Water ballet

Japanese: water ballet(英語表記)waterballet
Water ballet


[history]
In England and Germany, starting around 1920, a form of mass-game-style school swimming was performed that combined floating and swimming to music under the name artistic swimming. It spread to the United States via Canada and developed into water ballet, and was shown as an exhibition at the Chicago World's Fair in 1934. This led to it being performed as an underwater show in various places. It then split into water ballet and the sports-like rhythmic swimming.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "water ballet" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[歴史]
 イギリスやドイツなどで,1920年ころからアーティスティックスイミングartistic swimmingという名称で浮身と泳ぎを組み合わせ,音楽に合わせたマスゲーム風の群泳が行われていた。それがカナダを経てアメリカでウォーターバレエwater balletの名で発展,34年シカゴの万国博覧会のときエキジビションとして公開され,それを契機に各地で水中ショーとして実演されるようになった。そしてウォーターバレエとスポーツ的なリズミックスイミングrhythmic swimmingとに分かれていった。…

※「water ballet」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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