Categories: Circus arts | Busking It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Circus skills. ... High wire act Acrobatics (from Greek Akros, high and bat, walking) is one of the performing arts, and is also practiced as a sport. ... Adagio is the name given to a specific set of partner acrobalance or acrobalance movements. ... Aerial Hoop (also known as Circeaux and Lyra), is a circular steel apparatus (much like a suspended hula-hoop), is a popular aerial art. ... The bearded woman has been a phenomenon of legend, curiosity, ridicule, and more recently, political statement and fashion statement. ... A bed of nails is typically an oblong piece of wood, the size of a bed, with nails pointing upwards out of it. ... Buffoon is a somewhat derogatory term for a humourous character who provides amusement principally by stupidity rather than talent. ... A bullwhip is a single-tailed whip, usually made of braided leather, which was originally used as a farmers tool for working with livestock. ... Bungee trapeze is a circus act performed by accomplishing tricks while suspended by a pair of bungee cords. ... Casting may be used to create artistic sculptures Casting is a manufacturing process by which a molten material such as metal or plastic is introduced into a mold, allowed to solidify within the mold, and then ejected or broken out to make a fabricated part. ... Chinese Poles are vertical steel poles on which circus performers climb, slide down and hold poses. ... Cigar boxes are a kind of popular juggling prop, popularised by W C Fields, which can be used for various tricks, including high-speed box exchanging midair, balancing tricks, and more. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Clemson colorguard Color guard is a combination of military drill, also called marching, and the use of flags, sabres or rifles. ... Contact Juggling Contact juggling is the art of juggling without letting the balls leave contact with ones body. ... Contortionist performing Contortion (sometimes contortionism) is an unusual form of physical display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body. ... Corde lisse is an aerial circus skill or act that involves acrobatics on a vertically hanging rope. ... Cradle may refer to: Cradle (band), a band that Suzi Quatro played in, in the early 1970s before she became a huge star. ... A Danish pole is a circus prop, consisting of a wooden pole about 4 meters long and with a 5 cm diameter. ... Learning the pendulum is easy for most children. ... The diabolo (commonly misspelled as diablo, formerly also known as the devil on two sticks) is a juggling prop consisting of a spool which is whirled and tossed on a string tied to two sticks held one in each hand. ... It aint over till the fat lady sings is a common expression in the theatre of North American sports. ... A man demonstrates his skill at fire breathing 65 fire breathers perform simultaneously at Burning Man 2005 A simple fire breathing torch Fire breathing is the act of creating a large flame by spraying, with ones breath, a flammable liquid upon an open flame. ... A firedancer with poi Firedancing (also known as fire twirling, fire spinning, or fire manipulation) is a group of circus-art disciplines that involve manipulation of objects on fire. ... Jim Malina eats fire at the City Museum in St. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Fire dancing. ... A flea circus refers to a circus sideshow attraction in which fleas were attached to miniature carts and other items, and encouraged to perform circus acts within a small housing. ... An act involving two trapezes: the catchers bar and the fly bar. ... It has been suggested that Geekdom be merged into this article or section. ... Wheel gymnastics (German: Rhönradturnen) is a kind of gymnastics coming from Germany. ... Hyalophagia, or hyalophagy, is the eating of glass, primarily as a pathological disorder. ... It has been suggested that Making a face be merged into this article or section. ... The hair hang is an aerial circus act where performers (usually young women) are suspended by their hair, and perform acrobatic poses and/or manipulation. ... Hat manipulation is a form of juggling in which the manipulator performs feats of skill and dexterity using a brimmed hat such as a bowler hat or a top hat. ... Children playing with hula hoops. ... The term Human Blockhead referrs to a carnival or sideshow performer who hammers a nail or other implement (such as an awl or screwdriver) into their nasal cavity via their nostril. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... // The Impalement arts are a type of performing art in which a performer plays the role of human target for a fellow performer who demonstrates accuracy skills in disciplines such as knife throwing and archery. ... // The Impalement arts are a type of performing art in which a performer plays the role of human target for a fellow performer who demonstrates accuracy skills in disciplines such as knife throwing and archery. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... An 1800 depiction of jumping rope A jump rope, rope skipping, skipping rope or skip rope is the primary tool used in the game of skipping played by children and many young adults, where one or more participants jump over a spinning rope so that it passes under their feet... Lariat redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The term midget refers to something which is smaller than usual but well-proportioned. ... This article is about Mime as an art form. ... Multiple trapeze is an act entailing the use of more than one trapeze, typically two or three. ... A traceur performs a cat leap, which in french is called a saut de bras. ... The perch ia an equilibristic balancing act where one performer balances atop a pole, that is being balanced by another performer. ... Physical comedy is comedic performance relying mostly on the use of the body to convey humor. ... Pickled punks is the carny term for human fetuses preserved in jars of formaldehyde and used as sideshow attractions. ... Plate spinning is a circus manipulation art where a person spins plates, bowls and other flat objects on poles, without them falling over. ... Poi dance, by Manutuke School at Hopuhopu, New Zealand, 2003 Poi is a form of juggling Impartial Art [1] (Finnigan, 1992) with balls on ropes, held in the hands and swung in various circular patterns, similar to club-twirling. ... A puppeteer is a person who manipulates a puppet or marionette, either by the use of strings, wires or their hands, for a stage production or film. ... FIVE Stack on the Rola Bola. ... A student from Simply Circus learning to walk on a rolling globe Rolling Globe is a circus skill where the performer balances atop a large sphere, often taller than the performer. ... Roman Ladders is a circus act where 4 or more people perform acrobatics on specially made ladders External Links The Roman Ladders page at Simply Circus. ... Aerial Silks (also known aerial tissue/tissu, aerial silk, aerial ballet in silk, aerial contortion or aerial curtain) is a circus art where a performer or performers hang and perform acrobatics while suspended by a special fabric. ... Kill Bill is the fourth feature film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino released in two parts: Volume 1 & Volume 2. ... In circus performances a Spanish web involves a long, cloth covered rope with a loop attached near the top that a performer (web girl) climbs and inserts either their foot or their wrist into the loop. ... Actresses Uma Thurman (right) and Vivica A. Fox performing a fight choreography Stage combat is a specialized technique in theatre designed to create the illusion of physical combat without causing harm to the performers. ... Static trapeze, also known as fixed trapeze, is a type of circus art performed on the trapeze. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Stilts. ... In the 19th century, the term strongman refers to an exhibitor of strength (before strength sports were codified into weightlifting, powerlifting etc. ... Sword swallowing is a dangerous performance art, in which the performer inserts a sword into his mouth and down his esophagus towards his stomach. ... A teeterboard resembles the old fashion style park seesaw. ... Tightrope walking is a spectacle activity usually performed for the amusement of an audience. ... A trampoline is a gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched over a steel frame using many coiled springs to provide a rebounding force which propels the jumper high into the air. ... An acrobat below a balloon Trapeze artists, in lithograph by Calvert Litho. ... Tumbling can have several meanings: Tumbling is floor gymnastics, similar to somersault, backhandsprings, and cartwheels. ... Alex Toms of Sydney, Australia demonstrates Street unicycling (March, 2006). ... For the Batman villain, see Ventriloquist (comics). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...