Russia’s Adelina Sotnikova hangs mid-air during the ladies’ short programme at the ISU World Team Trophy figure skating in Tokyo in April 2013.
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/apr/16/isu-figure-skating-in-pictures#img-2
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Soccer Players’ Feet in the Air
Sporting Kansas City’s C.J Sapong heads the ball past Toronto FC ‘s goalkeeper Joseph Bendik to open the scoring in an MLS soccer game in Toronto on Saturday, September 21, 2013.
http://newsok.com/sapong-scores-2-to-lead-sporting-past-toronto-2-1/article/feed/594275
College Basketball Cheerleaders’ Feet in the Air
Cincinnati cheerleaders reach to catch other cheerleaders after tossing them into the air during the second round of the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament in Spokane, Washington on Thursday, March 20, 2014. Harvard won 61-57.
Mountain Biker’s Feet in the Air
Local and national mountain bike free-riders took part in the wild and competitive invitational Jump Ship event at Bear Mountain Resort in Victoria B.C. in October 2014. Garrett Buehler throws a ‘no foot can’ off a dirt jump.
http://cached.newslookup.com/cached.php?ref_id=123&siteid=2115&id=8676483&t=1412717116
Tennis Champ’s Feet in the Air
Serena Williams celebrates with the trophy after defeating Caroline Wozniacki to win their women’s singles final match on day 14 of the 2014 US Open on September 7, 2014 in New York City.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-08/serena-williams-celebrates-with-us-open-trophy/5726564
Jookin – Feet in the Air
Lil Buck is a mover and a shaker, the self-titled “ambassador” of Jookin – an intricate footwork dance style. Jookin evolved from Gangsta Walking, popularized on the streets of Memphis TN, about 30 years ago. Lil Buck learned to dance with his sister in his living room, moved onto classical ballet, and then onto street performing in LA. These days, his freestyle footwork impresses onlookers beyond the street.
On stage at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, Lil Buck took four beautifully exaggerated steps in slow motion. He was improvising to a string quartet. The well-heeled audience had probably come for Yo-Yo Ma but they gasped when Lil Buck accomplished a signature move, gliding smoothly across the floor as if levitating. He moved so that the notes seemed to vibrate up his body, his sneakers squeaking as he pirouetted.
“I think he’s a genius,” Mr. Ma said after the show. A video of their duet to Camille Saint-Saëns’s “The Swan” went viral in 2011; they have since performed it around the world — “one of the greatest experiences of my life,” Mr. Ma said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/29/arts/music/lil-buck-expands-jookins-world.html
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Dapper Dancers – Feet in the Air
Two tuxedoed men seem to shatter the laws of physics, forcing time to slow and speed. Their bodies curve in ways that would stagger Newton. Theirs is a playful, gravity-defying dancing duet.
Virgil Gadson bounces and bends as though he has replaced every bone with licorice sticks. And, Julius Chisolm slips across the floor more smoothly than the slide on a trombone.
Improvisation is what they call “their natural science”. Chisholm says, “Music takes control of me. I’ll be chilling, and a beat will come on. I understand life when I’m dancing.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/01/theater/virgil-gadson-and-julius-chisolm-in-after-midnight.html
Sky Dancing – Feet in the Air
Aeriosa, a small Vancouver-based dance company is not studio-bound. Julia Taffe and her group of dancers use mountaineering skills and climbing hardware to work with gravity, rather than against it. No pointe shoes, no skirts of tulle and feathers. Instead, they have carabiners, pulleys, mechanical braking systems, climbing harnesses, rope and running shoes.
With gravity as a partner, the company creates vertical dance – awe-inspiring spectacles on the sides of buildings, or on sheer cliffs of rock; performances that are strange, disconcerting and breathtaking at the same time.
Quoting: http://www.vancouverfoundationstories.ca/story.php?recordID=332
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‘Dolphin Arches’ – Feet in the Air
Born in South Dakota, dance luminary David Hallberg is both the principal dancer in Russia’s Bolshoi and a member of the American Ballet Company.
Hallberg’s elegant physique and presence effect nobility. The New York Times intones: “His physical majesty fluently evokes the class distinctions of the European societies for whom ballet was developed, as do the courteous graciousness of his stage manners and the unforced distinction with which he carries his head. And in one particular respect — the dolphin arches of his feet — he’s phenomenal.
He comes into his own when jumping; the air is his home domain. He not only soars, but he also cuts a radiantly proportionate shape, tipped by the arcs of those stretched feet.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/arts/dance/david-hallbergs-dancing-develops-via-russia.html?_r=0
Posing for Poshterity – Feet in the Air
Call them “photographers for rent” or “personal paparazzi”… you can hire someone to capture your travel journey or out-in-the town-adventure frame-by-frame. (http://blog.flytographer.com/category/nyc/)
http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/hubsv3/Travel/travelPages?activities=photography
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