plate spinner
Rotates dishes aloft
A plate spinner is a performer who spins plates on flexible poles, keeping multiple plates rotating simultaneously to prevent them from falling.
The term extends figuratively to anyone juggling many tasks or responsibilities at once: Between work, kids, and night school, she's become quite the plate spinner.
The image captures the constant attention required to keep everything from crashing down.
- jugglingSequential toss-and-catch performance
- keeping upMaintaining pace or standard
- circusTraveling entertainment with performers
- big topMain circus tent
- circus artsPerformance skills under canvas
variety act · performer · balancing · poles · wobbling · acrobat · multitasking · all at once · sticks · crockery · precarious · close call · dexterity · steady hands · timing · crash · porcelain · fine china
- circus actsacrobat, acrobats, trapeze artist, juggling, jugglers
- circus workersacrobat, clown, ringmaster, trapeze artist, lion tamer
- performersactor, dancer, actress, singer, musician
- variety actsacrobat, juggling, aerialist, magic, clown
- spinners & twirlersbaton twirler, majorette
- party entertainersclown, magician, balloon artist, juggler, puppeteer
plate spinnerstill life
Art of inanimate objects
museum exhibit · tableau · statue · permanent exhibit · mannequin
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