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A Risley or Risley act (also antipode or antipodism) is any 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
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 unicyclis ...
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 is lying down on their back, supporting one or more flyers with their 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
Richard Risley Carlisle (1814–1874) was an American gymnast and acrobat who often performed as Professor Risley. He is known for developing a circus act of juggling with the feet known as the Risley act. An inveterate traveler to Europe, Aus ...
(1814–1874) who developed this kind of act in the United States., ''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
See also
*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
''Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe'' is a 2012 nonfiction book written by Frederik L. Schodt, author of ''Dreamland Japan'' and '' Manga! Manga!'', and published by Stone Bridge Press. It traces the history of American acrobat and ...
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