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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In the first instance, an aerial genre where tricks are performed on rope fastened on the top of hanging down freely. In the second instance, a rope is stretched horizontally, parallel to the ring ...

Red-haired clown

Entertainment; Circus

Buff-clown, for a long time considered to be a mute Auguste. Clowns of this line were labelled "red-haired" because of constantly wearing red wigs.

Risley

Entertainment; Circus

An acrobatic act in which one person juggles another on his/her feet.

High cradle

Entertainment; Circus

High Cradle is sometimes referred to as cradle to cradle. It is an act of strength, fearlessness and grit. Performers use the power generated by their own limbs to hurl partners in passes 25 feet ...

Fire

Entertainment; Circus

Fire acts are performed with the utmost in care, and includes acts such as flaming club juggling, flaming poi, and fire breathing. Don't try this at home; Circus performers spend many hours ...

Gymwheel

Entertainment; Circus

Gymwheel is not only a circus act, but a sport also known as wheel gymnastics. Artists roll, revolve and spiral, into, out of and on the apparatus known as the Gymwheel. It is a discipline which ...

Globes

Entertainment; Circus

Globes require balance and agility to keep the a globe from rolling out from under the performer's feet. Advanced tricks include traversing ramps or steps, juggling and hula-hooping while balancing ...