Cyr wheel
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The Cyr 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 taller than the performer. The performer stands inside
Urbanatix performer in Nordsternpark at Ruhr's 2011 ExtraSchicht festival
Street performer during Sirkusmarkkinat at Kerava in 2013 (Circus Festival)
Wheel gymnastics
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Wheel gymnastics is a form of gymnastics that originated in Germany. Wheel gymnasts do exercises in a large wheel or hoop known as the Rhönrad, gymnastics wheel, gym wheel, or German wheel, in the beg
Cyr wheel
…gyroscopically while performing acrobatic moves in and around the rotating wheel. The apparatus and its movement vocabulary have some similarities with the German wheel, but while the German wheel consists of two large rings linked together by horizontal crossbars and has handles for the performer to hold onto, the…
Aachen (1996)
RollAix Performers on ice, RWTH Aachen U. (2009)
Russian circus performer (2009)
Würzburg (1931)