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An aerial cartwheel or side aerial is an acrobatic move in which a cartwheel is executed without touching hands to the floor. During the execution of a standard cartwheel, the performer's body is supported by the hands while transitioning through the inverted orientation whereas an aerial cartwheel, performer is airborne while inverted.
Aerial – The knees are unbent, with legs in a forward or side split and aligned on the rotational plane, resulting in a front aerial or side aerial, respectively. Tuck – The legs are together with the knees fully bent and drawn to the chest , and the hands clutch the knees or are otherwise held close to the body.
A somersault (also flip, heli, and in gymnastics salto) is an acrobatic exercise in which a person's body rotates 360° around a horizontal axis with the feet passing over the head. [1] A somersault can be performed backwards, fowards or sideways and can be executed in the air or on the ground. When performed on the ground, it is typically ...
During the America's Got Talent auditions Tuesday night, married couple Flora and Nico, also known as Duo Rings, performed a mesmerizing and alluring aerial act that had judges Heidi Klum, Sofia ...
Aerial dance is an art form that is incredibly demanding and requires a high degree of strength, power, flexibility, courage, and grace to practice. Online educational resources and YouTube channels have also emerged as significant platforms for aerial dance training, with some channels reaching tens of thousands of subscribers globally.
The discipline of aerial straps was originally a Chinese specialty where athletes would perform intensely muscular tricks up and down the straps. Many of the moves are similar to those of the aerial rings. The pioneers of contemporary aerial straps were identical twins Yuri and Valery Panteleenko, known as the Panteleenko Brothers.
The aerial hoop (also known as the lyra, aerial ring or cerceau/cerceaux) is a circular steel apparatus (resembling a hula hoop) suspended from the ceiling, on which circus artists may perform aerial acrobatics. It can be used static, spinning, or swinging.
Aerial 720 Twist; This variant is an aerial twist that rotates an additional 360°. Though in actuality, the practitioner only rotates a total of 540°. It is referred to as an aerial 720 twist because a normal twist that adds an additional 360° is referred to as a 720 twist. An Aerial 720 Twist is considered more difficult because of the ...