Talk:Trapeze
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[edit] "Without a net"
It would be nice if this article addressed trapeze work "without a net," since it figures prominently in fiction (and in real life? I don't know...that's why I looked it up :-) Afabbro 05:21, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] External Links
Can anyone verify that New York Circus Arts Academy sells aerial apparatus? Thee linked website says nothing about equipment sales, and I have sent several emails asking for details, but have yet to get a responce.
--SimplyCircus 03:19, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Trapezoid & Multiple Trapeze
In my 14 years of trapeze, I've never heard anyone refer to a rig as a trapezoid, as in the article's following line:
"The trapeze is a short bar that is hung by two cords from a support higher up; when these cords and the support are included, the trapeze is shaped like a trapezoid."
Nor have I ever heard of "Multiple trapeze". I know of doubles trapeze (two people on the same bar), duo trapeze (usually two people on two bars, but can also refer to doubles trapeze), and triple trap(eze), which is 3 - 5 people on a 3-person bar.
So, unless someone has sources or something, I think these parts should be deleted...
-- hibou 21:34, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I find no refrence to the trapezoid shape either. I have seen and heard the term "multiple trapeze" many times - it was even used to describe that funky trapeze in CdS's The Fire Within series. For an easier to find refrence, see the Aerial Arts FAQ (linked to in the article).
I have seen in dictionaries that trapeze has trapezoid in its etymology (source of the word) through French and Latin. I believe that the original author was not saying that the object is referred to as a trapezoid. The author was merely alluding, perhaps too subtly, to the supposed source of the word trapeze. --Satyaglyph 06:04, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
It says "shaped like a trapezoid", not that it is also called a trapezoid. Not sure if the link was there before, but it seems to refer to the geometric shape created by the bar and cords (though lacking a fourth side, I guess?)
- No, the support is the fourth side. Nyttend 19:07, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Other aerialist forms
Could someone who knows what's where please link to other aerialist forms? For example, Quynbi Horton's performance (pictured) is clearly not trapeze, but it is clearly related. I've also seen two women aerialists work with a large ring suspended in mid-air, clearly not a trapeze as such but also clearly related. - Jmabel | Talk 23:16, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
