Acrobatics is a wide concept, since it is both a sport and an art form and practised by a wide range of people. Acrobatics as an art form can for example be its use in the theatre. I have explored the dramatic use of acrobatics, what acrobatics can stand for and what acrobatics can bring to the theatre. I have also attempted to clarify what acrobatics can give to an actor and how to train acrobatics for the purpose of bringing it to a theatre stage.

Although the application of acrobatics for the theatre needs a lot of preparation and training, it is a craft that gives an actor the opportunity to introduce creative work and a wide range of expression on stage. In other words, it is a powerful and useful artform that according to me can be transformed and used in interpretation: it can express emotions, it can portray something in a more abstract way and it can also stand for a concrete action.

In the end, how you choose to train acrobatics, which technique you follow and in what way you want to use acrobatics in a dramatic way is a personal decision. This is because acrobatics stretches one’s limits and the tool is the body. This final project presents my decisions, where I have found inspiration and guidance in my work with acrobatics. Although the base for this work has been my education in physical theatre with its studies in dramatic acrobatics but I have focused on how I worked with acrobatics in my artistic examination.