* CIRCUS TERMINOLOGY:

Acrobat: a performer who is represented in a quite number of circus genres. Most often an acrobat's scope of works includes such various works such as jumps, balancing, and other kinds of works involving strength and adroitness on the very circus ring surface where only a minimum number of apparatuses are present. The most typical examples are: "acrobatic column", where acrobats jump by pushing off their partners' shoulders, standing one-atop-one, and weight-lifting pairs, where an acrobat serves as gymnastic apparatus to his partner, and vice versa.

Carpet Clown: A line of clown, of whom prototype was the line of auguste. This name is connected with specific performance of these acts: they took place in breaks between the acts while the ring cover was being laid or replaced.

Juggler: A circus actor (performer); in the simplest case of juggling, he (she) uses different ways to throw and catch the same or different articles.

Ringmaster: The circus's Master of Ceremonies and main announcer.

Roustabout: A laborer on the circus.

Sideshow Barker: Announcer who recruits audience members to see freaks, wonders and human curiosities

Wirewalker: An Acrobat who walks on a wire tightrope.

* some terminology from Circusland.com and CircusWeb.com