let's start this monumental quest and hope i don't forget too many things. *sighs* I already know I am going to explode at some pointbdoing this.
Dividing this in levels of branching and hoping against hope it doesn't get too impossible to navigate :'D
Going to try to keep it alphabetical.
Branch level-1
Acrobatics
Balancing
Clownery/acting
Jugglery
Branch level-2: 1.Acrobatics
Aerial
Ground
Branch level-2: 2.Balancing
Rola bola
Sphere
Stilts
Tightrope
Unicycle
Branch level-2: 3.Clownery/Acting
... will get back to this later cuz I don't even know how to section this, the stuff is sprinkled everywhere all the time I didn't notice i was doing it until i had to stop and think What Does A Clown Do?
Branch level-2: 4.Jugglery
Bolas
Devil stick
Diablo
Hats
Hula hoop
Juggling balls
Juggling clubs
Juggling rings
Juggling scarves
Sigarbox
Spinning plates
END OF LEVEL 2
Branch level-3: 1.1.Aerial (acrobatic)
Aerial Hoop
Aerial rope
Aerial silks
Trapeze
(In order of difficulty rather than alphabetical from here. I tryed, but putting human piramids or multiple levels rola bola before the easier stuff? I just. Can't)
Branch level-3: 1.2.Ground (acrobatic)
Single person
Mano-a-mano
Human piramids
(Maybe not the best way to section it, but only one that kind of makes sense that I could come up with)
Under the cut are further specializations, but everything After is much more specific than so far, and I feel like this gets way too long to browse comfortably, so, cut.
Branch level-3: 2.1.Rola Bola (balancing)
Teeterboard (ask me for description, unsure about correct name)
Simple
Rola bola for two
Multiple levels
Branch level-3: 2.2.Sphere (balancing)
Still
Moving
Branch level-3: 2.3.Stilts (balancing)
Bucket stilts
Hand held poles stilts
Peg stilts
Spring stilts (almost sure that's the correct name, ask me for clarification if needed)
Branch level-3: 2.4.Tightrope (balancing)
Balancing beam
Actual tightrope
Branch level-3: 2.5.Unicycle (balancing)
Four wheels
Two wheels
Actual standard unicycle
Giraffe unicycle
Miniature tricycle/bike
Branch level-3: 3.1 to be determined (clownery/acting)
Comedy sketch (no tools)
Comedy sketch (everyday tools)
Comedy sketch (circus tools)
Crowd handling
General rules of conduct for when on stage
(This Is a temporary attempt at potential sectioning that should probably be Level 2 but that doesn't feel right so it's Here for now. Please be patient while I try to untangle What Is clownery from What Is standard performer rules, basic showmanship, acting basics, team coordination and whatever else Is in there🥲)
Branch level-3: 4.1.Bolas (jugglery)
One bolas one hand
One bolas two hands
Two bolas
Branch level-3: 4.2.Devil stick (jugglery)
One devil sick two rods for handling
Unknown
(Sorry guys, only did this one for like, two months in my first circus when I hadn't even turned eight yet. Don't know much)
Branch level-3: 4.3.Diablo (jugglery)
Subsections because this one's variables are too many (Or maybe i just know them too well)
A) Handling technique
With control rods & string
Just string
B) Number of diablos
One
Two
Three
Never heard of more but who knows
C)Spinning plane
Vertical (normal)
Horizontal (pro level, like, World Record Breaker level, as in Invented A New Diablo Variation Just To Do This kind of level)
D) Structural variations
Standard
Wider neck
Weighted sides
Bearing diablo [note to self: the "clutch" one. Explain later]
Ok, I think that's it for the Diablo (except maybe passing but that's more of a trick so not here)
Branch level-3: 4.4.Hats (jugglery)
three hats
Tbd, next to no experience sorry guys
Branch level-3: 4.5.Hula hoops (jugglery)
Spinning one on hands
Spinning one on waist
Spinning two on hands (and loops)
Spinning multiple on waist
Spinning one or multiple on any body part non hand or waist
Tricks with just one
Branch level-3: 4.6-9. Juggling tools (jugglery)
One tool, juggling
One tool, tricks
Two tools, two handed juggling
Two tools, tricks
Two tools, one handed juggling
Three tools, juggling
Three tools, tricks
Four or more tools
Branch level-3: 4.10.Sigarbox (jugglery)
Three boxes
Probably other but rare speciality, research needed
Branch level-3: 4.11.Spinning plates (jugglery)
One plate One hand
Two plates One in each hand
The limit Is your fantasy really. Both for this One and everything else.
End of Level 3
Any further specialization Will have to be put in a post/reblog of its own because this Is already a Monster of a post and I am sure something is missing. Which is kind of obvious since i only listed the things I have actually either tried myself or seen at my circus/during excanges with other local circus schools. For example, no contorsionism Here, both ecause It requires Constant Dedication a non professional can rarely afford, and because it's Very hard on one's body and can be dangerous to over do while still growing (mine Is not the only course, (tho It Is the only one that covers a Little bit of everything), but these lessons are technically for Age 4-17 (4 to 7, 8 to 11, 11 to 17) . Me being 22 Is an exception deriving from the fact that I started training in this circus school at Age 10 and Just. Kept going. After i Stcuk around through two movings and COVID? At this point I'm more likely to be kidnapped as a new instructor than being kicked out. ... Well, they Did already try to get me to help with the youngest group; university just got in the way. For now).
Other honorable mentions, for example, are illusionism, magic tricks, swinging trapeze, single pege stilts, contorsionism, sword esters, fire eaters, knife throwing/juggling etc. (Let's not even get into mixing multiple things together)
Truth be told, if someone found it entertaining at some point ever? It can probably be made into a circus number. And unless It involves animals it will still be possible to classify It as one of the main four branches.
The only limit Is your immagination; if you can think It, you can try It, and if you can repeat It? Then It counts.
For any further specification, either leave a request in the ask box or wait patiently for inspiration to hit me in the head with a mallet at random
(And for anything reading acting/clownery? Please, I'm begging you, Ask. I have no idea how to section it, or What counts as acting. Do smiling, making visibile Grand gestures and never turning your back to the public even count as Just acting if you have to do It for everything at every Moment? And clownery is rarely ever done without sprinkling in something from jugglery balancing or acrobatics, but It can happen if you're doing a sketch or improvising something. But does It count as clownery of you're Just acting??? And Then there are the clown doctors going around in hospitals to make sick Kids (and adults Really) laugh. Where does THAT fit in this? I don't even know-)
(... where do I put "jumping rope in the weirdest possible ways alone and in teams"?.... was that even Something, or just one way the teachers sometimes get us to warm up???)
