trapeze
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The agents booked them a trapeze class for early April.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
"I did flying trapeze, acrobatics, and I absolutely loved the performance element of it all," she said.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
When circus-goers witness acts like a triple somersault on the trapeze or spinning in a human hamster wheel without a harness, they see a fleeting moment that is said to have divine impact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024
Navigating this period as a journalist and sole parent feels like being a trapeze artist without a net—each day teetering on the edge of madness.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2024
Elephants and clowns and giraffes and trapeze people.
From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo
His final production for the RSC, in 1970, was a memorable, airborne version of A Midsummer Night's Dream using trapezes and stilts.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2022
Gamboling in its clinical white galleries, life-size polar bears, smothered in Day-Glo plumage, play tag, dance, hang on trapezes, scratch itches, and generally introduce raucous joy to the hushed precinct.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
In this event, two-person teams, like the one described above, perform near-acrobatic feats on literal trapezes to zoom around a racecourse, almost like wind-powered NASCAR.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2021
Over the course of the three-hour show, BTS’ members were lifted on trapezes over the crowd.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2019
Normal chairs with legs and backs act as trapezes.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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