Performing Basic Circus Skills - Paperback

by Jack Wiley (Author)

PERFOMING BASIC CIRCUS SKILLS is a complete guide to performing circus skills, including juggling, balancing, devil stick, diabolo, stilts, unicycling, tumbling, acrobatic balancing, ladders, pyramids, and clowning.THIS BOOK is based on the author's actual experiences as a performer from the seventh to twelfth grades in the Fresno YMCA Gym Circus; as a competitive tumbler from the seventh grade to the end of college; and as a teacher of circus skills when he was a YMCA Physical Director.SUBJECTS COVERED INCLUDE: -Learning Circus Skills-Juggling-Balancing, Spinning, and Manipulative Skills-Unicycling-Tumbling-Individual and Partner Balancing-Pyramids-Ladders-Clowning-Staging Acts and Amateur Circuses