Circus (performing art)
A
circus is usually a travelling show that includes
acrobats, animal trainers, clowns and other novelty acts. However, there are circuses today with a permanent venue that do not travel, and some circuses do not have animal acts.
History of the circus
The first modern circus was staged by Philip Astley in London, England on January 9, 1768.
List of famous circuses and circus owners
\n* Cirque du Soleil\n* P.T. Barnum\n* Annie Fratellini\n* Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus\n* Archaos\n* Circus Oz
List of famous circus performers
\n* Emmett Kelly (clown)\n* Austin Miles (clown), (ringmaster)\n* Zip the Pinhead (freak / prodigy)
List and brief description of the various circus arts
\n* Acrobatics\n** Contortion\n** Hand-to-hand balancing\n* Aerial acts\n** Hoops\n** Shoot-Thru Ladder\n** Silks\n** Cloud Swing\n** Mexican Cloud Swing\n** Cradle\n** Tightrope walking\n** Trapeze\n*** Swinging Trapeze\n*** Flying Trapeze\n*** Multiple Trapeze\n*** Triple Trapeze\n*** French Trapeze\n*** Double Trapeze\n*** Washington Trapeze\n** Corde lisse \n** Spanish Web\n* Animal training\n** Equestrian acts\n* Clown\n* Fire eating\n* Fire breathing\n* Fire dancing\n* Hoola hoop\n* Human cannonball\n* German wheel\n* Juggling\n** Chinese yo-yo (Diabolo)\n** Contact juggling\n** Devil sticks\n** Cigar Box\n** Clubs More information:www.jugglingdb.com \n* Knife throwing\n* Magic\n* Mime\n* Plate spinning\n* Poi swinging\n* Side show\n* Sword swallowing\n* Stilting\n* Unicycle\n* Ventriloquism
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List of other wikis
\nCircus open book in Spanish.
Juggling wiki
External links
\nCircus Animal Abuse
