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2020 SyllabuS Guide
ACROBATIC ARTS
Logan Gallinger
Acrobatic Arts Inc can now be found in over 3200 studios in 21 countries worldwide. An estimated 250,000 dancers participate in Acrobatic Arts classes every week.
FOUNDER/DIRECTOR:
Mandy Yip CEO
Meaghan Wegg, Tim Buckley, Australian/ New Zealand/Singapore
Division Manager
Mark Nash, USA Division Manager Jennifer Shirkey, European/South Africa Division Manager
Shelby Hanet, Operations Manager
HEADQUARTERS:
Address: PO Box 10396, Airdrie, Alberta, Canada (With Additional offices in Australia, UK and USA)
Phone: +1 403 828 3379 Website:
www.acrobaticarts.com
Email:
admin@AcrobaticArts.com
STYLES COVERED:
Acrodance, Acrobatics
GRADING SYSTEM:
The Acrobatic Arts program is designed to motivate
students and help them excel in acrobatics with defined and achievable goals. Dancers work through 12 exam levels, each designed to create a well balanced acrobat.
MARKING
AND ASSESSMENT: Examiners evaluate dancers
against a set universal standard. Students are graded on 28 skills per
exam on a scale of Distinction, Excellent, Highly Commended, Commended, Pass or Retry. All exam participants receive a report card complementing areas of excellence and suggesting areas for improvement. Successful participants receive a certificate and any student with a grade of “Distinction”, receive an Acrobatic Arts medal.
TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS:
Established dance teachers can be certified in three Modules which include; spotting techniques, basic anatomy, Acro dance transitions,
partnering skills, drills to enhance training and lesson planning. Module one covers Primary – Level 6; which includes the beginner fundamentals of acrobatics such as somersaults
to the higher level skills such as back walkovers.
Module two covers Level 7 to our Pre-Professional Level 3; which includes more advanced skills like front and
side aerials and back handsprings. Module Three is a concentrated certification only focusing on the six advanced skills for our Pre-Professional students working in tumbling or contortion. Each certification module covers skills in all five fundamentals
of acrobatics.
Teachers are required to be certified to submit students to the Acrobatic Arts examination process.
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Acrobatic Arts host workshops on a global scale on a wide variety of topics, including high level skills, flexibility and injury prevention. Teachers certified with the Acrobatic Arts Syllabus are privy to exclusive events held in collaboration with Cirque Du Soleil, where teachers learn the inner workings of the artistic process and athletic demands on the cast and directors.
In addition, student workshops with world renown instruction are also offered by Acrobatic Arts in cities around the world.
PHILOSOPHY:
To set the standard of excellence in education among dance instructors in order to promote proper technique and progression in Acrobatic Dance.
The most trusted acro dance training for teachers and dancers.
For Teachers:
Learn to teach the five fundamentals of acro dance; balancing, strength, flexibility, tumbling and limbering.
For Students:
Increase technique with 12 levels of acro dance, starting from beginner
to advanced.
History:
Acrobatic Arts was founded in Canada in 2012 and has grown into an internationally recognized syllabus. The program is based on safe and effective progressions with proven results in five categories of AcroDance: Flexibility, Strength, Balancing, Limbering and Tumbling. The comprehensive, technique focused syllabus was developed alongside professionals and experts in ballet, modern dance, jazz, contortion, artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, sport acrobatics, yoga, pilates, physiotherapy, hand balancing and more.
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