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Trapeze

Trapeze is aerial acrobatics on a bar suspended by ropes or straps. Variants such as static, swinging, dance or flying trapeze have different technical and safety requirements.

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Classification

Category Gymnastics sport

Family Circus Sport

Level Discipline

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Trapeze is aerial acrobatics on a bar suspended by ropes or straps.

Geeignet für Fits if you want aerial/circus work with coaching and safety progression, you like height and nerves without improvising unsafely, you enjoy timing, body tension and repeatable progression.

Cost 20-200 EUR depending on equipment and venue. 0-80 EUR per month depending on class, club, or venue. 5-50 EUR per month if a club structure exists. For rare sports, cost and availability vary strongly.

First progress Basic swing and simple positions can happen in the first class; timing, trust and catch progression take several sessions.

Fitness level medium

Was du brauchst

Checked trapeze rig, mat or net depending on setup, safety belt/lines, coach, suitable clothing, warm-up and clear stop rules.

First steps

Start at a trapeze or circus school: safety belt, briefing, ladder/platform, basic swing and simple positions under coach and safety-line control.
Look for a flying-trapeze school, circus school, aerial studio, circus arts centre or workshop with explicit safety and rigging practice.

Look for a flying-trapeze school, circus school, aerial studio, circus arts centre or workshop with explicit safety and rigging practice.

Start only in the appropriate source-described context and follow local rules.

Weitere Angaben

Aliases Static trapeze, Flying trapeze, Static Trapeze, Flying Trapeze

Tags acrobatics, aerial, circus, trapeze, circus-sport, zirkussport, trapez, zirkuskunst

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Perform hangs, seats, balances, swings, transitions and, where applicable, flight/catch skills on the trapeze with control and safety.

Teilnehmer

Solo, duo or team depending on static, swinging or flying variant.

Teamgröße

Solo, duo or team depending on static, swinging or flying variant.

Spielfeld

Aerial rig, circus school, trapeze rig or stage with checked suspension, mats, lunge/net depending on variant and sufficient height.

Dauer

Duration depends on the class, act, routine or organiser requirements.

Wertung

Not uniformly globally point-scored; training and shows use safety/technical standards, while competitions or festivals use their own criteria.

Gewinnbedingung

No uniform global win condition is documented; competitions use organiser- or federation-specific rules.

Ausrüstung

Trapeze bar with ropes/straps, checked rigging, mats/crash mats, optional lunge, net, catcher setup and rosin/chalk under house rules.

Wichtige Regelpunkte

unsafe execution
missing briefing
unsuitable or unchecked equipment
ignoring safety or judging requirements

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

How to Start Flying Trapeze Above and Beyond Aerial · beginner-guide · medium
Beginner's Guide to Trapeze aSweatLife · first-person-guide · medium
Recreational Flying Trapeze The Circus Arts Conservatory · class-guide · medium
Aerial Sports Federation Aerial Sports Federation · reference · medium
FEDEC static trapeze, rope and silks FEDEC · manual · high