is outstanding. The video will begin at 2min 40sec, a unique 1-arm handstand if you click here.
Or, you can watch the entire thing by clicking PLAY below.
maRin creation in Kiev, Ukraine is the brainchild of Vladimir Marin.
Georgia Gym Dogs DANCE
December 31st, 2009 — Gymnastics, NCAA, dance, psychology
Gymnastike posted some FUN today for New Year’s Eve:
This year we’ve gotten access to shoot podium training at some big events like SEC Championships, Women’s NCAA Championships, and VISA Championships. Podium training days are always fun, but no one brings more fun to the podium than the Georgia Gym Dogs. They don’t train; they just dance!
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The ring leader is Courtney McCool. It will be interesting to see if they keep up the dance to keep the team “loose” next season once she graduates.
