<b>Description of Aerial Circus apparatus.  Aerial tissu, static trapeze, Spanish web, aerial hammock and aerial hoop</b>
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</p><p><b>Aerial tissu</b> (also <b>aerial tissue</b>, <b>aerial silk</b>, <b>aerial ballet in silk</b>, <b>aerial contortion</b> or <b>aerial curtain</b>) is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/acrobatics" class="extiw" title="en:acrobatics">acrobatic</a>, aerial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ballet" class="extiw" title="en:ballet">en:ballet</a> which is performed while suspended from a piece of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/silk" class="extiw" title="en:silk">en:silk</a> or other <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fabric" class="extiw" title="en:fabric">en:fabric</a> ("tissu" is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" class="extiw" title="en:French language">French</a> for fabric).
</p><p><b>Aerial Hoop</b> (also <b>Lyra</b>, <b>Cerceaux</b>, <b>aerial ballet on hoop</b>, <b>aerial contortion</b>) is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/acrobatics" class="extiw" title="en:acrobatics">acrobatic</a>, aerial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ballet" class="extiw" title="en:ballet">en:ballet</a> which is performed while suspended from a circular hoop that spins, orbits and moves up and down<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hoop" class="extiw" title="en:hoop">en:hoop</a> ("cerceaux" is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" class="extiw" title="en:French language">French</a> for circle).
</p><p><b>Aerial Hammock</b> (also <b>aerial tissue</b>, <b>aerial silk</b>, <b>aerial ballet in silk</b>, <b>aerial contortion</b> or <b>aerial curtain</b>) is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/acrobatics" class="extiw" title="en:acrobatics">acrobatic</a>, aerial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ballet" class="extiw" title="en:ballet">en:ballet</a> which is performed while suspended from a piece of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/silk" class="extiw" title="en:silk">en:silk</a> tied to form a hammock or other <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fabric" class="extiw" title="en:fabric">en:fabric</a> ("tissu" is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" class="extiw" title="en:French language">French</a> for fabric).
</p><p><b>Static Trapeze</b> (also <b>single trap</b>) is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/acrobatics" class="extiw" title="en:acrobatics">acrobatic</a>, aerial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ballet" class="extiw" title="en:ballet">en:ballet</a> which is performed on a bar suspended by two ropes.
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<b>Spanish Web</b> (also <b>Rope</b>, <b>corde lisse</b>) is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/acrobatics" class="extiw" title="en:acrobatics">acrobatic</a>, aerial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ballet" class="extiw" title="en:ballet">en:ballet</a> which is performed while suspended from a single rope.
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5 September 2006 (original upload date)
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