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Caroline Madeline Gardner (née Wisler; April 7, 1860 – June 20, 1944), better known by her stage name Carrie Swain, was an American actress, acrobat, and singer.One of the first female acrobats and belting vocalists to appear in vaudeville, she began her career performing in variety and minstrel shows during the 1870s.
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A female acrobat depicted on an Ancient Greek hydria, c. 340–330 BC. Female acrobat shooting an arrow with a bow in her feet; Gnathia style pelikai pottery; 4th century BC Acrobatic performance in India c. 1863. Acrobatic traditions are found in many cultures, and there is evidence that the earliest such traditions occurred thousands of years ...
Lillian Leitzel (born Leopoldina Alitza Pelikan; 2 January 1892 – 15 February 1931) was a German-born acrobat who specialized in performing on the Roman rings, for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus.
Jennifer Bricker-Bauer (born Jennifer Bricker, October 1, 1987) [1] [2] is an American acrobat, aerialist, and memoirist. Born without legs, she was placed for adoption by her parents. [3] She is the sister of American Olympic gymnast Dominique Moceanu, although the two were unaware they were biological siblings until later in life.
Dai Ailian (1916 (Trinidad)–2006), modern dancer, choreographer, teacher, first principal of Beijing Dance Academy; Jin Xing (born 1967 to Korean parents), ballerina, modern dancer, choreographer, actress
Rong Niu is a fourth-generation acrobat, with her mother, grandmother and great grandmother having flipped bowls as well. [1] She began practicing her act at age 7 under the tutelage of her father, and later attended a boarding school for the acrobatic arts. She also toured internationally with the Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe from age 14 to 19 ...
She subsequently mounted the trapeze and disrobed down to her acrobat leotards in the midst of the trapeze's swinging motion. She appears to have begun performing while in her late teens, and this was part of her repertoire at least as early as May 1, 1898, [ 2 ] and possibly before 1896, when her act was seen by critic George Jean Nathan while ...