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Zirkus

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.

Key facts

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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Wikidata facts

Field of work: circus arts
Image: Circus Ronaldo door Dirk Annemans.jpg

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Unicode character: 🎪
Commons category: Circus
topic's main category: Category:Circuses
Commons gallery: Circus
different from: Cerc
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
described at URL: levandekulturarv.se/in-english/the-inventory/submissions/touring-classic-circus

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Article · Deutsch

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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