An apparatus widely used in circus. It may be used in various acts; for example, in antipodists' work where a performer, while lying on trink, is balancing a ladder standing on his feet, and at the same time an upper one is working on it. Freely standing ladder is the same ladder as above said one, but in this case its legs are slightly loaded to make it more steady, and several acrobats, a juggler and other circus people can work on it.