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.

Table of contents

1 History of the circus 2 List of famous circuses and circus owners 3 List of famous circus performers 4 List and brief description of the various circus arts 5 List of other wikis 6 External links

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

• Cirque du Soleil
• P.T. Barnum
• Annie Fratellini
• Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
• Archaos
• Circus Oz

List of famous circus performers

• Emmett Kelly (clown)
• Austin Miles (clown), (ringmaster)
• Zip the Pinhead (freak / prodigy)

List and brief description of the various circus arts

• Acrobatics
  • Contortion
  • Hand-to-hand balancing
• Aerial acts
  • Hoops
  • Shoot-Thru Ladder
  • Silks
  • Cloud Swing
  • Mexican Cloud Swing
  • Cradle
  • Tightrope walking
  • Trapeze
    • Swinging Trapeze
    • Flying Trapeze
    • Multiple Trapeze
    • Triple Trapeze
    • French Trapeze
    • Double Trapeze
    • Washington Trapeze
  • Corde lisse
  • Spanish Web
• Animal training
  • Equestrian acts
• Clown
• Fire eating
• Fire breathing
• Fire dancing
• Hoola hoop
• Human cannonball
• German wheel
• Juggling
  • Chinese yo-yo (Diabolo)
  • Contact juggling
  • Devil Sticks
  • Cigar Box
  • Clubs More information:www.jugglingdb.com
• Knife throwing
• Magic
• Mime
• Plate spinning
• Poi swinging
• Side show
• Sword swallowing
• Stilting
• Unicycle
• Ventriloquism

List of other wikis

Circus open book in Spanish.

Juggling wiki

External links

Circus Animal Abuse