International Academy of Aquatic Art
| International Academy of Aquatic Art (IAAA) |
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|---|---|
| legal form | Cultural organization |
| founding | 1955 |
| founder | Mary Derosier, Richard J. Dodson, Henry Gundling |
| Seat | United States |
| main emphasis | Development of swimming into the performing arts |
| Action space | Global with a focus on North America |
| Website | www.aquatic-art.org |
The International Academy of Aquatic Art (German: Internationale Akademie für Wasserkunst , abbr. IAAA ) is a non-profit organization for the development of swimming into the performing arts . It is based in the USA .
history
The IAAA was founded in 1955 by former synchronized swimmers from the USA to develop swimming from a purely competitive discipline to an artistic, creative form of dance. The founding members were:
- Mary Derosier: former chair of the Amateur Athletic Union , which was one of the first organizations to hold synchronized swimming competitions
- Richard J. Dodson: 1951 editor of Synchronized Swimmer , the first synchronized swimming magazine
- Henry Gundling: trainer, manager and husband of synchronized swimmer Beulah Gundling
Since its inception, the IAAA has regularly organized festivals across North America , at which various swimming performances with choreographies for soloists, duets and groups are presented. The swimmers and choreographers who work at the IAAA refer to themselves as aquatic artists (German: water artists ). The style of the performances, which are shown by both women and men, consists of elements of synchronized swimming as well as various dance forms . In most cases, the actors choose art music as background music for their programs.
Beulah Gundling and Bert Hubbard were among the most important aquatic artists . In addition to her diverse work as a swimmer, choreographer and book author, Gundling also gave international lectures as a representative of the IAAA. Hubbard, one of the first male synchronized swimmers from the USA, is still active as a historian for the IAAA and keeps a wealth of books, videos, photos and newspaper articles in its archive.
Illustrations
Beulah Gundling: Claire de Lune (1981)
Beulah Gundling: Orientale (1975)
Bert Hubbard (left), Joan Hinderstein (center) and Richard Proctor (right) in Bert Hubbard's own choreography “Othello” (1960) based on G. Verdi's opera
Bert Hubbard and Diane Tulley in His and her Limelights at the 1997 IAAA Festival
Beulah Gundling and her husband Henry Gundling (left) in 1980
Group picture of the IAAA from 1979, left to right: Henry Gundling, Peg Seller, Marge Sharpe, Beulah Gundling, Kay Curtis, Norma Prince, Lee Vanderpool, Vaughan Baird
literature
- Robert E. Kerper: Splash - Aquatic Shows from A to Z. Their art, planning, & production plus aquatic history & trivia. 2002, ISBN 0972127208 .
- Dawn Pawson Bean: Synchronized swimming. An American history. McFarland Company Inc. Publishers, Jefferson (North Carolina,) 2005.
- Johanna Beisteiner : Art music in figure skating, synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics . Dissertation, Vienna 2005, contains information on the IAAA (Chapter I / 2: History of synchronized swimming , pp. 40–55). Entry of the dissertation in the online catalog of the Austrian National Library.
Individual evidence
- ^ History on the official IAAA website
- ↑ History (History) ( Memento of the original on 11 July 2012 at the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the official website of USA Synchronized Swimming . 2010.
- ↑ History (History) ( Memento of the original June 9, 2012 at the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. about different forms of artistic swimming on the official website of FINA .
Web links
- Official website of the IAAA