The Continental Circus Berlin is a touring circus featured in the UK and presented by the European Entertainment Corporation during the summertime.
The Continental Circus Berlin also goes under the shortened name of Circus Berlin.
The Circus usually consists of 20-30 cast members, which include
clown
A clown is a person who performs comedy and arts in a state of open-mindedness using physical comedy, typically while wearing distinct makeup or costuming and reversing folkway-norms.
History
The most ancient clowns have been found in ...
s,
acrobats,
tightrope walker
Tightrope walking, also called funambulism, is the skill of walking along a thin wire or rope. It has a long tradition in various countries and is commonly associated with the circus. Other skills similar to tightrope walking include slack rope ...
s, and other
circus
A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, ventriloquists, and unicyclist ...
artists.
The Circus is operated by the same organization that presents the
Moscow State Circus
The title Moscow State Circus is used for a variety of circuses. Most commonly, it refers to one of the two circus buildings in Moscow, the " Circus Nikulin" (the old circus, featuring animal acts) and the "Bolshoi Circus" (the new circus, feat ...
.
Image:Balancing_act_continental_circus_berlin.jpg, Balancing act by the Continental Circus Berlin (Aviemore 2009)
Image:Continental_circus_berlin_ringmaster.jpg, Continental Circus Berlin ringmaster Tracey Jones
Image:Bulgarian_swing_and_swingboard_team_continental_circus_berlin.jpg, Bulgarian swing and springboard
Image:Comedy_act_continental_circus_berlin.jpg, Comedy act at Continental Circus Berlin
Image:Continental_Circus_Double_Trapeze_act.jpg, Double trapeze
Static trapeze, also known as fixed trapeze, is a type of circus art performed on the trapeze. In contrast to the other forms of trapeze, on static trapeze the bars and ropes mainly stay in place.
Most often, the static trapeze is about wide and ...
act at Continental Circus Berlin
See also
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Moscow State Circus
The title Moscow State Circus is used for a variety of circuses. Most commonly, it refers to one of the two circus buildings in Moscow, the " Circus Nikulin" (the old circus, featuring animal acts) and the "Bolshoi Circus" (the new circus, feat ...
External links
Continental Circus Berlin WebsiteImages of Continental Circus Berlin 2009
Circuses