Circus (performing art)

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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

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List of other wikis

Circus open book in Spanish.

Juggling wiki

External links

Circus Animal Abuse