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The diabolo (/ d iː ˈ æ b ə l oʊ / dee-AB-ə-loh; [1] commonly misspelled diablo) is a juggling or circus prop consisting of an axle (British English: bobbin) and two cups (hourglass/egg timer shaped) or discs derived from the Chinese yo-yo. This object is spun using a string attached to two hand sticks ("batons" or "wands").
Jugglers on rolling globes at the Strassburger Circus, 1952. The rolling globe or walking globe is a circus skill in which a performer balances atop a large sphere. Various gymnastic or juggling stunts may be performed while the performer moves and controls the position of the ball with their feet and/or hands.
Traditional circus-style juggling emphasises high levels of skill and sometimes large-scale props to enable the act to "fill" the circus ring. The juggling act may involve some comedy or other circus skills such as acrobatics, but the principal focus is the technical skill of the jugglers. Costumes are usually colourful with sequins.
The term "toss juggling" is only used by a very small subset of jugglers to distinguish between "pure juggling" (throwing and catching juggling) and the wider range of circus skills usually associated with the term "juggling" like diabolo, devilstick, cigar boxes and more.
Juggling is a physical skill involving the manipulation of objects for recreation, entertainment or sport. The most recognizable form of juggling is toss juggling. Juggling can be the manipulation of one object or many objects at the same time, using one or many hands. Jugglers often refer to the objects they juggle as props.
Juggling means both the art of repeatedly throwing several objects in the air and catching them: see Toss juggling, and the manipulation of a variety of objects that have become to be part of Circus skills. Examples include Diabolo, Devil stick and Plate spinning.
Urbanatix performer in Nordsternpark at Ruhr's 2011 ExtraSchicht festival Street performer during Sirkusmarkkinat at Kerava in 2013 (Circus Festival). The Cyr wheel (also known as the roue Cyr, mono wheel, [1] or simple wheel) is an acrobatic apparatus that consists of a single large ring made of aluminum or steel with a diameter approximately 10 to 15 cm (4 to 6 in) taller than the performer.
A list of the circus arts equipment that the group uses in its performances: Unicycles "Giraffes" (6-foot-tall (1.8 m) unicycles) Juggling balls, clubs, and rings; Diabolos; Yo-yos; Devil sticks; Walking Globes, 24" to 30" high, on which children balance, walk, while jumping rope/juggling) Spinning plates; Chinese Stilts; Slack hope