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Cirque Broadway Bound
… planning to take over a Broadway stage for a long-running production that combines musical theater and acrobatics.
The company, which was acquired this spring by a group of private equity investors, said that the production, to be called “Paramour,” represented one step in a broader effort to expand its presence in New York and in the world of theater. Cirque plans to spend $25 million to mount the show at the Lyric Theater, one of the largest Broadway houses, and said it would run indefinitely after opening next spring.
The company is also working with NBC on a televised production of “The Wiz,” which is aiming for Broadway during the 2016-17 season, and is planning to bring one of its traveling big-tent shows, “Kurios,” to New York late next year. …
Whittenburg, Wynn – Rings
Click PLAY or watch Donnell Whittenburg’s best apparatus on YouTube.
Best dismount in the world right now. Good chance for the Final at Worlds.
Former World’s medalist Brandon Wynn was awarded the same start value. But didn’t hit quite as well on day 2.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Still, USA will not be lacking on Rings in the Worlds Team final.
Simone Biles – Beam double double dismount
Simone can do it. But her coach, Aimee Boorman, in an entertaining GymCastic interview said there were no plans to add it to her routine.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Gym Blog Brazil links to a number of other routines (in the past) with full twisting double back, including this one.
Click PLAY or watch Shawn Johnson on YouTube.
Shania Adams – Vault
Ontario Coaching Congress
August 21st-22nd, Milton, ONT
DAVE ROSS, FRANK SAHLEIN, DENIS VACHON, NICOLE LANGEVIN, ZHAOHUI HUANG, NICK BLANTON, ALEX BARD and many, many more great presenters.
double double punch double
Yurchenko drills
Chris Zimmerman put together a video for Mancino. It features the new Shannon Miller Round-Off Trainer mat.
Todd Gardiner likes the narrow Yurchenko hand mat to encourage kids to do a normal round-off, not the overturned round-off you see so many Olympians use. I agree. We should delay any overturn of the round-off for as long as possible.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
on Aliya …
🙂
Posted by tsarinamustafina, an Aliya fan tumblr.
Here’s one on Gabby. And one on Nastia.
(via Nico on GymFever2012 and mcsmaria)
BAN pay-for-play Trampoline facilities
Trampoline and Gymnastics professionals recommend parents get an experienced, certified coach.
Sending kids in to a barely supervised free-for-all Trampoline facility is dangerous and irresponsible. 😦
related:
Gymnastics Coaching.com 