circus ring
Where acrobats perform
A circus ring is the circular performance area in a circus, traditionally 42 feet in diameter—a size standardized to accommodate horse acts.
The ring focuses audience attention and contains performers during acts: The acrobats tumbled into the circus ring.
Three-ring circuses became spectacles of simultaneous performances competing for attention.
- knockaboutRough, boisterous action
- big topMain circus tent
- barrelsCylindrical storage vessels
- lion tamersCircus animal handlers
- sawdustPowdery timber waste
ringmaster · ladies and gentlemen · manege · acrobatics · human cannonball · act · trapeze · arena · contortionists · center · fire-eaters · performance space · aerialists · clown · spectacle · flying trapeze · tightrope walking · death defying
- circusbig top, clown, clowns, ringmaster, acrobat
- circlesradius, pie chart, semicircle, disk, bulls-eye
- ringswedding rings, engagement rings, diamond rings, silver rings, silver band
- venuesarena, auditorium, stadium, performing arts center, theater
- circus tentbig top, center pole, tent, canvas walls, sidewalls
- Horse Showdressage, trick riding, vaulting, bareback riding, rearing
circus ringbleachers
Open-air spectator benches
grandstand · gallery · cheap seats · nosebleed seats · front row
circus ringwaiting room
Space for anticipating service
parking lot · DMV · factory floor · classroom · hospital ward
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