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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

pista

Entertainment; Circus

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 ...

plyukha

Entertainment; Circus

False clap the clowns pass to one another.

props

Entertainment; Circus

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

quarter pole

Entertainment; Circus

The second largest poles in the tent, between the center poles and the side poles.

raus

Entertainment; Circus

Formerly named parades in street shows.

red-haired clown

Entertainment; Circus

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

reprise

Entertainment; Circus

A clown's short interlude played during breaks between acts.

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