History of aerial acrobatics as a sport

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the history of aerial acrobatics. Materials and methods: Theoretical analysis and generalization of materials of scientific, methodical literature, Internet resources and other sources. Results: our research showed that the first mention of air. Aerial acrobatics appeared in the French circus school in 1959. In 1995, Isabel Vodel first performed on canvas. Conclusions: research shows that aerial acrobatics is one of the latest aerial arts. It gained popularity only in the 90s of the twentieth century thanks to the Cirque du Soleil.

Keywords

• sports
• aerial acrobatics
• air silks