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Glossary of Terms-Circus

Contemporary circus, or nouveau cirque (as it was originally known in French-speaking countries), is a genre of performing art developed in the later 20th century in which a story or a theme is conveyed through traditional circus skills. Animals are rarely used in this type of circus, and traditional circus skills are blended with a more character-driven approach. Compared with the traditional circuses of the past, the contemporary approach tends to focus more attention on the overall aesthetic impact, on character and story development, and on the use of lighting design, original music, and costume design to convey thematic or narrative content. Most of these terms are fully described, and sourced from, specialist circus websites.

Glossary of Terms-Dance

Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting. Most of these terms are fully described, and sourced from, specialist dance websites.

Glossary of Terms-Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, balance, grace and passion for the sport. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) with each country having its own national governing body affiliated to FIG. Competitive Artistic gymnastics is the best known of the gymnastic sports. It typically involves the women's events of uneven parallel bars, balance beam, floor exercise, and vault. Men's events include floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars, and high bar. Gymnastics evolved from exercises used by the ancient Greeks, that included skills for mounting and dismounting a horse, and from circus performance skills. Most of these terms are fully described, and sourced from, specialist gymnastics websites.

Glossary of Terms-Martial Arts

Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development. Most of these terms are fully described, and sourced from, specialist martial arts and kick-boxing websites.

Glossary of Terms-Trampoline and Tumbling

Trampoline and Tumbling terms are used to describe various positions and types of skills performed in the sport of trampolining and tumbling. The sport also has a number of terms which are related to competitions. A number of these terms are unique to trampolining, others are shared with related sports such as gymnastics or diving. Most of these terms are fully described, and sourced from, specialist trampolining and tumbling websites.

History of Artistic Gymnastics

History of Trampoline and Tumbling

Artistic Gymnastics Equipment

Women's Gymnastics Event Descriptions

USA Gymnastics Level 9 Eastern/Western Champions

Men's Gymnastics Event Description

Trampoline and Tumbling Descriptions

Trampoline and Tumbling Scoring

*Most of these terms are fully described, and sourced from, specialist acrobatic websites and wikipedia.