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Trapeze

This article is about the aerial apparatus. For other uses, see Trapeze (disambiguation).
"Trapeze artist" redirects here. For the racehorse, see Trapeze Artist (horse).
Trapeze artists, in lithograph by Calvert Litho. Co., 1890.

A trapeze is a short horizontal bar hung by ropes, metal straps, or chains, from a ceiling 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.[1]

The name of the apparatus reflects the trapezoid shape made by the horizontal bar, ropes and ceiling support.[2]

  1. ^ "Circus Dictionary". National Institute of Circus Arts. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  2. ^ Jones, Paul Anthony (14 October 2019). The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words. University of Chicago Press. p. 317. ISBN 978-0-226-64670-1. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

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