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Shee tries a hands-free cartwheel, primarily to get his blood flowing again and secondarily to entertain his fellow dancers, whose movements maintain a hint of grace even as they laugh and make fun of their own mistakes...

Author: By Monica S. Liu | Title: Pointe of Departure | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...special “Brangelina” cover in hand. I was so confident in my ability to handle this simple task that I didn’t even bother to look inside the magazine. This was not treading water, or even mastering the ever-elusive cartwheel. This was easy, and I was (almost) a college graduate...

Author: By Kate E. Cetrulo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Life’s Simple Pleasures | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

...were unfortunate enough to live in the Quad or have an athletic bone in my body, you can rest assured that I would be the proud owner of a two-wheel bike. I can stay afloat in a pool, and somehow I did learn to do a cartwheel. I even welcome my future of battling photocopy machines and printers with open arms (I make no promises regarding fax machines however—these remain a mystery...

Author: By Kate E. Cetrulo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Life’s Simple Pleasures | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

...return is hit out of bounds, a point is scored. There are three players per side, though variations exist. But the game's telegenic oomph (and there's plenty) comes from sustained volleys, deadly serves-the hard plastic ball reaches speeds up to 100 km/h-and the cartwheel spike, a power move of agility and aggression where a player backflips into the air to strike the ball with his foot (the court is only covered with thin matting, so landing without injury requires practice). A defender usually leaps up to block a spike, resulting in a dramatic acrobatic showdown-on nearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: By Leaps and Bounds | 5/17/2007 | See Source »

...pass away, their wives and daughters took up the brush, releasing a second wave of artists. Nearing 70, Ningura Napurrula's work bears the hallmarks of the latest style, with thick impasto not unlike ceremonial body painting. Across her first-floor ceiling in Paris, black and white forms cartwheel through space. Employing Napurrula's usual technique, artisans prepared a groundcover of ocher-like red, over which they traced the artist's design of a sacred site near Kiwirrkura; infilling the rest with daubs of white. In this way, the blood and bones of her country are laid bare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Parisian Romance | 5/15/2006 | See Source »

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