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Zirkus

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Also known as circus troupe, circus company

umherziehendes Unternehmen mit Schaustellern, meist im Zelt

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A circus is a traveling company of performers that entertains audiences with diverse acts such as acrobatics, clowning, trained animals, trapeze work, and various other skilled performances. The term also refers to the broader field of circus performance and training that has evolved over its 250-year modern history.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Zirkus is referenced by 1,932 other articles, and connects out to contemporary circus, circus arts and dance.

It sits within the topics Animal keeping by humans, Circuses and Commons link from Wikidata.

Its subject is documented across 87 Wikipedia language editions.

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Performing art.name
Circus
Performing art.image
Barnum & Bailey clowns and geese2.jpg
Performing art.caption
Advertisement for the Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1900
Performing art.types
Classical Circus, New Circus, Contemporary circus, Social Circus
Performing art.ancestor
Drama

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Described at

Turnerande klassisk cirkus - Levande kulturarv

Cirkusar har turnerat i Sverige sedan i slutet av 1700-talet. I början av 1900-talet fanns det ett tjugotal cirkusar i Sverige, men antalet har varierat.

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circus arts
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Circus Ronaldo door Dirk Annemans.jpg
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Commons category
Circus
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Category:Circuses
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Circus
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Ein Zirkus (lateinisch circus ‚Kreis‘, ‚Ring‘, ‚runde Arena‚; Plural: Zirkusse) – oder auch Circus – ist meist eine Gruppe von Artisten, die eine Vorstellung mit verschiedenen artistischen (zirzensischen) Darbietungen (Akrobatik, Clownerie, Zauberei, Tierdressuren) zeigt. Wirtschaftlich gesehen ist ein Zirkus ein Unterhaltungsunternehmen.

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