Circus/Catalogs/Acts

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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.

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

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