Related terms: Circus Contemporary circus

Circus skills are a group of pursuits that have been used as a form of entertainment in circus, sideshow, busking or variety/vaudeville/music hall shows. Most circus skills are still being performed today; additionally, many are practiced by non-performers as a hobby.

[edit] Alphabetical list of circus skills

[edit] Categorization of circus skills

Circus schools and instructors have developed a variety of pedagogical classification systems for circus skills. Systems that have attempted to formally organize circus skills into pragmatic teaching groupings include the Gurevich system (the basis of the Russian Circus School's curriculum) and the Hovey Burgess system.

[edit] Alphabetical list of circus and sideshow attractions