Editing Acrobatics (section)

==Types==
[[File:Chinese acrobat in midair being watched by other acrobats.jpg|thumb|120px|upright|Chinese acrobat in midair after being propelled off a [[teeterboard]], China, 1987]]

===Acrobalance===
{{Main|Acrobalance}}

''Acrobalance'' is a floor based acrobatic art that involves balances, lifts and creating shapes performed in pairs or groups.

===Acro dance===
{{Main|Acro dance}}

''Acro dance'' is a style of dance that combines classical dance technique with precision acrobatic elements.

===Aerial===
{{Redirect-synonym|Aerialist|a person who practices [[aerial skiing]]}}
''Aerial'' is acrobatics performed in the air on a suspended apparatus.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.nica.com.au/dictionary|publisher=National Institute of Circus Arts|title=Circus Dictionary|access-date=2009-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719162832/http://www.nica.com.au/dictionary|archive-date=2011-07-19}}</ref>

====Trapeze====
{{Main|Trapeze}}
A ''trapeze'' is a short horizontal bar hung by ropes or metal straps from a support. Trapeze acts may be [[Static trapeze|static]], spinning (rigged from a single point), swinging or [[Flying trapeze|flying]], and may be performed solo, double, triple or as a group act.<ref name=":0" />

====Corde lisse====
{{Main|Corde lisse}}
''Corde lisse'' is a skill or act that involves acrobatics on a vertically hanging rope. The name is [[French (language)|French]] for "smooth rope".

====Cloud swing====
{{Main|Cloud swing}}
''Cloud swing'' is a skill that usually combines static and swinging trapeze skills, drops, holds and rebound lifts.

====Cradle====
{{Main|Cradle (circus act)}}
''Cradle'' (also known as aerial cradle or casting cradle) is a type of aerial circus skill in which a performer hangs by their knees from a large rectangular frame and swings, tosses, and catches another performer

====Silks====
{{Main|Aerial silk}}
''Aerial silks'' is a type of aerial skill in which one or more artists perform aerial acrobatics while hanging from a long length of fabric suspended from a frame or ceiling.

====Hoop====
{{Main|Aerial hoop}}
''Aerial hoop'' (also known as the ''lyra'', ''aerial ring'' or ''cerceau''/''cerceaux''') is a circular steel apparatus (resembling a [[hula hoop]]) suspended from the ceiling or a frame, on which artists may perform aerial acrobatics.  It can be used static, spinning, or swinging.