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Type of circus act From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Risley or Risley act (also antipode or antipodism) is any circus acrobalance posture where the base person is lying supine, supporting one or more flyers with hands, feet and/or other parts of the body; spinning a person or object using only one's feet.
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The act is named after Richard Risley Carlisle (1814–1874) who developed this kind of act in the United States.[1]
Risleys can be separated into three general categories of skills:
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