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Banquine

Banquine is group acrobatics without fixed apparatus: pushers/bases create take-off and flight path while flyers are thrown, caught or passed to other groups. Training needs mats, coach, role clarity, timing and spotting.

LevelDiscipline FamilyCircus Sport CategoryCircus sport / group acrobatics

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Classification

Category Circus sport / group acrobatics

Family Circus Sport

Level Discipline

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Dynamic group acrobatics with pushers/bases, flyers, catching and precise timing without fixed apparatus.

Geeignet für Suitable for people interested in acrobatics, team trust and supervised technical progression.

Cost Supervised acrobatics/circus class with mats and group; not a solo start. Class fee, coach, mat space, training clothing, supplemental strength/mobility and possible workshop costs. Circus school, acrobatics group, partner-acrobatics training or FEDEC-adjacent education. Frame as training/performance discipline, not as globally standardised competition spor…

First progress Basic group coordination can come quickly; safe flight and catching take repeated practice.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

acrobatics floor
mats
coach
multiple partners
spotters
warm-up

First steps

find circus/acrobatic class
learn roles
practise small pusher drills
build catching/spotting
use low flight paths first

Circus school, partner-acrobatics group, acrobatics club, workshop or FEDEC-adjacent education.

Train only with coach, mats, clear abort calls, warm body and suitable group size.

Weitere Angaben

Tags acrobatics, performance, banquine, circus-sport, zirkussport, zirkussport-gruppenakrobatik, banquine-gruppenakrobatik, circus-sport-group-acrobatics

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Throw, catch or pass flyers safely through synchronised group work.

Teilnehmer

pushers/bases, flyer, catchers and spotters.

Teamgröße

multiple people per skill.

Spielfeld

acrobatics floor.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

performance/coach evaluation rather than uniform points scoring.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

mats
acrobatics floor
coach
spotters

Wichtige Regelpunkte

missing spotting
unsafe progression
unclear roles
missing abort

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Banquine BnF / CNAC · circus-encyclopedia · high
Acrobatics: Handstand, hand to hand, banquine FEDEC · pedagogy-guide · high
Circopedia glossary Circopedia · reference · medium