trapeze

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However, much of the Caballero family’s performance lore begins with Isabel’s son, 82-year-old Rubén: an apparatus connoisseur well-versed in the high wire, trapeze and hand balancing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The agents booked them a trapeze class for early April.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

The circus is still in town, but the trapeze artists, tightrope walkers and other eye-catching acts are no more.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2025

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

The trapeze jumps into your mind from all those miles away.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith