Gymnasts introduce local students to an interpretive style
The Danish Gymnastic International Group performs at Cortez Middle School on Thursday, Oct. 19.
Joakim, Christian, Karen and Maja, of the Danish Gymnastic International Group, answers questions from seventh-graders at Cortez Middle School.
Seventh-grader Marcus Fletcher asks a question in Danish to four performers who visited his classroom.
The Danish Gymnastic International Group performs for Cortez Middle School on Thursday, Oct. 19.
The Danish Gymnastic International Group performs at Cortez Middle School on Thursday, Oct. 19.
The Danish Gymnastic International Group performs at Cortez Middle School on Thursday, Oct. 19.
The crowd sits in amazement as the The Danish Gymnastic International Group performs for Cortez Middle School on Thursday, Oct. 19.
The Danish Gymnastic International Group sings Denmark’s national anthem before performing at Cortez Middle School on Thursday, Oct. 19.
A group of Danish gymnasts performed at Cortez Middle School on Thursday, Oct. 19, to great acclaim.
The Danish Gymnastic International Group, led by Kim Hahn, represents the Academy of Physical Education in Viborg, Denmark.
Using mainly a trampoline and mats, the team focuses on interpretive gymnastics, according to Lani Graham, an organizer of the event and retired physical education teacher from northern Virginia, where she was an active folk dancer.
“Kim Hahn brought a group maybe six years ago, and they performed in Durango Schools,” Graham said. “The reception is wonderful because they do a stylish, artistic form of gymnastics.”
The Danish gymnasts who performed in Cortez then headed to the Grand Canyon.
