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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.
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 .
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Tricking – Training discipline that combines kicks with flips and twists from martial arts and gymnastics as well as many dance moves and styles from breakdancing. Tumbling – Gymnastics discipline in which participants perform a series of acrobatic skills down a 25 metres (82 ft) long sprung track.
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).
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 .
A one-handed front walkover performed during an acro dance. A front walkover is an acrobatic movement sequence. It begins with the performer standing up straight with arms raised and positioned near to the ears.
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.