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Wikipedia: A circus is commonly a travelling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists. The word also describes the performance that they give, which is usually a series of acts that are choreographed to music and introduced by a "ringmaster". The traditional circus is held in an oval or circular arena called a ring, which has tiered seating around its edge.
![[Trapeze artists, in lithograph by Calvert Litho. Co., 1890.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Trapeze_Artists_in_Circus_s.jpg "Trapeze artists, in lithograph by Calvert Litho. Co., 1890.")
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![[Lion tamer, in lithograph by Gibson & Co., 1873.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Lion_tamer_28LOC_pga_03749_29_s.jpg "Lion tamer, in lithograph by Gibson & Co., 1873.")
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![[Elephants from Cole Brothers Circus parade through downtown Los Angeles, 1953]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/CircusElephantsLA_s.jpg "Elephants from Cole Brothers Circus parade through downtown Los Angeles, 1953")
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![[Female lion tamer and leopard]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Female_animal_trainer_and_leopard_s.jpg "Female lion tamer and leopard")
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![['The Circus', by Georges Seurat, painted 1891. Original in Musée d'Orsay, Paris.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Georges_Seurat_019_s.jpg "'The Circus', by Georges Seurat, painted 1891. Original in Musée d'Orsay, Paris.")
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