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Their are numerous circus acts performing today.  The following is a list of the general types of acts that are being performed.
Their are numerous circus acts performing today.  The following is a list of the general types of acts that are being performed.


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** Snake Charmer
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Revision as of 12:58, 27 January 2008


Their are numerous circus acts performing today. The following is a list of the general types of acts that are being performed.

Note: this list will serve as a central hub for creating articles on the individual circus arts.

Prop Manipulation Circus Skills

  • Finger Balancing
  • Juggling
    • Ball Juggling
    • Ring Juggling
    • Club Juggling
    • Bounce Juggling
    • Contact Juggling
  • Diabolo / Chinese Yoyo
  • Poi
  • Flag Spinning
  • Cube Spinning
  • Devil Sticks
  • Cigar Boxes
  • Plate Spinning
  • Hat Tricks
  • Trick Rope and Lassoo
  • Bullwhip
  • Club Spinning
  • Jitter Rings
  • Knife Throwing
  • Shaker Cups
  • Balloon Twisting

Equilibristic Circus Skills

  • Acro-Bicycle
  • Chinese pole and Perch
  • Free Standing Ladder
  • German Wheel
  • Korean Board / Russian Bar
  • Pedal go
  • Rope Walking
    • Tight rope
    • Slack rope
    • High Wire
    • Bounding Wire
  • Rola Bola
  • Rolling Globe
  • Roman Ladders
  • Stacking Chairs
  • Stilt walking
  • Unicycle

Acrobatic Circus Skills

  • Acrobalance
    • Adagio
    • Partner Acrobatics
    • Hand-to-hand Balancing
    • Icarian Games
  • Acrobatics
    • Hand Balancing
    • Tumbling
    • Hoop Diving
    • Teeterboard
    • Mini Tramp
  • Contortion
  • Jump Rope
  • Hula Hoop

Drama / Acting

  • Character Development
  • Stage Presence
  • Stage Combat
    • Pratt Falls
    • Hand-to-Hand / Pratt Fighting
    • Sword Fighting
    • Staff Fighting
  • Improv
  • Clowning
  • Pantomime
  • Stage Presence
  • Character Development
  • Makeup
  • Puppetry
  • Ventriloquism


Dance

Magic

  • Closeup Magic
  • Platform Magic
  • Stage Magic


Aerial Circus Skills

  • Aerial Rigging
  • Trapeze
    • Static Trapeze
    • Swinging Trapeze
    • Flying Trapeze
    • Multiple Trapeze
      • Double Trapeze
      • Triple Trapeze
      • Shaped Trapeze
    • French Trapeze
    • Bungee Trapeze
    • Washington Trapeze
  • Silks (tissues)
  • Corde Lisse(rope)
  • Aerial Hoop (Circeaux, Lyra)
  • Wire (harness)
  • Bungee
  • Russian Swing
  • Rebound Straps
  • Shoot-Thru Ladder
  • Cloud Swing
  • Cradle
  • Spanish web
  • Hair Hang
  • Suspension (Hook Hang act)

Dare Devil Skills

  • Human cannonball
  • Globe of Death
  • Wheel of Death

Side Show Skills

  • Contortion
  • Fire Arts
    • Fire Breathing
    • Fire Eating
    • Fire Transfers
    • Fire dancing
  • Knife Throwing
  • Sword swallowing
  • Bed of nails
  • Strongman
  • Mental Flossing
  • Glass Walking
  • Eating Glass
  • Illusion Acts
    • Blade Box
    • Electric Act
    • Unbreakable Hands
  • Peircing acts
    • Human blockhead
    • Iron Tongue
    • Pincushion
    • Suspension (Hook Hang act)


Other Side Show acts, including animal acts and non-skill acts.

  • Human Oddity Acts
    • Human Freaks
    • Fat Lady
    • Bearded Lady
    • Shehe
  • Animal Acts
    • Flea Circus
    • Snake Charmer