SBG, your response to my query was not what I was looking for. My query is more in reference to multiple turns. I have not seen anyone do at least two turns and spotted each turn in gymnastics.
As far as turns and spins. This is how I personally differentiate a gymnastics turn to a dance pirouette. Gymnasts do not perform a dance turn. From the preparation of a turn, to the execution of the turn, the lack of spotting, the finish is all different. Even the way they carry the turn is different. The difference may be subtle to many, but it is significant believe it or not. Look at Jordyn Weiber's turn and Aliya Mustafina, they pull in their arms and "speed" turn similar to an ice skater. This would never do in dance. You would never see dancers pull their arms in tight position and not spot. You would also never see dancers prepare for a turn like they were going to war. I relate a gymnastics turn to a spin because in my opinion that is what they do. I am not going by any dictionary. Turns are dance elements and gymnasts do not perform it the way dancers have to do it. It is a gymnastics interpretation\adaptation of a turn. A gymnast would have to be retrained to perform a dance turn properly.
I can understand why maybe it is hard to tell the difference when one does not have an extensive dance background. I don't have much of a gymnastics background and as such, I cannot tell the difference between a pirouette on bars and a blind. My daughter gets annoyed when I cannot tell the difference. The only way I can tell now is when she does a full turn or half a turn while doing a giant, I know she is doing a blind full or half and when it is out of a cast to handstand, she is doing a pirouette. So, maybe that is why many cannot tell the difference. But I have a masters in dance, am studio trained also for decades, taught all dance forms (ballet, modern, jazz, lyrical, contemporary) except hip hop and tap. So my craft and the proper execution is important and quite visible to me. Please don't misconstrue the previous statement as a brag. It is merely to point out why I may be a little too passionate about the difference.
My point in responding to this thread was to state that it is understandable that gymnasts may have trouble doing turns in dance and vice versa and that it is not uncommon because the turns are in my opinion vastly different. Many say it is similar. We can just agree to disagree. ;-)
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But I still think it looks like (some) artistic gymnasts spot. Maybe not as clear as in dance turns, but they still have to know where they are, right? If you just pulled and didn't have any focus at all, at least I would not have a clue where I was going or how many turns I had done.
