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A Risley or Risley act (also antipode or antipodism) is any
circus A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, ventriloquists, and unicy ...
acrobalance Acrobalance is a floor-based acrobatic art that involves balances, lifts and creating shapes performed in pairs or groups. A performer on the ground doing the lifting and supporting in an acrobalance formation is often called the ''base'', while ...
posture where the base person is lying supine, supporting one or more flyers with hands, feet and/or other parts of the body; spinning a person or object using only one's feet. The act is named after Richard Risley Carlisle (1814–1874) who developed this kind of act in the United States.Risley act
, ''Merriam-Webster.com''. Risleys can be separated into three general categories of skills: * Skills that are based with the hands * Skills that are based with the feet * Other


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Acroyoga Acroyoga so they're not being ignored--> (also written ''Acro-Yoga'' or ''Acro Yoga'') is a physical practice that combines yoga and acrobatics. Acroyoga includes many types of (mostly recreational) partner and group acrobatics in which at least ...
* '' Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe''


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