Did I mention how badass my colleagues were?
Collaboration between Cirque Éloize and Funemployed Chicago.
via Rudy. Never thought I'd see the day where I'm gawking at my screen, watching a video of extreme scooter.
North Korean circus has been getting pretty extreme (as is the case for most communist nations). It's just so unfathomably dangerous to have two people responsible for catching each arm - what if one of them misses!? Goodbye rotator cuff.
Shame on the editing at 8:35 because that guy dismounts from the top catcher.
This act took gold at the 12th Festival Circo Latina in Italy.
You might have seen his full act before. It's crazy good because he has insane handstands too - and shows them off. I went looking for new material and found this clip. Also check out his handstand workout; dude looks like he could live in a straddle planche.
Two inspiring floor routines I've seen recently, mostly for twisting but everything else is beautiful as well:
Sandra Izbasa - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXA0wFax3C8 (Embed disabled)
Triple full punch (gorgeous) stag jump. Her legs are so long.
Flavius Koczi
3.5 twist punch barani! No double saltos, still took gold!
Old news, I know, but still deserves a spot here. Tempest opened on April 2 in Los Angeles. For more info, go to http://tempestacademy.com/
via Gymnasticscoaching.com. I love the comment uttered in the video "I don't think he needs to do anything else after that." Good to hear a crowd flip out like that at a gym meet.
via Lewie GREAT edit of some crazy tricks, mostly from the past two years. I'd seen most of them but the only part where I voiced my amazement aloud was 3:15. I don't think I've ever seen a Coca-Cola on floor.
Saw a link to a post about this dive from Gymnasticscoaching.com. They do four and a half synchronized flips. Far from perfect, but super ballsy.
via Sarah. I've only known German wheel from Circus, but it's apparently been a sport in Germany since 1925!
Remember the Fornasari tramp act I posted last June? I was showing some people and I stumbled onto this training video.
Looks like these days the Fornasari family can be found bullfighting... with terriers. Cute!
Looks like these days the Fornasari family can be found bullfighting... with terriers. Cute!
I can't even imagine being that flexible... But it would be really cool. I'm sort of thinking we need to see this show when we go to Singapore.
Also, via Manda
Also, via Manda
Did I ever admit that I secretly want to be a contortion handbalancer? I mean I'm not nearly flexible enough, but if you can lower your center of mass by bending in half, it makes standing on one arm heaps easier.
Jokes aside, everything that Taras Pozdnyakov has been churning out lately with these Raw Art acts is quality. I've got my complaints with his sometimes predictable style and disinclination to ever show faces, but you're not going to find tricks like these anywhere else. I've already lauded several of the acts in the [company? show? project? It's quite vague!] and I'm very excited to see what comes of it. Go here and be completely entertained/overwhelmed for an hour: http://www.youtube.com/user/TarasPozdnyakov
(via GymnasticsCoaching)
For the first time I am absolutely awestruck by a cheer routine. I was so dazzled by the intricacy that I was distracted enough not to notice how they pike down all of their twisting tumbling.
For the first time I am absolutely awestruck by a cheer routine. I was so dazzled by the intricacy that I was distracted enough not to notice how they pike down all of their twisting tumbling.
Positively disgusting.
If you thought that was cool,. also see this slow-mo video of the 2010 Battle of the Year.
If you thought that was cool,. also see this slow-mo video of the 2010 Battle of the Year.
via Lewie West
I just spent the last 5 minutes screaming at my computer screen.
3:01 SERIOUSLY!?
via Julien Roberge
3:01 SERIOUSLY!?
via Julien Roberge
http://circopedia.org/index.php/Puzanova_and_Venediktov_Video_(2005)
Someone teach me Iron Jaw please?
Someone teach me Iron Jaw please?
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