Individual Acrobatics

Gymnastics Floor Exercise has a multitude of individual acrobatic stunts that have been ignored and almost forgotten in the Artistic Gymnastics community since they predominately emphasize tumbling skills.

The valdez is an example of an individual acrobatic stunt.

Dance

The program is not a dance program per se, but dance elements have to be taught for the routines, and teaching the students to be performers is part of the curriculum.

These dance steps, assemble, sissone are examples of dance elements.

Tumbling

Tumbling is taught, and the students get excellent training in tumbling, but this is not the main emphasis of the program as every gymnastics club and dance studio teaches tumbling.

The back handspring is an example of tumbling.

Pair Balances

Pair Balances are partner skills of adagio lifts, and gymnastics balances. These are the building blocks for all group stunts.

This is an example of an adagio (ballet lifts) and gymnastic lift overhead of a back bird overhead, lower to shoulder, drop down to fish and an arabesque on the floor.

Pyramids

Pyramids are any formation with three or more performers. Competitive acrobatics limits the pyramid groups to either three women or four men, but any combination and any number even as much as 20 or more can build pyramids.

This is an example of a trio pyramid combination.

Dynamic Elements

Dynamic Elements are the group stunts that involve tossing, catching, somersaulting and flying using two or more people.

This is an example of a dynamic combination, a foot pitch to a bird catch followed by a hecht dismount to the floor.