International Academy of Aquatic Art

International Academy of Aquatic Art (or IAAA)
Founded 1955
Founder Mary Derosier, Richard J. Dodson, Henry Gundling
Type Cultural organisation
Focus Organization for the development of swimming as a performing art.
Location
  • USA
Area served
USA
Website www.aquatic-art.org

The International Academy of Aquatic Art (or IAAA ) is a nonprofit organization for the development of swimming as a performing art. It is based in the USA.

History

The IAAA was founded in 1955 by former synchronized swimmers from the USA in order to develop swimming as artistic, creative and non-competitive activity.[1] The incorporators were:

The IAAA regularly organizes festivals throughout the United States and Canada presenting different swimming performances with choreographies for soloists, duets and groups. The IAAA swimmers are called aquatic artists. The style of the performances, which are shown by women and men as well, is a mixture of synchronized swimming, water ballet, ornamental, rhythmic and scientific swimming. In most cases the swimmers use different forms of art music for the programs presented at the IAAA festivals. Bert Hubbard, one of the first male synchronized swimmers from the USA, is a board member of the IAAA and documents its history and artistic activities.

Gallery

Further reading

References

  1. History on the official website of the IAAA
  2. History on the official website of USA Synchronized Swimming. 2010.
  3. History on different forms of artistic swimming on the official website of Federation Internationale de natation (FINA).
  4. 2009 Buck Dawson Authors Award. Information about the book by R.E. Kerper on the official website of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, 2009.
  5. E-Book on Google website. Contains information about Bert Hubbard on page 51.
  6. Article about the PhD thesis by Johanna Beisteiner in the catalogue of the Austrian Library Network. 2005. (German and English)

External links

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