Trapeze

The trapeze is a gymnastic apparatus in the field of aerial acrobatics. It belongs to the old genre of artistry and is mainly used in the circus. It consists of a suspended between two equal length ropes Holm and can be used by a ( solo trapeze) as well as by several people simultaneously. The trapeze is often used by both children and adults. Due to the relatively low body weight many exercises for kids are a little easier to perform than for adults and the device is often chosen for this reason, to introduction to the world of artistry. The most important physical skill here, strength and agility elements are:

• Swing
• Balance
• Jumping and

The vertical wire is a special cable with about 4-5 cm in diameter, which is suspended above a fluidized rotatable to the ceiling. At the rope special requirements because the artist may not be injured by too harsh a rope, the rope should still be worked smooth to prevent unwanted slipping. The rope often has a loop, so tricks on the silks are not possible (eg, single-arm spin around ), can be shown.

The vertical cloth is also a sports machine of aerial acrobatics and consists of a double-layer, long cloth which is attached at its center to the ceiling. In a narrower sense, it is a kind of keystone of fabric. On the silks are shown by loops and knots artistic figures, which require a high body tension. For hanger as the "Great Abfaller ", wrap the body with the elastic cloth and can then fall down spectacularly. When the silks and the vertical rope comparable performances are possible. The length of both sports equipment should cover the visible area of ​​the stage, and in addition provide even sufficient material for the wrapping of the artists.

In addition to the skill at climbing the rope or cloth, here hanging different figures are shown. With great skill and body control the vertical cloth or rope is swung to individual body parts and fixed by the friction of the individual windings. It thus allows different positions hanging in the air without explicit nodes or handles. In particular, the dissolution of the windings, by rapidly rolling down with built- Stop is one of the most spectacular figures of these disciplines.

The vertical cloth due to its use of a substance very good options particularly spectacular visual effects ( flag ) to generate.

All three sports equipment allow its use with two or more artists. This depends on an artist, the catcher, usually headfirst into the sports equipment, while the second person, the pilot, is held mainly by the catcher in different positions. When performing with several artists at the same time, it is often customary to work simultaneously. Each artist on his own harness, cloth or rope.

There is also the air ring. This is a ring with or without a strut to the suspension. The air ring is also sometimes combined with the vertical cloth, the cloth is attached to the ring.

At all props sunrises, tricks, transitions, relationships, Abfaller inflows and outflows are possible. Usually there is a trick also correspondences to the other devices. The tricks are then not exactly the same, but based on a similar principle.

On suspension of cloth, rope, ring and rarely trapeze a whirl between the ceiling and the attachment of the device is often installed to facilitate rotations around the vertical. Rotations are at an appropriately high suspension also without vertebral possible, but in this case the device must again turn back completely.