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http://circus-agency.circusguide.net The Circus Guide Entertainment Agency Presents: Alyona Guravel-Hand Stand Act To book please contact: redcurtaintalents@gmail.com http://circus-agency.circusguide.net |
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Date: 11 August 2008 Category: Hand Stand Acts |
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http://circus-agency.circusguide.net The Circus Guide Entertainment Agency Presents: Chuk & Gek-Aerial Straps Act. To book please contact: redcurtaintalents@gmail.com http://circus-agency.circusguide.net |
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Date: 11 August 2008 Category: Aerial Acts |
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http://circus-agency.circusguide.net The Circus Guide Entertainment Agency Presents: Elena Naumova-Contortionist. To book please contact: redcurtaintalents@gmail.com http://circus-agency.circusguide.net |
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Date: 11 August 2008 Category: Contortion Acts |
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http://circus-agency.circusguide.net The Circus Guide Entertainment Agency Presents: Elena Naumova-Contortion Act. To book please contact: redcurtaintalents@gmail.com http://circus-agency.circusguide.net |
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Date: 11 August 2008 Category: Contortion Acts |
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http://circus-agency.circusguide.net The Circus Guide Entertainment Agency Presents: Duo Konchakovskie-Acrobatic Act. To book please contact: redcurtaintalents@gmail.com http://circus-agency.circusguide.net |
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Date: 11 August 2008 Category: Acrobatic Acts |
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http://circus-agency.circusguide.net The Circus Guide Entertainment Agency Presents: Nastya Nasredinova-Aerial Silks Act. Ukraine To book please contact: redcurtaintalents@gmail.com http://circus-agency.circusguide.net |
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Date: 11 August 2008 Category: Aerial Acts |
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Very sexy Contortion performance. Contortion Videos |
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Date: 03 June 2008 Category: Contortion Acts |
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Teeterboard Act-Korean Plank from China |
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Date: 17 May 2008 Category: Trampoline Acts |
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Dralions Teeterboard act from Cirque du Soleil. |
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Date: 11 June 2008 Category: Teeterboard Acts |
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Naked magician at the Montreal festival |
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Date: 06 June 2008 Category: Magic, Fakir Acts |
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Acrobatic Pyramids, Equilibrists, Aerial Silks and Parterre Acrobatics-Bingo Circus Theatre Ukraine |
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Date: 31 May 2008 Category: Circus Shows |
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well...yesterday, me and some of my friends went to a festival in Greenlane, Auckland, and watched this circus thing. when we started to think they are capable of performing stuff perfectly, thGlobe of Death-Circus accident. Things gone wrong. the last 15-20 seconds should explain things |
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Date: 28 April 2008 Category: Circus Accidents |
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Varekai's Clown Act |
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Date: 18 March 2008 Category: Clowns, Clowning |
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Full version Straps Act from VAREKAI (Cirque du Soleil) |
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Date: 18 March 2008 Category: Aerial Acts |
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Circus Smirkus presents the best crazy, contorted juggling you'll see in this clip from Circus Smirkus' performance at First Night Burlington (Vermont) 2008. Circus Smirkus performed 2 hour-long shows for 4,000 fans. Circus Smirkus-the International, Award Winning Youth Circus! www.smirkus.org [More] [Less] |
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Date: 18 March 2008 Category: Contortion Acts |
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Cirque du soleil dralion circus chinese acrobat acrobatic flexible flex chinese asian gymnast las vegas show live girls |
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Date: 18 March 2008 Category: Acrobatic Acts |
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A creation of Elena Lev's father, Andrei Lev (the same for Mystere's act). THIS IS FANTASTIC!! Enjoy! |
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Date: 19 March 2008 Category: Big Circus Attractions |
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CIRQUE DU SOLEIL SALTIMBANCO, Acrobatic Act |
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Date: 19 March 2008 Category: Acrobatic Acts |
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The group is from Nikolaev. They are ex-sports acrobats who competed at an international level. Act created by Irina German, from 'Bingo Theatre' The blonde flyer was known as 'Cherepaha' which means 'turtle' in Russian, because on his very first day of training with the group he had a T-Shirt with one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on it. While on a contract in Berlin, Germany he hanged himself after a struggle with depression, alcohol and drugs. Group continues to perform with new flyer. [More] [Less] |
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Date: 10 July 2008 Category: Acrobatic Acts |
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Singing Contortionist Mercedes Chenard-Singing Contortion Act |
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Date: 20 May 2008 Category: Contortion Acts |
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Sea World-Group Acrobatic Act, 2002-2003 new year show, Switherland |
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Date: 20 May 2008 Category: Acrobatic Acts |
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22, 23 and 24 year old students Jessie, Craig and Tina try and bring a bit of variety to the competition with their hula-hoop act. 22, 23 and 24 year old students Jessie, Craig and Tina try and bring a bit of variety to the competition with their hula-hoop act. It`s certainly not what the judges were expecting!... [More] [Less] |
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Date: 14 May 2008 Category: Hula Hoop Acts |
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Acrobatic act, hand to hand circus act |
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Date: 10 May 2008 Category: Acrobatic Acts |
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Trampoline Act 8th massimo |
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Date: 25 April 2008 Category: Trampoline Acts |
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Acrobatics (from Greek Akros, high and bat, walking) is one of the performing arts, and is also practiced as a sport. Acrobatics involves difficult feats of balance, agility and coordination. Nearly any performance or sport which involves full-body activity—especially in short, highly controlled bursts of activity—can be considered acrobatics. Typical examples are, first and foremost, all the subdivisions of gymnastics and trapeze work, but specialized activities like ballet and diving could also be included. In a narrow sense, the term "acrobatics" refers to "acrobatic gymnastics," a specialized subdivision of gymnastics. [More] [Less] |
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Adagio is the name given to a specific set of partner acrobalance or acrobalance movements. Adagio originated in Eastern Europe, and is the most commonly taught of the circus acrobalance arts. Adagio involves transitions between various stationary balances. They involve one flier and one base. The base remains in contact with the ground and the flier is balanced in the air. The base may move between a variety of positions including lying on the ground, crouching, standing and kneeling. The flier may be balanced on the base's feet, hands, shoulders, knees, thighs, back or a variety of these. The flier can in turn be balanced on a variety of their body parts and in a variety of positions and orientations. The flier can be balanced horizontally or vertically or even upside down. It is easier for the flier to be lighter and the base heavier and stronger. This is not a necessity though as equal weights or even an imbalance of weights in the other direction can be used. This form of acro balance can form a crowd-pleasing part of circus performances or be a hobby. As a hobby it is practiced in university circus groups. [More] [Less] |
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Big Circus Attractions or Big Circus Acts are group of circus acts requiring heavy/large complicated equipment and performed with large groups of circus performers. [More] [Less] |
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Circus accidents, circus acts gone wrong |
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A circus is most commonly a traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, trapeze acts, hula hoop acts, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists. The word also describes the performance that they give, which is usually a series of acts that are choreographed to music. A circus is held in an oval or circular arena with tiered seating around its edge; in the case of traveling circuses this location is most often a large tent called the big top. [More] [Less] |
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Clowns are comic performers, stereotypically characterized by their colored wigs, stylistic makeup, outlandish costumes, and unusually large footwear.
Clowning, in its most basic form, can be described as one form of drama without a fourth wall; however, there are other types of drama that are lacking the element of a fourth wall as well. In other words, a clown acknowledges his audience. The clown's humor today is often visual and includes many elements of physical comedy or slapstick humor.
Clowns spread in cultures of any time and place, because they meet some deeply rooted needs in humanity: violation of taboos, the mockery of sacred and profane authorities and symbols, reversal of language and action, and a ubiquitous obscenity. An interesting example can be found in the Native American clown societies. [More] [Less] |
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Physical comedy is a comedic performance relying mostly on the use of the body to convey humor.
Whether a pratfall (i.e. landing on the buttocks), a silly face, or by walking into walls, physical comedy (even used to entertain small children) is a common and rarely subtle form of comedy. It is a clownish exploitation of movement, the most primordial human medium of expression, which predates language and the introduction of cerebral elements to humor such as cultural tradition, erudition and word puns. [More] [Less] |
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Contortion (sometimes contortionism) is an unusual form of physical display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body. Contortion is often part of acrobatics and circus acts.
In general, contortionists have unusual natural flexibility, which is then enhanced through gymnastic training. [More] [Less] |
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Wheel gymnastics (German: Rhönradturnen) is a kind of gymnastics which originates in Germany.
Wheel gymnasts do exercises in a big wheel: the gymnastics wheel (gym wheel, German wheel, Rhönrad).
In Wheel Gymnastics there are 3 core categories of exercise: 1:Straight line 2:Spiral 3:Vault [More] [Less] |
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A handstand is the act of supporting the body in a stable, inverted vertical position by balancing on the hands. In a basic handstand the body is held straight with arms and legs fully extended, with hands placed approximately shoulder-width apart. There are many variations of the basic handstand, but in all cases a handstand performer must have good upper body strength and balance.
Handstands are performed in many athletic activities, including freerunning, breakdance, acro dance, fitness competitions, circus acrobatics, cheerleading and Capoeira. In yoga, the handstand is known as Adho Mukha Vrksasana (downward-facing tree pose). Handstand dives are one of the main categories found in competitive platform diving. Some variation of the handstand is performed on every gymnastic apparatus, and many tumbling skills pass through a handstand position during their execution. [More] [Less] |
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The hula hoop is a toy hoop, usually made of plastic, that is twirled around the waist, limbs, or neck.
Although the exact origins of hula hoops are unknown, children around the world have played with hoops, twirling, rolling and throwing them throughout history. Traditional materials for hoops include grapevines and stiff grasses. Today, they are often made of plastic.
In Egypt around 3,000 years ago, hoops made out of grape vines were propelled around the ground with sticks. The word "hula" was added in the early 18th century as sailors who visited Hawaii noticed the similarity between hula dancing and tripping hoops.
In 1957 the hula (also frequently spelled "hoola") hoop was reinvented by Richard Knerr and Arthur "Spud" Melin, founders of the Wham-O toy company. (The two had founded the company in a Los Angeles garage in 1948 to market the "Wham-O" slingshot, which was originally invented to shoot pieces of meat into the air, as a training device for falcons). The idea came from an Australian who had visited California who told Knerr and Melin about children twirling bamboo hoops around the waist in gym class. The new Hula Hoops were made possible by Marlex, a recently invented durable plastic.
Knerr and Medlin were unable to patent their vastly profitable "re-invention", as it had been in use for thousands of years; making the device out of a new material did not meet patent requirements of originality. They were largely able, however, to protect their invention by trademarking "Hula hoop".
After the hoop was released in 1958, Wham-O sold over 100 million in two years. As the fad ran its course, Wham-O again struck lucky with the release of their Frisbee.
To relaunch the Hula Hoop in the late 1960s, Wham-O staged a national competition in the US in conjunction with the National Parks & Recreation Network. The National Hula Hoop Contest (subsequently re-named the World Hula Hoop Championships) grew in scope from 500 U. S. cities in 1968 to over 2,000 cities in 1980, with 2 million participants. Competitors were judged on their performance of compulsory maneuvers (Knee Knocker, Stork, Hula Hop, Wrap the Mummy, Alley Oop) as well as freestyle routines set to music, establishing the roots of the contemporary freestyle Hula Hoop movement.
Hula hoops were popular in Alvin's life, heard in the song The Chipmunk Song. Wayout Toys, under licence to Emson, introduced the Alvin Hula Hoop Doll, which dances with his hula hoop and sings the song based on wanting his hula hoop. [More] [Less] |
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Icarian Games: One of varieties of antipode genre. In this instance a performer's partner plays as antipodist's props used for tossing and juggling. |
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Juggling is a physical skill involving the manipulation of various types of objects in various ways (see object manipulation). The most recognizable form of juggling is toss juggling, where the juggler throws objects through the air. Jugglers often refer to the objects they juggle as props. The most common props are balls, beanbags, rings, clubs, and bouncing balls. Some performers use apparently dangerous objects such as chainsaws, knives and fire torches, though in the hands of a skilled performer, using the correct equipment, these items are probably far less dangerous than they appear. The term juggling can also refer to other prop-based circus skills such as diabolo, devil sticks, poi, cigar box manipulation, fire-dancing, contact juggling, and hat manipulation.
The word juggling derives from the Middle English jogelen to entertain by performing tricks, in turn from the French jongleur and the Old French jogler. There is also the Late Latin form joculare of Latin joculari, meaning to jest. [More] [Less] |
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Magic is a performing art that entertains an audience by creating illusions of impossible[1] or supernatural[2] feats, using purely natural means. These feats are called magic tricks, effects or illusions.
An artist who performs magic is called a magician. Magicians (or magi) are also referred to by names reflecting the type of magical effects they typically perform, such as prestidigitators, conjurors, illusionists, mentalists, ventriloquists, and escape artists, etc. [More] [Less] |
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Quick-Change Act is a performance style in which a performer or magician changes quickly within seconds from one costume into another costume in front of the audience. [More] [Less] |
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The rola bola (also called a "rolla bolla," a "balance board" and a "bongo board") in its simplest form is a plank on a cylinder on which a person balances. The plank rocks back and forth on the cylinder like a seesaw but its pivot point shifts back and forth as the cylinder rolls beneath the plank. With a bit of practice, balancing on a rola bola is not too difficult.
The challenges come as one moves beyond simply standing on it. Rola bolas can be stacked on top of one another in various ways to increase the challenge and create a more visually stimulating performance.
Other circus arts can be performed on a rola bola, for example, fire-twirling (fire staff, fire poi and fire devil sticks), juggling, hula hooping, even acrobalance and adagio. A rola bola can also be used by more than one person in ways that are not a form of acrobalance. For example, 2 people can both stand on the board facing each other and holding hands. Tricks such as turning around or doing a handstand are also possible.
The rola bola cylinder is usually made of wood, PVC or metal pipe. PVC can be slippery and may bow if not thick enough. Alternatively, a large ball such as a bowling ball can be used. Plywood or pine can be used for the plank. Grip tape can be added to the board and/or the pipe. End strips can be added to the underside of the ends of the plank to make it safer for beginners. [More] [Less] |
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A Russian Bar or Russian Barre circus act which combines the gymnastic skills of the balance beam, the rebound tempo skills of trampoline and the swing handstands skills of the uneven bars and the parallel bars. The barre itself is a flexible vaulting pole around 4 meters long, typically made of fiberglass. [More] [Less] |
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Side Show Act is an extra, secondary production associated with a circus, carnival, fair or other such attraction. |
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A teeterboard (also known as a Korean Plank) resembles the "old fashion" style park seesaw. The strongest teeterboards are made of oak (usually 9 feet in length). It is divided in the middle by a fulcrum made of welded steel. At each end of the board is a specifically measured square padded area where the flyer would stand on a 45 degree incline prepare to signal the "pushers" before being catapulted into the air. The well trained and rehearsed flyer performs various aerial somersaulting skills either landing on: padded mats, a human pyramid, a specialized landing chair, stilts and even a Russian barre.
The teeterboard is manned by a team of: flyers, catchers, spotters and pushers. Some of the team people share some of the acrobatic "roles". In the early 60's the finest teeterboard acts, trained in the Eastern Bloc countries, performed their thirteen plus person troupe with Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. [More] [Less] |
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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. In a trampoline, the fabric is not elastic itself; the elasticity is provided by the springs which connect it to the frame. [More] [Less] |
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A unicycle is a one-wheeled human-powered vehicle. Unicycles are similar to, but less complex than, bicycles. |
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Tight wire is the art of maintaining balance while walking along a tensioned wire between two points. It can be done either using a balancing tool (umbrella, fan, balance pole, etc.) or "freehand", using only one's body to maintain balance. Typically, tight wire performances will fall into one of two distinct types of acts - dance/movement or object manipulation. It is common for tight wire artists to include a variety of props in their acts, such as juggling clubs or rings hats or canes in order to help them maintain their balance. Other artists will take props onto the wire in order to enhance the entertainment value. These often include juggling clubs, spinning plates, wheelbarrows with passengers, ladders, pets and children. [More] [Less] |
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