Editing Trapeze (section)

==History==
The art of trapeze performance is reported to have been developed by [[Jules Léotard]], a young French [[Acrobatics|acrobat]] and [[aerialist]], in [[Toulouse]] in the mid-19th century. He is said to have used his father's swimming pool to practice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/j/jules-leotard/|title=Jules Léotard|website=Victoria and Albert Museum|access-date=2016-04-12|archive-date=2016-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312020659/http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/j/jules-leotard/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the name "trapeze" can be found in books dating as far back as twenty years earlier, before Léotard was born. One such example is George Roland's “An Introductory Course of Modern Gymnastic Exercises”,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roland |first1=George |title="An Introductory Course of Modern Gymnastic Exercises |date=1832 |publisher=G. Roland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tIld-M1IyW8C |access-date=28 October 2022 |archive-date=7 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307071756/https://books.google.com/books?id=tIld-M1IyW8C |url-status=live }}</ref> published in 1832. Roland proposes the idea that the trapeze might owe its origin to [[Francisco Amorós y Ondeano|Colonel Amoros]], but ultimately deems the question of origin "unimportant to the present subject".

The name was applied in French ({{lang|fr|trapèze}}) from the resemblance of the apparatus to a [[trapezoid|trapezium]] or irregular four-sided figure.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Trapeze|volume=27|page=213}}</ref>