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A handspring is an acrobatic move in which a person executes a complete revolution of the body by lunging headfirst from an upright position into a handstand and then pushing off (i.e., "springing") from the floor with the hands so as to leap back to an upright position. Handsprings are performed in various physical activities, including acro dance, cheerleading, and in both men's and women's artistic gymnastics.

The direction of body rotation in a handspring may be either forward or backward, resulting in a front handspring or back handspring, respectively. In a back handspring—which is also known by various other names, including flip-flops—the performer does not see where the hands will land until after the move has begun.

Body movement may be terminated upon completion of a handspring, or the performer's momentum may be leveraged so as to immediately perform another handspring or other rotational move (e.g., a tuck or layout).

Gymnastics use

Handsprings are used on many events, including floor, balance beam, and vault.

In WAG, handsprings are first introduced on floor in the level 4 compulsory routine, with a roundoff back handspring dismount.
On the balance beam, gymnasts can add a back handspring to their routine starting in level 7.
Gymnasts competing levels 5 and 6 must do a front handspring vault, although it is common in level 7 also.
You can do flips out of a front or back handspring.

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+[[Image:Front_handspring.gif|right|thumb|A ''front handspring'', performed as part of an [[acro dance]] routine.]]
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+A '''handspring''' is an acrobatic move in which a person executes a complete revolution of the body by lunging headfirst from an upright position into a [[handstand]] and then pushing off (i.e., "springing") from the floor with the hands so as to leap back to an upright position. Handsprings are performed in various physical activities, including [[acro dance]], [[cheerleading]], and in both men's and women's artistic [[gymnastics]].
-| name            = Ergo Proxy
-| image           = [[Image:ErgoProxyTitle.jpg|230px]]
-| caption         = The title screen for Ergo Proxy.
-| ja_name         = エルゴプラクシー
-| ja_name_trans   = Erugo Purakushī
-| genre           = [[Postcyberpunk]], [[Horror fiction|Horror]], [[Mystery]]
-}}
-{{Infobox animanga/Anime
-| title           =
-| director        = [[Shukō Murase]]
-| studio          = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Manglobe]]
-| licensor        = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Geneon]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Geneon]]<br /> {{flagicon|UK}} [[MVM Films]]<br /> {{flagicon|Australia}} {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Madman Entertainment]]
-| network         = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[WOWOW]]
-| network_other   = {{flagicon|United States}} [[Fuse TV]]<br /> {{flagicon|Australia}} [[ABC2]]<br /> {{flagicon|Canada}} [[G4techTV Canada]]<br /> {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[ZTV]]
-| first           = [[25 February]] [[2006]]
-| last            = [[12 August]] [[2006]]
-| episodes        = 23
-| episode_list    = List of Ergo Proxy episodes
-}}
-{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
+The direction of body rotation in a handspring may be either forward or backward, resulting in a ''front handspring'' or ''back handspring'', respectively. In a back handspring—which is also known by various other names, including ''flip-flops''—the performer does not see where the hands will land until after the move has begun.
-{{nihongo|'''''Ergo Proxy'''''|エルゴプラクシー|Erugo Purakushī}} is a [[science fiction]] suspense [[anime]] television series, produced by [[Manglobe]], which premiered across Japan on [[25 February]] [[2006]] on the [[WOWOW]] [[satellite television|satellite]] network. It is directed by [[Shukō Murase]], with screenplay by [[Dai Satō]] [[et al]]. ''Ergo Proxy'' features a combination of 2D digital [[cel animation]], 3D computer modeling and digital special effects. The series has both [[steampunk]] and [[postcyberpunk]] elements and focuses heavily on the psychology and mentality of its [[protagonist]]s.
+Body movement may be terminated upon completion of a handspring, or the performer's momentum may be leveraged so as to immediately perform another handspring or other rotational move (e.g., a tuck or layout).
-==Story==
-The story begins in a futuristic domed city called Romdo,<ref name="keywords">{{cite web|url=http://www.ergoproxydvd.com/story/keywords/|title=Ergo Proxy 3" Keywords|accessdate=2006-10-26}}</ref> built to protect its citizens after a global ecological disaster. In this utopia, humans and androids (AutoReivs<ref name="keywords"/>) coexist with each other peacefully under a total management system. A series of murders committed by berserk robots infected with the Cogito virus begins to jeopardize the delicate balance of the social order. Behind the scenes, the government is conducting secret experiments on a mysterious humanoid lifeform called Proxy, which is believed to hold the key to the survival of mankind.
+==Gymnastics use==
-Re-l (also spelled Real, pronounced "Rielle") Mayer is assigned to investigate some of the murders with her AutoReiv partner Iggy. She encounters a Cogito-infected AutoReiv and a fast and flexible monster. She later learns that the monster was a Proxy. The other central character, an immigrant named Vincent Law, is revealed as being the eponymous proxy, but his memories of his time in his native dome of Mosque are suppressed, or perhaps he suppresses them. After being hunted down, Vincent leaves Romdo, and Re-l tags along to discover the truth behind the Proxies and the domes.
+Handsprings are used on many events, including [[floor]], [[balance beam]], and [[vault]].
+* In WAG, handsprings are first introduced on floor in the level 4 compulsory routine, with a roundoff back handspring dismount.
+* On the balance beam, gymnasts can add a back handspring to their routine starting in level 7.
+* Gymnasts competing levels 5 and 6 must do a front handspring vault, although it is common in level 7 also.
+* You can do flips out of a front or back handspring.
+==External links==
-In the domed city of Romdo (and possible in other domed cities) various sections of the 'government' are referred to as Bureaux - the Intelligence Bureau, the Health & Welfare Bureau and the Security Bureau among others.
+{{wiktionary|handspring}}
-The AutoReivs are referred to as either 'companions' or 'entourage' depending on their role.
+*[http://www.gymnasticsrevolution.com/GymInteractive-Floor-Front%20Handspring.htm Demonstration of front handspring]
-Similar to films such as The Matrix, it appears that the humans in the city are somehow created and birthed by grossly swollen Autoreivs, and each assumes a purpose. This purpose, referred to as a "raison d'etre", consumes each character throughout the series. For example, Autoreiv's raisons d'etre are to serve the humans, and Daedalus' purpose is to serve and protect Real.
+*[http://aescougarcheer.com/Cheer101/tumbling.htm#fhs Tips on learning front and back handsprings]
+[[Category:Gymnastics manoeuvres]]
-In an interview,<ref>http://www.japansociety.org/web_docs/IN_Sato-McGray%20Interview.pdf</ref> [[Dai Satō]] describes the project:
+[[de:Flickflack]]
+[[de:Handstandüberschlag]]
-{{quotation|It is set in the future. A group of robots become infected with something called the Kojiro [''sic''] virus, and become aware of their own existence. So these robots, which had been tools of humans, decide to go on an adventure to search for themselves. They have to decide whether the virus that infected them created their identity, or whether they gained their identity through their travels. This question is meant to represent our own debate over whether we become who we are because of our environment, or because of things that are inherent in us. The robots are all named after philosophers: [[Jacques Derrida|Derrida]] and [[Jacques Lacan|Lacan]] and [[Edmund Husserl|Husserl]] [''sic''].|[[Dai Satō]]}}
+[[nl:Overslag (gymnastiek)]]
-==Cast & characters==
-{{main|List of Ergo Proxy characters}}
-A number of characters in the supporting cast are named after various figures taken from both history as well as mythology. Most notably, names of significant profiles in philosophical and psychological sciences appear throughout the series.
-The Proxies could almost be supporting characters, since they play such a vital role in the series. Though it is stated that there are many Proxies, only a few have been named: Monad, Senex, Kazkis and Ergo Proxies, as well as Proxy One and MCQ. A fifth which Re-l sends back to Romdo with Iggy, is never named.
-===Principal characters===
-* '''Vincent Law'''
-:{{anime voices|Kōji Yusa|Liam O'Brien}}
-:An immigrant from Mosko working for Romdo's {{nihongo|AutoReiv Control Division|オートレイブ処理課}} within the {{nihongo|Temporary Immigrant Sector FG|暫定移民区域FG}}, set up to hunt and dispose infected AutoReivs. Vincent appears driven to become a Model Citizen, but ultimately fails to suppress the burden of his traumatic past and flees from Romdo. He seems to have a deep connection to the second Proxy, having left his necklace at the scene of the first Proxy site.
-* '''Re-l Mayer'''<ref>''Ergo Proxy'' anime, episode 7, 4:13: record shows '''RE-L MAYER'''</ref>
-:{{anime voices|Rie Saitō|Megan Hollingshead}}(credited as Karen Thompson)
-:Inspector Re-l Mayer of the {{nihongo|Citizen Intelligence Bureau|市民情報局|Shimin Jōhōkyoku}} is in charge of investigating a series of brutal murders apparently committed by AutoReivs infected with the Cogito virus. She is also the granddaughter of Donov Mayer, the Regent of Romdo. Re-l accompanies Vincent on his journey in order to learn more about the mysterious Proxies.
-* '''Pino'''
-:{{anime voices|Akiko Yajima|Rachel Hirschfeld}}
-:An infected Companion type AutoReiv owned by [[List of Ergo Proxy characters#Recurring characters|Raul Creed]] and Samantha Ross, Pino served as a surrogate child to the couple. She was scheduled for decommissioning after the Creeds were granted a real baby son by the government, but the untimely deaths of Samantha and her new son prompted Pino to flee Romdo. She accompanies Vincent on his journey. The character of Pino was given this name after a famous pink rabbit toy from the United Kingdom which was named 'cutest toy of the decade' during which the Manga publication began. The roots of this name go all the way back to the Egyptian era when rabbits were seen to be 'pink' creatures.
-==Glossary==
-{{main|Ergo Proxy glossary}}
-==Anime==
-===Episodes===
-{{main|List of Ergo Proxy episodes}}
-''Ergo Proxy'' ran on the satellite network WOWOW at 19:00 [[Japan Standard Time]] from [[25 February]] [[2006]] to [[12 August]] [[2006]], for a total of 23 episodes. In the [[United States]], the English dub of Ergo Proxy premiered on [[Fuse TV]] on [[9 June]] [[2007]], playing every Saturday morning at midnight.<ref name="click">Hanson, Brian. [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-click/2007-06-09 The Click: June 9–15]. Anime News Network. Retrieved [[August 16]], [[2007]].</ref> Australian digital broadcaster [[ABC2]] also began broadcasting the English dub on [[3 July]] [[2007]], playing every Tuesday night at 9:00pm, concluding on Wednesday the 5th of December.<ref name="abc2">[http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/200707/programs/ZY9080A001D3072007T210000.htm ABC2 TV Guide: 03 July, 2007]. Retrieved [[October 23]], [[2007]].</ref> In Canada, the English dub aired on a digital channel, G4techTV Canada, on Thursdays at 8pm ET/PT, starting its first run on July 26, 2007.
-===Theme songs===
-The series' opening theme song is "Kiri" by rock group [[Monoral]] and is first shown in episode 3. The ending theme song is "[[Paranoid Android]]", a famous song by English alternative rock band [[Radiohead]], although the preview version of the first episode did not feature it.
-===Staff===
-*Director: [[Shukou Murase]]
-*Chief Writer: [[Dai Satō]]
-*Script: [[Dai Satō]], Yuko Kawabe (Office Crescendo), Seiko Takagi, Yusuke Asayama, Naruki Nagakawa, Jun'ichi Matsumoto
-*Character Design: [[Naoyuki Onda]]
-*Music: [[Yoshihiro Ike]]
-*Sound: [[Keiichi Momose]]
-*Production Committee: [[Manglobe]], [[Geneon Entertainment]], [[WOWOW]], Geneon Entertainment USA
-==Media==
-===DVD release===
-''Ergo Proxy'' was released on DVD in Japan from [[25 May]] [[2006]] to [[25 January]] [[2007]], spanning nine volumes.  The series was licensed by [[Geneon Entertainment|Geneon Entertainment USA]] for Region 1 release, which began on [[21 November]] [[2006]] and spanned six volumes. On [[July 3]], [[2008]], Geneon Entertainment and Funimation Entertainment announced an agreement to distribute select titles in North America. While Geneon Entertainment will still retain the license, Funimation Entertainment will assume exclusive rights to the manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution of select titles. ''Ergo Proxy'' was one of several titles involved in the deal.<ref name="Fun-Gen">{{cite press release|url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2008-07-03/funimation-entertainment-and-geneon-entertainment-sign-exclusive-distribution-agreement-for-north-america |title=FUNimation Entertainment and Geneon Entertainment Sign Exclusive Distribution Agreement for North America|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=2008-07-03|accessdate=2008-07-22}}</ref>
-In [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]], ''Ergo Proxy'' DVDs are being released by [[Madman Entertainment]]; the first volume was released in March 2007. The first volume of ''Ergo Proxy'' was released in the [[UK]] by [[MVM Films]] on the 6th of August 2007. Currently 5 volumes of the series have been released.
-===Soundtrack===
-Two soundtracks, featuring the compositions of [[Yoshihiro Ike]], have been released in Japan; the second, ''Opus 02'', was also licensed by Geneon and packaged with a special edition of the first Region 1 DVD.
-===Manga===
-A [[manga]] spinoff, called {{nihongo|''Centzon Hitchers & Undertaker''|センツォン・ヒッチャーズ&アンダーテイカー|Sentson Hitchāzu & Andāteikā}} and illustrated by [[Yumiko Harao]], was serialized in [[Shogakukan]]'s [[Monthly Sunday Gene-X]], beginning in March 2006.  It was later released in two [[tankōbon|graphic novel compilations]], the first in August 2006 and the second on [[19 February]] [[2007]].
-==Trivia==
-{{Cleanup-section| date=December 2007 }}
-*In episode 10, one of the tomb stones shown before the introduction song has "Chief Writer: Dai Sato" written on it.
-*In the first episode, when Vincent's cereal overflows with milk, the word "awakening" can be formed out of the letters that float to the top.
-*The following characters are all named after philosophers: [[Husserl]], [[Kristeva]], [[Derrida]], [[George Berkeley|Berkeley]], [[Deleuze]] and [[Guattari]].
-*The society can be based on Plato's ideal guardian society with philosopher rulers and information control.
-* Monad Proxy's name comes from the word '[[monad]]' as being the first origin of all things and in gnosticism, refers to the "god which begets lesser gods"
-*The character Pino and her name is thought to be a play-on of the story of Pinocchio - her experiences with Re-l and Vincent are similar to Pinocchio's journey to become a real person. It also pays homage to Pinoco from the manga Blackjack. Pino's character was partially inspired by Pinoco. Pino means 'to drink' in Latin possibly symbolising Pino's ability to 'drink knowledge' or learn.
-*The Cogito Virus refers to [[René Descartes|Descartes]]' "[[Cogito ergo sum]]," which means "I think, therefore I am."  Each episode is also called a "meditatio" as a further reference to Descartes whose most famous work, [[Meditations on First Philosophy]] is a series of meditations on various philosophical ideas.
-*Inside Regent Donov Mayer's chamber, the statue of two reclining figures on the right is based on [[Michelangelo]]'s Night and Day statue placed above [[Giuliano di Piero de' Medici]]'s sarcophagus in [[Medici Chapel]], Florence. In the show, the female figure (Night) represents the voice of [[Jacques Lacan|Lacan]] and the male figure (Day) the voice of [[Edmund Husserl|Husserl]]. The statue on the left is based on [[Michelangelo]]'s Twilight and Dawn stature placed above the sarcophagus of [[Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici]] in [[Medici Chapel]]. In the show, the female figure (Dawn) represents the voice of [[Jacques Derrida|Derrida]] and the male figure (Twilight) the voice of [[George Berkeley|Berkeley]].
-*The robots (AutoReivs) in the show are installed with a [[Alan Turing|Turing]] Application program that can be switched on and off, allowing normal human-like conversation between humans and robots. This is named after [[Alan Turing]], who proposed the [[Turing test]] as a test of AI sentience.
-*Daedalus and the death of Re-l 2 refer to the Greek myth of [[Daedalus|Daedalus and his son Icarus]], who died after he had flown too close to the sun.  Other references to the mythology of Daedalus also exist.  In one episode, a Minoan dolphin is seen swimming across Daedalus' aquarium screensaver on his computer.  A ball of red yarn also makes a few appearances towards the end of the show.  Although this yarn is thought to reference the threads of fate that bind lovers together, it may also be a reference to the ball of yarn that helped Theseus find his way through the labyrinth and defeat the Minotaur.  It had been Daedalus who had built the labyrinth in the first place, as punishment for his helping Minos' queen to procreate with a bull (who was actually Zeus in disguise).  It was the same labyrinth that Daedalus and Icarus were escaping from using wings that Daedalus himself had constructed.
-===Introduction text===
-There are three different resources identified and used for the snippets of text shown in the introduction/opening sequence that starts on episode 3:
-*The poem introduced in the beginning of the series, written by [[Michelangelo]].
-*Several pieces of text and graphics taken from the ancient text called [[Landnámabók]] (mostly from the title page).
-*A piece of text word-for-word as:
-{{quotation|The century of how many is a futuristic stories from now. People who lived there were given the history of mankind as follows, saying that "As for the environment of the earth, the large discharge of Metanhaidorad that was called burning iced happened in old times in century how many now, and it changed suddenly, a lot of living things died out and thus, the ancestor we of human races who had survived came to live only in the bubble dome<br><br>Bubble dome "Romud". It is an ideal city that is called utopia that repeats production and consumption. An advanced making to the network advanced, and people seemed to be satisfied with going by a multipurpose robot from which Ortorab was called by the system of maintenance, the life-support of the reached infrastructure, and the complete social security in this society where everything had been managed in an orderly manner if it gave neither crime nor an antisocial molecule. ... and it peeped at the problem on falling birthrate ...<br><br>However the event that causes the accident to the order happens several years ago. Another bubble dome "Mosque" collapses, and a lot of shelter immigrants have flowed in "Romud". The event brought different sense of values to "Romud" and gave birth to rich and poor and the class difference, and the dissatisfaction that came there smoked in the underground formed dangerous culture, and was becoming a breeding ground for crime.<br><br>Another big social issues had been generated in in such and Romud. It is existence of the virus program of the mystery of awaking the clinging ego in the artificial intelligence of Ortorab. Violated Ortorab did not follow man and caused a serious trouble frequently to the virus that was called alias "Cogito".<br><br>It begins to appear though people who have dissatisfaction in the dome are small number of people thus. Nobody said putting to practice and the person who gave up, "You should finish one's life in a peaceful dome though it was tedious" was most though they were all driven by the desire that it wanted to go out of here. Because it was taught that the external world was the world of the death to which the monster strolled and the infectious disease was furious for the Romud citizens.}}
-This was possibly pieced together from text flashed during the introduction of each episode from episode 3 onward. "Metanhaidorad" is probably a Japanese phonetic rendering of [[methane hydrate]], also called methane clathrate or methane ice..
-==References==
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-== External links ==
-* [http://www.ergoproxydvd.com/ ''Ergo Proxy'' Official Website (English)]
-* [http://www.wowow.co.jp/anime/ergoproxy/ WOWOW - ''Ergo Proxy'' Website (Japanese)]
-* [http://www.myspace.com/relmayer Geneon ''Ergo Proxy'' MySpace (English)]
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