aerial silks
Circus climbing cloth
Aerial silks is a circus art in which a performer climbs, wraps, and drops from two lengths of fabric suspended from a height.
The silks allow acrobatic poses, spins, and dramatic falls caught by the wrapped fabric.
Also called aerial tissue or aerial fabric.
She's been training in aerial silks for three years.
- Cirque du SoleilTheatrical circus entertainment company
- cirqueGlacier-carved mountain basin
- acrobatAgile circus performer
- circus artsPerformance skills under canvas
- fabricWoven or knit material
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- circuscircus, big top, clown, clowns, ringmaster
- fitness activitiesyoga, pilates, gymnastics, dance, fitness
- movement artscontemporary dance, modern dance, ballet solo, jazz dance, interpretive dance
- performance skillsmagic, illusions, sleight of hand, juggling, mime
- physical performancemime, pantomime, acrobatics, contortion, juggling
- Stuntsstunt, stuntman, stunt double, daredevil, stunt performer
aerial silkstumbling
Acrobatic rolling and flipping
mat work · contortion · breakdancing · modern dance · tap dance
aerial silksflying trapeze
Suspended bar for aerialists
trapeze · lyra · metal rings · parallel bars · uneven bars
aerial silksclassical ballet
Formal European theatrical dance
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