Circus

Circus

A public entertainment consisting performances by acrobats, clowns, and trained animals, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented performers.

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Circus

A performer who is represented in a quite number of circus genres. Most often an acrobat's scope of works includes jumps, balancing, and other kinds of works involving strength and adroitness on the ...

Vaulting

Entertainment; Circus

Vaulting is an exciting act involving a mini-trampoline and lots of courage. Performers vault onto a mat and over each other and occasionally some volunteers.

Jam face

Entertainment; Circus

A clown term for a first of may beginner clown.

Unicycle

Entertainment; Circus

A circus apparatus, a one-wheel bicycle with a small seat or without seat.

Melange-act

Entertainment; Circus

It is an act not belonging to any genre concept as it consists of a variety of elements of various genres, and hence it is an isolated genre.

Lot lice

Entertainment; Circus

Mostly townies who hangaround the back lot area, bugging the performers for photos and autographs.

Pantomime

Entertainment; Circus

A specific circus genre; it was used in various circuses in different times; there was a great number of pantomime ranging from heroic-battle ones and performances involving huge stage set to animal ...