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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 in Toulouse , France .
Jules Léotard (French:; 1 August 1838 – 16 August 1870) was a French acrobatic performer and aerialist who developed the art of trapeze.He also created and popularized the one-piece gym wear that now bears his name and inspired the 1867 song "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze", sung by George Leybourne.
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, triple or as a group act. [1]
Zazel posing with her cannon at the Royal Aquarium, in 1877. Rossa Matilda Richter (7 April 1860 – 8 December 1937), who used the stage name Zazel, was an English aerialist and actress who became known as the first human cannonball at the age of 17.
James "Jimmy" Cavaretta (born 1949) is an American circus performer, trapeze artist, actor, and model, best known for his work in the famed trapeze act "The Flying Cavarettas," his regular television appearances in the 1960s and 1970s, and his performances as an original headliner at the Circus, Circus hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
She initially gained prominence as a member of "The Flying Cavarettas," a teen trapeze group formed with sisters Kandy, Maureen, Molli, and brother Jimmy Cavaretta.The Flying Cavarettas gained widespread media attention in the 1960s and 70s, appearing on shows like The Ed Sullivan Show and The Hollywood Palace, and were recognized by Queen Elizabeth II following a performance in London.
Flying trapeze: Four pendulum-like swings, on two different levels, carried a team of perfectly synchronized aerialists 53 feet (16 m) above the stage. Power track and trampoline : This high-energy spectacle had performers literally bouncing off the walls and through the windows and roof of a three-dimensional building.
A flying trapeze is a form of trapeze in which a performer jumps from a platform with the trapeze so that gravity makes the trapeze swing. Flying trapeze may also refer to: "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze" (song), also known as "The Flying Trapeze" Flying Trapeeze (also spelt Trapeze), the first comedy venue in Melbourne, created in ...