acrobatics
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Acrobatics is a physical performance art involving skillful body movements like flips, tumbles, and balancing acts that require strength, flexibility, and coordination. It matters as a form of entertainment and athletic expression that has been part of human culture for centuries, from circus performances to modern competitive sports.
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18 sectionsContents
- History
- Types
- Acrobalance
- Acro dance
- Aerial
- Trapeze
- Corde lisse
- Cloud swing
- Cradle
- Silks
- Hoop
- Gallery of aerial artists
- Contortion
- Rope and wire walking
- Tumbling
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|A showgirl performing [[aerial silk]]
Acrobatics () is the performance of human feats of balance, agility, and motor coordination. 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. Although acrobatics is most commonly associated with human body performance, the term is used to describe other types of performance, such as aerobatics.