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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 ...
Kaely Michels-Gualtieri is an American trapeze artist known for her work as a leading artist with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, often performing under the stage name "Electra". [1] [2] She is the winner of two Golden Flyer Awards as one of the world's leading swing trapeze artists. [3]
Flying trapeze artists The flying trapeze is a specific form of the trapeze in which a performer jumps from a platform with the trapeze so that gravity makes the trapeze swing. The performance was invented in 1859 by a Frenchman named Jules Léotard , who connected a bar to some ventilator cords above the swimming pool in his father's gymnasium ...
He would headline the Blue Unit in the 70s and early 80s, and his single trapeze act won him the Circus Oscar at the 1973 Circus World Festival in Madrid, Spain, as well as the 1976 Gold Clown, given out by the International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo for the best circus performance of the year. He ended his trapeze act by sitting on the ...
Fictional trapeze artists (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Trapeze artists" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
Alfredo Codona (October 7, 1893 – July 30, 1937) was a Mexican trapeze artist who was a member of the world-famous "Flying Codonas" and was the first aerialist to continually perform the triple somersault. Alfredo came from an itinerant performing family whose origins lie with the Codoni family in the Italian speaking area of Canton Ticino in ...
Fellow trapeze artist Tony Steele credits her as his inspiration for joining the circus. [7] After her son Gilbert became paralyzed in a scooter accident, she retired from the circus in 1974. She trained young performers until the mid-1980s. She now lives in Sarasota's circus community, and a "Ring of Fame" marker records her achievements. [1]
Luisita Leers was born in into a family of circus artists: her mother Gertrude was an acrobat, and her adoptive father Guido Krökel was a ring specialist. [1] She was trained by Krökel from the age of six. She made her debut in his troupe in March 1920, aged only eleven.