Thursday 15 May 2014

Vintage Circus'


Traditional circus' consisted usually of a bearded lady, the strong man, crazy contortionists and the clown. These acts have now been taken over by more contemporary and exciting tricks such as trapeze artists and amazing trampoline shows.

Another type of circus that was around soon after that was the adrenaline filled Dare Devil Acts, these shows where filled with knife throwing, human cannonballs and sword swallowing. These shows

Around the same time the classic Flea Circus side show was very popular, this consisted of fleas that where attracted to shall furniture to show the illusion that they where performing circus acts within small houses.

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