I’ve never been much of a fan of Artistic Gala performances.
Svetlana’s bit didn’t make me a believer.
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related – GymCastic #279: A Diva Is Magical: The Svetlana Khorkina Episode
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Category: dance
trampoline performance art
Yoann Bourgeois is a nouveau-cirque acrobat who uses trampoline as part of performance art.
Watch part of a performance at the Paris’ Panthéon in co-production with Théâtre de la Ville. It’s called ‘Mechanics Of History’.
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SciFi Tango
Bruno then declared it the best dance of the season. They got a perfect 40. …
Lindsey Stirling and Mark Ballas dance the Argentine Tango to “Human” by Sevdaliza on Dancing with the Stars …
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Danell Leyva – Tango
Danell Leyva is competing in the Spanish language reality TV dance competition Mira Quien Baila.
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dancer Chengwu Guo in slow mo
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Breakdance at Youth Olympic Games
Breakdancing added to Youth Olympic Games for 2018:
This is how it will work: Twelve male and 12 female dancers, ages 16-18, will compete over two days. Competition will be broken down into three events — men’s, women’s and mixed-team — with dancers facing off in a battle format that will be judged and scored.
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Stage 1 has been completed. Here are those who qualified through to Stage 2.
Gymcats – “It’s Going Down For Real”
Ashley Pascos used this group choreography for her 2nd annual Canmore Gymnastics Adventure Camp this summer. Coaches (including me) had to learn it as well.
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NBC World of Dance – Eva Igo
UPDATE: NBC geoblocked the YouTube video. This Facebook version still plays.
Stacey Umeh loves this dancer.
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related – Dance Magazine – World of Dance’s 14 Year Old Star Eva Igo on Her Toughest Competition Yet
dancing with robots
Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Stephen Hawking are deeply concerned about AI, but the tech and its ramifications are poorly understood by the public. That disconnect prompted Blanca Li and her dance company to create a choreography for eight dancers called Robot.
Produced with Softbank’s robotics division and Japanese artists Maywa Denki, it attempts to explore “the interactions between [humans and robots], in an absurd and poetic way.” …
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Miss Val teaching dance at UCLA Camp
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