8/19/08

Fantastic Flying Trapeze - Acrobatic circus


The great acrobatics, amzing, impressive and fantastic show.
Chinese acrobatics are very professional.
Very dangerously show.
So excise at the end of this show.
Very nice trapeze show.




Fantastic Flying Trapeze - Acrobatic circus



Trapeze is the overall name for a collection of closely-related aerial apparati. All trapezes are horizontal cross-bars used by acrobats (more specifically, "aerialists"). They are often popularly associated with circuses.

Flying trapeze refers to a trapeze act where a performer, or "flyer," grabs the trapeze bar and jumps off a high platform, or pedestal board, so gravity creates the swing. The swing's parts are the cast out at the far end of the first swing, the beat back and rise as the performer swings back above the pedestal board, and then the trick is thrown at the far end of the second swing. The performer often releases the bar and is caught by another performer, the "catcher," who hangs by his knees on another trapeze, or sometimes on a cradle, which can be either stationary or also swinging. A flyer rarely weighs more than about 68 kg (150 pounds) to avoid damaging the catcher's shoulders, although people of any size are able to execute basic trapeze maneuvers. Flying trapeze is done over a net, or occasionally over water for a special exhibition.
The flying trapeze was invented in the late 19th Century in France by Jules L?otard. He did his act from one swinging trapeze to another that had been released by his father who was standing on a platform. He is also said to have invented the full length skin tight costume that now bears his name.
The flying trapeze and its association with circuses was made even more popular by the 1867 George Leybourne song "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze", which was based on the success of trapeze artist Jules L?otard. One of the greatest flyers of all time is Alfredo Codona of Mexico who set standards of skill and style in the 1920's that many aspire to and few achieve.

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