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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Stilts

Entertainment; Circus

Stilts are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person or structure to stand at a distance above the ground. Walking stilts are poles equipped with steps for the feet to stand on, or straps to ...

The perch is an equilibristic balancing act where one performer balances atop a pole that is being balanced by another performer. Each perch pole has a loop at the top into which the performer may ...

Cigar box

Entertainment; Circus

Cigar boxes are popular juggling props. Their rectangular shape resembles that of its namesake; they are sometimes padded on the ends and/or the sides with a felt-like material. Routines performed ...

Diabolo

Entertainment; Circus

The diabolo (commonly misspelled as diablo; formerly also known as "the devil on two sticks") is a juggling prop consisting of a spool which is whirled and tossed on a string tied to two sticks held ...

Chinese yo-yo

Entertainment; Circus

The Chinese yo-yo is a toy from China consisting of two equally-sized discs connected with a long axle. The Chinese yo-yo is kept spinning on a string tied to two sticks at its ends. Each stick is ...

College of magic

Entertainment; Circus

The College of Magic is a non-profit organisation (007-517 NPO/NGO) based in Cape Town, South Africa that teaches Magic (illusion) to people from various levels of society with the goal of creating ...

Burnoff

Entertainment; Circus

A burnoff is a move (generally the first move) performed by a Fire staff performer. The move is performed by rolling the staff along the outstretched palm (say the right hand) using the left hand to ...