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triptwister
There are many threads here on Chalk Bucket that discuss the age old complaint about floor routines with lackluster dance. Tumbling and acrobatic elements seem to out shadow dance elements. Passion and emotion is devoted to to hard tumbling and the dance elements receive lip service.
Gymnasts are taught techniques that directly oppose the techniques normally used by dancers. To a gymnast, concentration, alignment, squared hips. squared shoulders, knees turned down instead of out, and other fine points are important for consistency and balance. Especially on the balance beam.
A gymnast's dance style in a floor routine usually fall into keeping with the techniques used to teach balance and poise on the balance beam. What works well on the balance beam works just as well on the floor.
How then do we think out of the box? What should we do to release our gymnasts from the dead pan robot suits they wear? I think the clues are contained in the following video.
[YOUTUBE]HUEuXhK5m2o[/YOUTUBE],
Smile, change technique from robot to human, look like you are enjoying yourself and having fun, and connect with your audience. The tumbling and acrobatics does not need to be spectacular in order for the gymnast to be entertaining.
Gymnasts are taught techniques that directly oppose the techniques normally used by dancers. To a gymnast, concentration, alignment, squared hips. squared shoulders, knees turned down instead of out, and other fine points are important for consistency and balance. Especially on the balance beam.
A gymnast's dance style in a floor routine usually fall into keeping with the techniques used to teach balance and poise on the balance beam. What works well on the balance beam works just as well on the floor.
How then do we think out of the box? What should we do to release our gymnasts from the dead pan robot suits they wear? I think the clues are contained in the following video.
[YOUTUBE]HUEuXhK5m2o[/YOUTUBE],
Smile, change technique from robot to human, look like you are enjoying yourself and having fun, and connect with your audience. The tumbling and acrobatics does not need to be spectacular in order for the gymnast to be entertaining.