The AcroSports Podcast: Recent Episodes
AcroSports
A sneak peek behind the scenes at AcroSports a San Francisco Based Non- Profit Organization dedicated to Physical Arts and Performance.
AcroSports has been open since 1993 and teaches Gymnastics, Urban and Circus Arts, serves over 10k Preschool, Youth, and Adults every year.
Julz & Mick talk to Ahmad Jones. With 10 years of AcroSports experience, Ahmad shares with us his experiences in lettering, breaking culture, and shares some unknown acrobatic talents. BONUS: Julz & Mick get their breakdance names.
In this episode, guest Will Titus talks to Julz & Mick about his journey in the world of music performance. We learned what musicians have been up to in shelter in place, and discover some fun relationships between music & movement. We recommended a few artists we’ve recently been listening to: Julz: Lotus Juice, Substantial, Kenichiro Nishihara Will: Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Tigran Hamasyan Mick: The Kills Will thanks musicians he knows for their research contributions: Luke Zavala, Manuel Berry, Sam Cady, Sean Fettes, Caroline Chung, Travis Geyer & Danny Brown Also, special shout out to local record shop Noise San Francisco, which has been impacted by covid-19. Their gofundme is here:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-noise-records-through-this-difficult-time?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet
Julz & Mick are joined by Cera Arthur this week. They go over the challenges of expressing anger and grief, especially so for the high school crowd. Link to article discussed: https://www.apa.org/topics/covid-19/children-unstructured-play
In the debut episode of The AcroSports’ Podcast, we introduce listeners to our hosts, Mick & Julz. We discuss what we have been doing since SIP started and the significance of play for everyone. Links- AcroSports social media: @acrosports ; The Value of Play: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-learn/200811/the-value-play-i-the-definition-play-gives-insights ; Why It’s Good For Grown-Ups to Play: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/why-its-good-for-grown-ups-to-go-play/2017/05/19/99810292-fd1f-11e6-8ebe-6e0dbe4f2bca_story.html