Trapeze

This article is about the aerial apparatus. For other uses, see Trapeze (disambiguation).
Trapeze artists, in lithograph by Calvert Litho. Co., 1890.

A trapeze is a short horizontal bar hung by ropes or metal straps from a support. It is an aerial apparatus commonly found in circus performances. Trapeze acts may be static, spinning (rigged from a single point), swinging or flying, and may be performed solo, double, triple or as a group act. It is officially the last performance of the circus.[1]

History

The art of trapeze performance was developed by Jules Léotard, a young French acrobat and aerialist, in Toulouse in the mid-1800s. He invented the flying trapeze, practising over his father's swimming pool.[2]

Types of trapeze

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Circus Dictionary". National Institute of Circus Arts. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  2. "Jules Léotard". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 2016-04-12.

External links

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