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2 unusual facts about trapeze


Die Zirkusprinzessin

The circus sequences in the New York production were particularly lavish, including equestrians, aerialists, and a famous clown of the day, Poodles Hanneford.

Trapeze

Static trapeze refers to a trapeze act in which the performer moves around the bar and ropes, performing a wide range of movements including balances, drops, hangs while the bar itself stays mostly in place.


Bahnhofsviertel

Almost trapeze shaped, this districit lies between the Alleenring to the west, Mainzer Landstraße in the north and the Anlagenring to the east.

Battle of Appomattox Court House

James Thurber, himself the grandson of a Union veteran, wrote a humorous short story, "If Grant Had Been Drinking at Appomattox," which was collected in the anthology, The Middle-Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze, and again later in The Thurber Carnival.

Bello Nock

Nock also hung on a trapeze under a helicopter over the Statue of Liberty.

Bofors 40 mm gun

Eventually an anti-aircraft gunnery school on the range at Stiffkey on the Norfolk coast delivered a workable solution, a trapeze-like arrangement that moved the pancake sights to offer lead correction, operated by a new crew-member standing behind the left-hand layer.

Charmian

Charmion (1875–1949), American vaudeville trapeze artist and strongwoman

Dean Gunnarson

Gunnarson's most notable television appearances include the NBC TV specials The World's Most Dangerous Magic I & II, for which he escaped from a strait jacket while hanging upsidedown 726 feet above the ground from a trapeze suspended from the Hoover Dam.

Elvin Bale

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.

Flying trapeze

Although many people define a flying trapeze act as an act involving two trapezes and a catcher, as of 2008, many innovative styles of flying trapeze have been performed in circuses all over the world, such as Cirque Du Soleil, The Flying Farfans, and The Flying Caceres.

George Leybourne

The song celebrated the fascination with the many trapeze artistes then performing in the UK, including Leotard and his sensational appearances at the Alhambra Music Hall in London.

Gibson ES-325

Trapeze Tailpieces were standard, as on other fully hollow Gibsons.

Give Me a Home Among the Gumtrees

It was originally performed as a satirical number in Johnson and Brown's comedy act at the Flying Trapeze Cafe in Fitzroy, Melbourne and was first recorded in 1975 on the Captain Rock album Buried Treasure on Mushroom Records.

Hughes Turner Project

Hughes Turner Project (HTP) was a musical project formed in the 2001 by bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (formerly of Deep Purple, Trapeze and Black Sabbath) and guitarist/vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (formerly of Deep Purple, Rainbow and Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force).

Live at the Boat Club

Recorded live at the Boat Club in Nottingham for a UK live radio broadcast featuring tracks from their four mid-70's albums Medusa, You Are The Music We're Just The Band, Hot Wire, and Trapeze.

Michael Men Project

For the project Men acquired the services of veteran rock vocalists Glenn Hughes (formerly of Deep Purple, Trapeze and Black Sabbath) and Joe Lynn Turner (formerly of Rainbow).

St Paul's Church, Bristol

It still boasts an ornate Georgian plaster ceiling, stone columns and a wealth of decorative stained glass, but has now been equipped with aerial and trapeze equipment and a pale Maple wood sprung dance floor.

Trampolining

In the early 1930s, George Nissen observed trapeze artistes performing tricks when bouncing off the safety net.

Victoria Sanger Freeman

In 1917 she married James Freeman, a trapeze artiste, highwire walker and clown, among other roles.


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