Risley

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For other uses, see Risley (disambiguation).

A Risley is any circus acrobalance posture where the base is lying down on their back, supporting one or more flyers with their hands, feet and/or other parts of the body.

Risleys can be separated in to three general categories of skills:

  • Skills that are based with the hands
  • Skills that are based with the feet
  • Other

[edit] Risley Skills

  • Front Chair
  • Back Chair
  • Easy Chair
  • Front Hang
  • Back Hang
  • Foot-to-Foot stand
  • Hand-to-Foot stand
  • Jackknife
  • Horizontal
  • Shoulder Stand (aka Candelstick)
  • Modiied Shoulder Stand (hands on arms)

Risley act means spinning a person or object using only his or her feet.

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