Aerial hoop

An aerial hoop performance

The 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, on which circus artists may perform aerial acrobatics. It can be used static, spinning, or swinging. Tricks that can be performed include the Candlestick, Bird's Nest and Crescent Moon [1]

  1. ^ "Circus Dictionary". National Institute of Circus Arts. Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2009.