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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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Entertainment; Circus
A circus genre and specific apparatus, usually made of fastened poles arranged to each other for high jumps or tricks; it is held by the lower ones in hands or on shoulders while the upper one is ...
safety net
Entertainment; Circus
A rope net stretched over the ring to provide safety to those who performs aerial acts.
salon acts
Entertainment; Circus
This term has arisen in times of maiden varieties and chantes. In the essence, these are circus acts which were tailored-made by the performers to meet the conditions of small stages of popular ...
schluoss
Entertainment; Circus
A term commonly used in clown acts; it is a final, striking point, bright finale.
screw
Entertainment; Circus
Back-sag somersault with a 360-degree turn. There are double, triple somersaults, etc.
side poles
Entertainment; Circus
The smallest poles in the circus tent, running around its outer edge.
