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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compliment

Entertainment; Circus

Static solemn posing after completion of a trick, a series of trick, entire act or in the going out for applause.

A circus genre in which a performer displays how his (her) muscle are flexible and joints mobile. An old poster name of this genre is "The Snake Woman". As these acts are performed by women in most ...

cookhouse

Entertainment; Circus

Place where circus people eat. Also Known as the Pie Car.

corde pareille

Entertainment; Circus

A magnificent cord (as translated from French). An aerial act performed on rope fastened one end to the circus cupola, and the other end of it is hung unfastened. In other words, this is a ...

corde volante

Entertainment; Circus

It means a cord fastened without stretching or a flying cord (as translated from French). An aerial act on rope fastened on two ends stretch-free 'to the circus cupola' to form a freely hung arc.

craft-acrobat

Entertainment; Circus

Strength-applying acrobat performing a variety of stand tricks involving strength; these tricks are performed both solo and jointly with partners almost without acrobatic dynamics, i.e. without ...