Posts Tagged "Acrobatics"

Foreign students learn acrobatics in China Wuqiao


Under the Chinese government-sponsored exchange programs, twenty-four students from five African and Asian countries, including Egypt, Nigeria, Liberia, Mauritius and Myanmar, began in November their one-year training of acrobatics in Wuqiao Acrobatics Arts School, a vocational school well-known for its acrobatics performance in Wuqiao of north China’s Hebei Province. Read more…

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Tiger Kissing’ Animal Trainer: All in the Family

Tiger kissing’ animal trainer, who has also helped deliver the cubs, shares her simple formula of safety with Guo Shuhan

Chao Gaimin has been earning her stripes as China’s most famous woman tiger trainer with her “tiger kissing” stunt in 2007. Read more…

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The 12th Wuqiao Circus Festival: The greatest show on Earth

It’s a celebration of what the human body can do when a performer defies the force of gravity, locks a foot on a pole and extends vertically, arms akimbo and horizontal to the ground. It’s an affirmation of what human intelligence and mental strength can achieve, making bulky tigers jump through burning hoops, balancing drums on the soles of one’s upturned feet and even playing on them. Read more…

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Opening Ceremony of the 12th China Wuqiao International Circus Festival

The 12th China Wuqiao International Circus Festival opened on Saturday in Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei province. Read more…

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Ancestor of China Hand Skill: Yiliao

It’s said that Yiliao was Song country in the period of Zhao Emperor in Xizhou. He was the first artist we known in acrobatism art. Before 3000 years,  he could cast and receive nine bells adroitly, and he was still the outstanding even if he compared with modern artists. So he was worthy of the ancestor of hand skill. Read more…

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