Preschool Circus Fast Facts

Circus

The first modern circus was staged by Philip Astley in London, England on January 9, 1768.

List of famous circuses and circus owners

* Cirque du Soleil
* P.T. Barnum
* Annie Fratellini
* Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
* Archaos
* Circus Oz

List of famous circus performers

* Emmett Kelly (clown)
* Austin Miles (clown), (ringmaster)
* Zip the Pinhead (freak / prodigy)]

Circus Arts Include:

Acrobatics

Contortion

Hand-to-hand balancing

Aerial acts

Hoops

Shoot-Thru Ladder

Silks

Cloud Swing

Mexican Cloud Swing

Cradle

Tightrope walking

Trapeze

Swinging Trapeze

Flying Trapeze

Multiple Trapeze

Triple Trapeze

French Trapeze

Double Trapeze

Washington Trapeze

Corde lisse

Spanish Web

Animal training

Equestrian acts

Clown

Fire eating

Fire breathing

Fire dancing

Hoola hoop

Human cannonball

German wheel

Juggling

Chinese yo-yo (Diabolo)

Contact juggling

Devil sticks

Cigar Box

Knife throwing

Magic

Mime

Plate spinning

Poi swinging

Side show

Sword swallowing

Stilting

Unicycle

Ventriloquism

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