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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floor genres

Entertainment; Circus

Genres performed directly on the ring floor or on some auxiliary apparatuses installed on the ring at the height not more than 4-5 m above the floor.

floss

Entertainment; Circus

Cotton candy that are often sold at circus events.

A circus apparatus with limited functions; it is used in aerial acts, mainly in air flight. It is a metal rectangle, half a metre in length and quarter a metre in width, fastened horizontally in the ...

gauze

Entertainment; Circus

It is a word rarely used by today's performers; it means outdoor performing, performing in the garden, in the park, etc.

girth

Entertainment; Circus

A special saddle-girth (belly-band) wrapped round the horse body between the withers and elbow, with two fixed handrails for the performer to hold during voltiging. This fixture is used for trick ...

grenade thrower

Entertainment; Circus

This term was used in olden times of Russia to name a craft-juggler or strength-applying juggler in today's terms. The name of this genre comes from anchors, cannons, shots that were used by ...

grenade hurler

Entertainment; Circus

This term was used in olden times of Russia to name a craft-juggler or strength-applying juggler in today's terms. The name of this genre comes from anchors, cannons, shots that were used by ...