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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.
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 ...
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 ...
A front aerial, performed as part of an acro dance routine A front aerial is an acrobatic move in which a person executes a complete forward revolution of the body without touching the floor. [ 1 ] Front aerials are performed in various physical activities, including acro dance and gymnastics .
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.