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Triton Troupers Circus is a regional/local circus run through Triton College, in River Grove Illinois, near Chicago. Within the school curriculum Triton Troupers Circus is considered a continuing education course. Triton Troupers Circus is populated with cast and crew ranging from circus arts ...
Adagio is a type of dance in which couples perform steps requiring great skill in synchronization, lifting, balancing, and turning. Typically displayed as two to four partners with lifts and tosses set to music. Also known as Double Stunts.
Industry:Entertainment
Aerial Hoop is a metallic hoop suspended in mid air, providing a showcase of grace and poise for the artist.
Industry:Entertainment
Bike acts may feature acrobatic and balancing feats, and even stacking pyramids performed on a moving bicycle. Extreme/BMX bike acts perform stunts such as vertical loops.
Industry:Entertainment
Cloud Swing is a single web (a very thick woven fabric rope) suspended by both ends to make a swing. This act demands all the precision of movement of a Spanish web, but is set in motion much like a swinging trapeze. The web material provides for a series of twists and wraps allowing an artist more flexibility in routines.
Industry:Entertainment
Diabolo is a juggling routine based on the principles of a gyroscope. Uses a spindle and a rope, includes toss and catch routines.
Industry:Entertainment
Fire acts are performed with the utmost in care, and includes acts such as flaming club juggling, flaming poi, and fire breathing. Don't try this at home; Circus performers spend many hours perfecting this art form.
Industry:Entertainment
Flying Trapeze is one of the signature acts of the circus, the flying trapeze is the one act most people associate with a circus. Generally performed with safety ropes or a net. The art of flying from the trapeze to the waiting hands of the catcher and returning to the trapeze bar has a rich history.
Industry:Entertainment
Globes require balance and agility to keep the a globe from rolling out from under the performer's feet. Advanced tricks include traversing ramps or steps, juggling and hula-hooping while balancing atop a rolling globe.
Industry:Entertainment
Gymwheel is not only a circus act, but a sport also known as wheel gymnastics. Artists roll, revolve and spiral, into, out of and on the apparatus known as the Gymwheel. It is a discipline which demands high strength, flexibility and determination. Also known as Man Wheel.
Industry:Entertainment
Hair Hang performers actually hang by their hair, braided and tied in a special knot. This is a traditional circus act.
Industry:Entertainment
