In flight, everyone will be able to feel free and easy. Aerial gymnastics helps to remove any boundaries and float in the air. The so-called invisible wings make it possible to fly effortlessly and feel happiness and goodness.
Aerial gymnastics
Basically, this kind of sport is used in circus performances. In addition to canvases, aerial gymnastics on the ring is also popular. This option requires more additional training and professionalism. The combination of the canvases and the ring looks pretty interesting. But this is only for the viewer, and the gymnast himself puts too much effort into this matter.
As you already understood, this genre includes numbers where there are shells and devices suspended at a certain height. There are options with swinging movements, as well as rising and falling tricks on the canvas, look quite interesting for both adults and children.
This sport requires a certain amount of precision and concentration. It is imperative to be proficient here own body and not make any mistakes. Gymnasts are very risky, as they can get really big injury with subsequent complications, and in some cases, death is possible. Therefore, without the right level of training, you should not try to perform tricks designed for more experienced athletes.
Aerial gymnastics itself improves the skills and abilities of an average person and surprises ordinary people. In appearance, this is just something unreal and not feasible, as many viewers say. The genre at the moment is the most spectacular and mesmerizing. Agility and courage are the main traits of athletes, which, first of all, should surprise ordinary people.
Aerial canvases
Of course, like any other sport, aerial gymnastics with canvases has its own standard apparatus. The canvases are created from a fairly dense material, and their length is about 9 meters. In most cases, the length is determined by the height of the desired room. They have a special fastening system that allows you to hold on to the ceiling quite well during the performance of any jerks, strong swinging, and so on. The density of the fabric holds the weight of the gymnasts well and, accordingly, is selected separately for each. Acrobatic and gymnastic elements performed by athletes professionally at their level.
The canvases themselves can consist of both conventional material and stretching material. The non-stretching one is used for beginner gymnasts' tricks, but the second option was created for more experienced ones. The choice of canvases is very important for gymnasts. There should be certain criteria:
- Body-friendly, the fabric should not cause irritation or allergic reactions.
- Glide should be in moderation. Materials that are too slippery will make it difficult to perform tricks.
Training
Certain preparation is needed in absolutely any sport. Of course, aerial gymnastics on canvases also needs this. Photos of beginner gymnasts and professional ones have certain differences in the complexity and performance of tricks. In this case initial training has a special meaning and cannot be done without it.
To begin with, you should pay attention to the choice of studio or school in which the gymnast will study. The teachers are circus performers, professional gymnasts, and so on. Each coach is obliged to independently find an approach to each future gymnast, taking into account all his characteristics, abilities and, most importantly, the desire to practice.
The height of the ceilings in the premises of educational institutions should be more than 3 meters. Only this height can guarantee safe training for adults and children. Also, there must be specialized mats in each of the rooms. And in order to professionally hone skills, mirrors are needed on the walls.
Positive sides
Athletes, for whom aerial gymnastics has become a part of their lives, have extraordinary photos. It can be both footage from regular workouts and from performances. Everyone will love the captured moments of any tricks, especially when taken by a professional photographer.
The definition of aerial gymnastics is associated primarily with grace, art, grace, sophistication and flexibility. Thanks to tricks and exercises, each gymnast works hard on his own muscles, strengthening them and forming a relief. Dorsal muscles stretch over time, and with that comes an excellent full-body stretch.
Attracting people
Aerial gymnastics attracts spectators most often in the circus. Here are shown gorgeous flights over the dome, which delight the audience. And the versatility of the aerial gymnastics genre itself surprises people.
Since the middle of the 19th century, visitors to circus performances have paid attention to such tricks, and nowadays more and more people dream of repeating everything they saw on their own. The canvases are the most in demand now, so many ordinary gymnasts want to test their own strength in the air.
on canvases
There is also aerial and it is equally popular. These activities give children an unforgettable experience, they make them believe in miracles and the infinity of their own possibilities.
Of course, in these classes, as in adult program, be sure to include a warm-up before starting to perform tricks. Group lessons will allow not only to get the support of others, to find new acquaintances, but also to learn additional tricks where several people are involved. Self-confidence increases with each new activity, and fear and shyness recede further and further.
Comfortable and safe training rooms are present in almost every gymnastics center, but you still need to choose carefully. The criteria are exactly the same as for adults. And then not only the child, but also the parents will receive a lot of positive emotions.
Scenario of a thematic conversation for students primary school Let's talk about aerial gymnasts.
Matveeva Svetlana Nikolaevna, teacher primary grades MBOU Secondary School No. 9, Ulyanovsk.
Work description: I bring to your attention a thematic conversation with primary school students about aerial gymnasts. The material is included in the series of conversations "Profession - Circus Artist". Conversations from this cycle can be used as in extracurricular activities and classes for schoolchildren, as well as in classroom hours. This material will be useful for primary school teachers, teachers of extended day groups, kindergarten teachers, educators of children's health camps and sanatoriums during events. Topical conversation focused on junior students school age possibly for preschoolers preparatory groups.
Target: acquaintance with the profession of aerialist.
Tasks:
- to clarify the knowledge of children about aerial gymnasts;
- to broaden the horizons of junior schoolchildren;
- to develop the cognitive interest and creativity of children;
- to cultivate respect for artists performing in the circus.
Event progress
Teacher: Good afternoon guys! Today we are going to the circus with you!(Watching the video, the beginning of the circus performance).
Teacher: The circus has a huge variety of different artists. For everyone who has chosen as their profession, serving the circus art is life, not just a place of work. Circus performers are nomadic people, they are on endless journeys. The work of any circus performer is a secret for the viewer. Real professionals work with ease, ease and fun. Although circus art lives on by traditions, the artist is in constant search of new ideas and technical possibilities, new tricks and plots. The audience is required to admire, surprise and conquer. Not only physical, but also creative development - these are the main tasks of a circus performer.
The song "Circus" performed by Vitas is played.
Teacher: I propose to solve the riddle and find out which circus artist will be discussed today.
It flies, but not a bird.
He is not afraid of heights.
Rotates under the dome
Returns to earth.
(Aerialist.)
(A photograph of trapeze artists appears on the board.)
Teacher: Perhaps the most vivid memory for most people is going to the circus, and the most beautiful, burning act is the performance of trapeze artists. Beautiful, like swans, not subject to gravity, their body obediently and gracefully performs exercises in the air, on ribbons, rings, going up and down.
Teacher: Do you guys know when and where the first gymnasts appeared? And we will learn a lot more interesting things about aerial gymnasts from the presentation.
Sample text:
Gymnastics- a genre of circus art. Includes demonstration of exercises on special apparatus and apparatus. Elements of gymnastics were included in the system physical education even in ancient times in China, in Egypt, in Persia.
Teacher: The word itself "gymnastics" is of Greek origin and stands for nude training. Gymnastics was especially developed in Ancient Greece, where special gymnasiums existed, in which, under the supervision of an experienced gymnast teacher, they were engaged in gymnastics from an early age. Before the start of classes, they must take off their clothes. They twisted somersaults on a tight rope, holding only with their feet, shot upside down at targets, showed skill on one or more ropes suspended from the ceiling. Having learned, the artists performed at holidays and feasts. Then a wheel on a rope and a cord de volan appear in the numbers, inside which the gymnast spins, and then jumps out sharply and lands in the center of the field. Cord de volan- a thick rope suspended horizontally at both ends so that a sag is formed, in the middle of which the artist performs exercises, both on the spot and in swing. Numbers of a similar genre using cord de volan were demonstrated in the Middle Ages by wandering actors and are the forerunners of many aerial gymnastics genres. Thus, the artists, mastering complex gymnastic apparatus, traveled to most of the countries that existed.
Teacher: But in the Middle Ages, the popularity of gymnastics sharply declines and declines. Only in the 1770s in European countries, primarily in Germany, they again turned to gymnastics. Classes in gymnastics schools and in the halls are conducted on shells invented by German and Swedish athletes - parallel bars, horizontal bars, goats, horses, Swedish wall, gymnastic bench. By the way, these additional gymnastic apparatus are still used today. Thus, in the 18th century, gymnasts will again succeed. V mid XIX For centuries in Europe, sports, aerial gymnastics are becoming fashionable.
Aerialist in the 19th century
Teacher: The most capable and prepared athletes follow the example Jules Leotard, from the gymnasiums and military gymnastics schools, together with their apparatus - horizontal bars, trapeze, rings - to the circus, while squeezing out riders, female riders and horse trainers. This phenomenon was widespread. Masters who came from sports specialized in any one apparatus and achieved technical perfection and even record performance on it. The appearance of air performances in the circus required the re-equipment of the interior space of the circus buildings. In 1852, the first spherical dome for trapeze artists was built in the Parisian circus of Napoleon. November 12, 1859 circus artist Jules Leotard was the first in the world to demonstrate the number "Flight from trapezoid to trapezium".
Jules Leotard
Teacher: In 12 minutes, he made 8 simple flights between three trapezes suspended in a row at a great distance under the circus dome, as well as somersaults from one trapeze to another. The son of a gymnastics teacher learned all this himself, and practiced the most risky exercises above the surface of the water in the pool. Thanks to Leotard's air number, the entire space of the circus up to the dome was used. The artist gained immense popularity and traveled to almost all the capitals of Europe. Leotard showed his performance to Prince Frederick of Prussia, Tsar Alexander II of Russia, and performed in London and Madrid. Yes, it was a real event! Since the 60s of the XIX century, the most romantic form of aerial gymnastics - flight has become widespread, thanks to Leotar.
Jules Leotard
Teacher: In 1900, France hosted first international competition gymnastics, which identified many masters of the horizontal bar, trapeze, rings, and also made talented gymnasts famous all over the world. In the 30s of the XX century, gymnastic apparatus was equipped with electric motors and electric winches and decorated for airplanes, missiles, torpedoes, semaphores. In the mid-40s, rotating apparatus - "turntables" became widespread, with the help of which it became possible to carry out such spectacular effects as the gymnast snatching a gymnast from water basin or from the audience. Thus, aerial gymnastics gradually developed. In the air, gymnasts used trapezoids, ropes with shells suspended from them, etc.
Teacher: In Russia gymnastics took root relatively late. Since 1830, under the command of the commander Suvorov, gymnastics has become a compulsory subject in the army and military gymnasiums. Separate circles appear in Russia. The first gymnastics club was formed in St. Petersburg in 1863. At the end of the 19th century, Chekhov and Gilyarovsky organized a small society dedicated to gymnastics. Gymnasts put on whole numbers, where they can "fly in an airship", "soar in the air on the wings" or hang under the dome "on an airplane or paraglider." At the beginning of the 20th century, a huge leap took place in the aerial gymnastics genre: after the introduction of a safety net, it became possible to qualitatively complicate tricks. In aerial gymnastics, a "catcher" appears - an artist who belays and catches flying partners, and for the first time the number "cross flight" is performed.
Teacher: Bamboo is the name of the circus gymnastic apparatus and the number performed by aerial gymnasts on this apparatus. The projectile is a metal pole 4 m long and 45-50 mm. in diameter, suspended from the aircraft vertically. It was invented in China or Japan, where the poles were made of bamboo - a strong and elastic bamboo trunk that has long served as a material for circus props in the East.
Teacher:Room "Bamboo" originated in Japan (according to other sources - in China). The main method of bamboo is the "flag", performed with a loop, is used on tightly stretched masts, perches, vertical rope... For a long time, numbers on bamboo were performed while the projectile was stationary. Since the thirties of the twentieth century, bamboo began to be attached to equipment moving in a circle under the dome - torpedoes, airplanes, missiles. In 1930, Eder and his assistants demonstrated gymnastics on a short bamboo suspended from one end horizontal bar, mounted on top of the ten-meter model of the Eiffel Tower. At the other end of the crossbeam, a model of a small aircraft was suspended. The pilot assistant who was in it turned on the motor, which set in motion the entire structure. B. A. Eder (1894 - 1970)- a talented circus artist. Was born in Batumi. At the age of fourteen he first entered the arena. He started as an aerialist, his performances were loved by the public, the creator and participant of the aerial gymnastic attraction "Airplane flight around the Eiffel Tower".
Boris Afanasievich Eder
Teacher: And now, guys, I will ask you to complete the task - paint trapeze artists... We will work each one individually.(Held individual work with kids).
Teacher: We can say with confidence: today aerial gymnastics, which gives scope to the imagination of artists, is one of the most promising circus genres. The specificity of this genre is based on the demonstration of unusual body control skills that exceed the abilities of the average person. Aerial gymnastics includes circus performances performed on apparatus or apparatus suspended in the air, with the help of cables or other other fastening devices. Aerial gymnastics numbers are performed both on apparatus fixed in place, and on apparatus swinging, moving in a circle, as well as rising and falling up and down. These are exercises on trapeziums, corde de parele, corde de volanne, frame, bamboo, air horizontal bar, belts. The most common type is aerial gymnastics on the ring... The ring is called a lyre, a hoop, it has additional attachments: a crossbar and a loop. On the ring, gymnasts perform elements of swinging, jumping, aerial gymnastics on canvases, balancing in separate poses, and stretching.
Teacher: The most popular and spectacular is currently aerial gymnastics on canvases... Gymnasts suspended by long pieces of cloth performing incredible difficulty power tricks with stretching elements.
Teacher: Aerial canvases are two long canvases of stretching fabric with a width of 1-1.5 meters. Gymnastics on aerial canvases is considered a relatively new direction in the circus. Its prototypes can be considered such classic circus apparatus as belts, cor de shuttle, rope. There are several versions of the origin of this art form. According to the book "Just a Circus" by Stephen Santos, aerial gymnastics is the latest form of aerial art to appear in 1959 at the French circus school. However, then they were almost never used until 1995, when Isabelle Vaudel showed the number on the canvases. According to some other researchers and circus artists, the prototype is belt gymnastics, which originated in the early period of the Qing Dynasty in China (1644-1911). At that time, there is a rapid development different types performing arts, so artists have to constantly invent new performances to attract audiences. In the original version, these were leather ribbons suspended from bamboo frames, on which the artist jumped and climbed, winding the straps around the wrist and performing tricks of varying difficulty and speed.
Teacher: The performance of aerial gymnasts is associated with a large and painstaking preparatory work, which is sometimes invisible and unfamiliar to the common man. Everyday rehearsals, blisters, bruises and trauma make this work truly heroic.
Teacher: I propose to see cartoon about trapeze artist who remembers his childhood.
(This is followed by watching the cartoon "I remember").
Teacher: Guys, I would like to introduce you to some aerial gymnasts of the modern circus. We learn from the presentation.
(View presentation with teacher's comments).
Sample text:
Akimov Sergey - aerialist on belts
Number "Aerialist on belts" was created in the Moscow Nikulin Circus in 2002. The performance is made in a combination of strong stunt work with plastic and movement on the ground, unconventional for a circus. And also - with the use of shock absorbers in the work. This combination makes the room unusual and original.
Zemskova Elmira - aerialist on a spiral
The representative of the circus dynasty of the famous equilibrists Zemskovs. She has been working in the circus since the age of 13, since 1995, when she began performing in the number of her parents. Room "Prima" has existed since 1997. It uses the original apparatus specially created for this number. Extraordinary tricks, originality of the production, plasticity and artistry made it possible to create several versions of the performance - from the eccentric "cosmic" to the lyrical-romantic.
Pukhova Diana - gymnast on the rings
Rings gymnast Diana Pukhova is a laureate international festival"Princess of the Circus", held in Stockholm, where the artist was dubbed "The Malaysian Princess". Many do not know that the same trick performed by a man and a woman is absolutely incommensurable in terms of the difficulty of preparation, the complexity of execution. Diana Pukhova's number "The gymnast on the rings" made a splash, barely appearing in the repertoire of the Moscow Nikulin Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. The audience was struck by a magnificent and charming girl, who appeared in a bright and memorable image of an oriental beauty. Diana works without belay on her own grip - this is the main difficulty of the number. The performer's hand is not fixed with a special loop, as is usually the case with the same gymnasts on belts. There is a small safety loop, but its function is more psychological calmness.
Teacher: Guys, I have good news for you: a circus recently arrived in our city! I recommend everyone to visit it. Trapeze artists demonstrate their strength, agility and courage. This exclusive art wins hearts and makes audiences applaud every beautiful trick performed in the air. Particularly attractive in this sense is aerial gymnastics performed by graceful girls. Adorable creatures have not only beauty and plasticity, but also show complex, power elements in the air. Aerial gymnasts are circus princesses, they delight with their talent, beauty, hard work, endurance, readiness for daily risk, ability to overcome fear, fatigue and pain.
(Pictures from the circus appear on the board).
Are you in the throes of creativity while working on your holiday event program? Stuck in search of the very pearl that can raise the degree, raise the level of the celebration and the status of the celebration, draw attention to any event or opening? Your main task is to ensure that guests will remember the grandiose scale of the event for a long time? Then the gymnast show will become an irreplaceable find for the script of the holiday.
There are many styles and trends rhythmic gymnastics... The entertainment industry has significantly expanded with unique teams of circus and aerial gymnasts performing at corporate events, banquets, weddings and anniversaries. The numbers with ribbons, balls and hoops are complemented by acrobatic supports and choreographic elements. From this variety, it is easy to choose a spectacle that matches the aesthetic requirements and format of your event.
What should be considered when inviting gymnasts to the party?
Gymnastic numbers performed by professionals will not leave indifferent both a solid and respectable contingent, and a mischievous children's audience. However, when ordering such a performance for your celebration, you should take into account a number of necessary factors:It is necessary to inform the team in advance where the performance will take place and what conditions for work there are. Because, for example, trapeze gymnasts need a room with high ceilings and the ability to fix their equipment.
Every band or performer has equipment and paraphernalia so you don’t have to worry about that.
The repertoire and the number of performers are selected in accordance with the size of the stage space and the format of the event.
the site has collected on its page the most professional and sought-after gymnasts with a wide variety of programs designed for a chamber and large-scale audience!
Performances in the air at different shells- this is not only an extreme show that we can see in a circus, this discipline is now developing as a sport. In the air, you can perform on rings, trapeziums, canvases, cord de volante, horizontal bars, vertical rope and other similar structures (bamboo, air flight). But in training in sports clubs the main shells are precisely rings and canvases.
Performances on canvases
Aerial canvases are designed for aerial gymnastics exercises. They are two canvases of fabric that stretches a little, from one to one and a half wide meters. If the training of the gymnast allows, then the fabric is stretched more, it is more difficult to perform this way, but there is more scope for acrobatic creativity.
Gymnastics on canvas has long history- It was famous in the 17th century in China, when trapeze artists used leather straps for their tricks. But in Europe, trapeze artists began performing in 1959, when it was necessary to come up with an original replacement for other apparatus for performing above the ground. Thus, aerial gymnastics on pieces of fabric became the latest modification of this circus sports art.
Since 1996, classes on pieces of fabric have become compulsory in all circus educational institutions in France, now this discipline is taught in all large circus studios, as well as classes are conducted for children and adults in private sports clubs and dance schools... As an analogue of canvases, classes on hammocks or loops are the same pieces of fabric, only they do not hang freely, but two ends are fixed to the ceiling, and the projectile becomes like a swing.
Ring acrobatics
The air ring is rigid, it has long been used in circus performances, being a classic of circus art. It is also called an air hoop, a lyre. This hoop often has additional features such as a loop and a bar.
On this apparatus, gymnastic elements are performed, like twine, also acrobatic ones - for balance, swinging, dynamic exercises... Couples are possible on the ring, but as a sport, not demonstration performances, this discipline is suitable for solo lessons.
The aerial ring requires great strength, flexibility and dexterity, so classes on it are popular with those who want to try themselves in a difficult discipline. But this discipline is not safe, so the ring must be securely fastened, insurance and an experienced trainer are required.
Aerial gymnastics applications are circus and demonstration performances. Dance schools often host concerts, performances and aerial dance competition. Unlike pole dances, dances on other aerial apparatus are devoid of double-digit associations (unfortunately, they also penetrate nightclubs), so they are developing as a sports and dance direction.