circus term

[Daniel E. Collins]

Isn't the English equivalent "perch-pole routine"?  One performer (often
himself standing on or holding on to a long pole) holds a long pole on
which another performer stands, with or without a prop to aid balance.
I've seen illustrations in which the bottom performer is clinging to a pole
several metres above the ground and balancing the second pole on his head;
his partner is standing on top of the second pole.





Daniel E. Collins
Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures
The Ohio State University
collins.232 at osu.edu