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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Ground or material of ring adjacent to the barrier and bent in the form of saucer. Uniformists loosen pista with rake and scatter sawdust to the barrier walls before riding acts. Otherwise no horse ...

Props

Entertainment; Circus

Objects such as ladders, rigging, hoops, etc. , used in the circus.

Passing

Entertainment; Circus

Controlling the horse's run, aid for riders, control over various obstacles and barriers; all these things are passing skills.

Parallel horizontal bar

Entertainment; Circus

Two, three and more horizontal bars fastened to each other with parallel cross-beams.

Persch

Entertainment; Circus

A persch from 3 to 5. 5 m in length; it is held by the lower one on his forehead, shoulders or in special socket of waist-belt, while balancing and holding the upper one who is, in his turn, ...

Parade

Entertainment; Circus

This term came from street shows. In addition to artistic entrance of all the programme participants (circus name 'parade-allez'), the word 'parade' designated a comic dialogue, in which humorous ...

Juggling

Entertainment; Circus

Juggling is the not-so-simple act of keeping more than two objects in the air simultaneously. A quick hand and loads of patience are just two of many requirements to mastering juggling. Performers ...