The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Acro, or acrobatic skills, are the tumbling and flipping elements done on beam.

In women's artistic gymnastics, beam is the third event in the Olympic order. This apparatus is 4 inches wide, 16 ft long and ...

To the casual observer the balance beam is a pedestrian event that involves a young woman trying not to fall off a long, thin piece of wood while performing a series of required moves. But it’s much ...

Though the pandemic has halted performances of the revered dance/movement troupe Pilobolus, the company has turned its focus to helping seniors stay active through balance. The troupe has created a ...

Master Everyman Acrobatics with practical training tips, skill progressions, and exercises suitable for all levels, helping ...

In Wednesday's untraditional, industrial circus at Rudder Auditorium, the show blends apparatus art and performance art in a way that audience members of all ages can relate to. The creative director ...

The dangerous and exhilarating sport of acrobatics has a long history in China BEIJING, May 14, 2010 — -- Balanced high on a single bicycle, 20 Chinese girls contort themselves into knots. A ...

They are hardly the gymnasts of the animal kingdom and are better known for their gluttonous appetites than their acrobatic ability. But it seems cane toads are surprisingly agile creatures with an ...