aerial act
High-wire circus routine
An aerial act is a circus or stage performance involving acrobatics on suspended apparatus—trapeze, silks, hoops, or ropes.
Performers execute spins, drops, and poses while hanging above the ground: The aerial act closed the show with a breathtaking triple somersault.
The term covers both the routine and the performers who execute it.
- trapezeSuspended acrobatic bar
- flying trapezeSuspended bar for aerialists
- acrobatAgile circus performer
- circusTraveling entertainment with performers
- circus artsPerformance skills under canvas
center ring · highwire · silks · swing · flying · high above · hoop · lyra · safety net · net · graceful · soaring · suspended · performer · rigging · tumble · catch · trust fall
- circuscircus, big top, clown, clowns, ringmaster
- show segmentsnumber, opening number, closing number, finale, encore
- tightropetightrope, high wire, funambulist, balance pole, slackline
- vaudevillevaudeville, variety show, music hall, headliner, music halls
- showstoppersshowstopper, showstoppers, knockout, knockouts, stunner
- spectaclesfirework display, spectacles, northern lights, show, extravaganzas
vertical position in performance space
aerial acttumbling
Acrobatic rolling and flipping
mat work · floor exercise · contortion · floor routine · hand balancing
aerial, act, aerialist, aerials, aerate, aeration, aerator, aerobic, aerobics