Bert Hubbard

Bert Hubbard at IAAA festival 1996 in Orlando, Florida ( USA) in costume to his own choreography Juxtaposed

Bert Hubbard, Albert Hubbard ( born June 29, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, United States) is an American choreographer, Aquatic Artist and former synchronized swimmer. He was one of the first male synchronized swimmers in the United States.

Sporting career 1946-54

Hubbard began synchronized swimming in 1946 shortly after it was unveiled in his hometown of Detroit by swimmers from Chicago. In 1949 he won with Lee Embrey gold medal in the duet competition of the men at the U.S. National AAU Synchronized Swimming Championships with the freestyle St.Louis Blues March. As a soloist he 1954 U.S. junior champion with the program A Viking 's Prayer Before Battle. Due to the competition rules of the AAU he was allowed to swim together with women neither in mixed duets even teams, and finally, any participation in all national and international competitions was forbidden men what Hubbard in 1954 forced to end his sporting career.

1955- present: Aquatic Artist, choreographer and historian

The establishment of the International Academy of Aquatic Art ( IAAA ) in 1955 opened Bert Hubbard the opportunity as Aquatic Artist to perform at festivals in the IAAA throughout North America. He choreographed numerous programs that were presented both by himself and other swimmers. For example, he created in 1960, two mixed trio: Othello to music from Verdi's opera A Medieval Morality and the argument advanced by himself Solo A World of Silence. By 2009, he was active as a float. Since then he has concentrated on his work as a historian and preserved in the archives of IAAA on many books, videos, photos and newspaper articles. He also writes articles for the magazine The Aquatic Artist.

Bert Hubbard in 1954 as the winner of the U.S. Junior Championships in solo in his costume to Viking 's prayer before battle