Trapeze
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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, spinnin
Trapeze artists, in lithograph by Calvert Litho. Co., 1890.
Triple trapeze
Jules Léotard
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Jules Léotard was a French acrobatic performer and aerialist who developed the art of trapeze. He also created and popularized the one-piece gym wear that bears his name and inspired the 1867 song "Th
Trapeze
…reflects the trapezoid shape made by the horizontal bar, ropes and ceiling support. The art of trapeze performance is reported to have been developed by Jules Léotard, a young French acrobat and aerialist, in Toulouse in the mid-19th century. He is said to have used his father's swimming pool to practice. However…
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