Circus

Circus

A public entertainment consisting performances by acrobats, clowns, and trained animals, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented performers.

Industry: Entertainment

Add a new term

Contributors in Circus

Become a Contributors

Circus

unicycle

Entertainment; Circus

A circus apparatus, a one-wheel bicycle with a small seat or without seat.

vaulting

Entertainment; Circus

Vaulting is an exciting act involving a mini-trampoline and lots of courage. Performers vault onto a mat and over each other and occasionally some volunteers.

jam face

Entertainment; Circus

A clown term for a first of may beginner clown.

A performer who is represented in a quite number of circus genres. Most often an acrobat's scope of works includes jumps, balancing, and other kinds of works involving strength and adroitness on the ...

advise

Entertainment; Circus

Official schedule, which is displayed behind the vorgang so that performers and other circus staff are advised about the time and sequence of the acts in circus ring, during either the performance or ...

aerial flight

Entertainment; Circus

A circus act performed at a height under the circus cupola. It is performed above safety net and consists of numerous flights of gymnasts from one trapeze to another or to the hands of catcher who ...

animal training

Entertainment; Circus

Animal training for the purpose to provide animal performance before the audience. Although more than 120 years have passed since Wilhelm Hagenbeck created the animal training system, named "soft" ...