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  2. The Ross Sisters - Wikipedia

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    After performing a "grand acrobatic dance" [7] in the 1944 MGM musical film Broadway Rhythm, [8] to the song "Solid Potato Salad" co-written by Don Raye, Gene de Paul and Hughie Prince, [9] they appeared regularly in nightclub shows around the United States. In May 1944, a reviewer noted that: "Girls are weak in the voice department but go over ...

  3. Acro dance - Wikipedia

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    Vaudeville dancer La Sylphe (c. 1908). Acrobatic dance emerged in the United States and Canada in the early 1900s, as one of the types of acts performed in vaudeville.Although individual dance and acrobatic acts had been performed in vaudeville for several decades prior to 1900, it was not until the early 1900s that it became popular to perform acts that combined dance and acrobatic movements.

  4. Acrobatics - Wikipedia

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    Acrobatic skills are used in performing arts, sporting events, and martial arts. Extensive use of acrobatic skills are most often performed in acro dance , circus , gymnastics , and freerunning and to a lesser extent in other athletic activities including ballet , slacklining and diving .

  5. List of most-viewed YouTube videos - Wikipedia

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    "Baby Shark Dance" became the second video to reach six billion views in July 2020, and seven billion views in October 2020. The majority of these videos in the Billion-View Club have been commercial music videos by popular artists, but the list has included oddities, typically programs aimed at children.

  6. Acrobatic gymnastics - Wikipedia

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    Acrobatic gymnastics is a competitive discipline of gymnastics where partnerships of gymnasts work together and perform routines consisting of acrobatic skills, dance and tumbling, set to music. The sport is governed by the International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG).

  7. Adagio (acrobatics) - Wikipedia

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    It is performed in professional circus, in various dance disciplines including acro dance and ballet, in pair skating, and as a hobby in university circus groups. [1] An adagio pair consists of one person acting as a flier and another as a base. The base remains in contact with the floor and the flier is balanced in the air.

  8. List of acrobatic activities - Wikipedia

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    Synchronized swimming – Hybrid form of swimming, dance, and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronised routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music. Taekwondo balchagi – South Korean martial art; Teeterboard – Acrobatic apparatus that resembles a playground seesaw.

  9. Halling (dance) - Wikipedia

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    The halling is a quick (95–106 bpm) dance in 6 8 or 2 4 that includes acrobatic, athletic competition between the dancers. Hallingdans can best be described as rhythmic acrobatic dance and consists of a number of steps which requires both strength and softness elation. [1]