How Did Women’s Gymnastics Become So Graceless And Un-Dance-Like?

“By comparison to the ’80s and ’90s, the last decade’s worth of exercises are high on difficulty and tumbling but low on elegance and refinement. Instead of putting together complete routines, coaches, choreographers, and gymnasts treat the moments between tumbling passes as opportunities to rest, filling them with static poses, ill-timed to the music.”