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The 35 pages that link to Circus, each with the reason it gives.

• Freak showRelated: Circuses often incorporated freak shows as sideshow attractions.

• CarnivalRelated: Circus companies and carnivals share itinerant routes, equipment, and audiences.

• ClownRelated: The modern circus provided a prominent venue for the ring clown.

• Burt LancasterRelated: Before acting, Lancaster worked as an acrobat in a circus partnership.

• Sports entertainmentRelated: Its blend of athletic display and theatrical presentation offers a useful performance comparison.

• La StradaRelated: Its street performances provide the characters’ work and a public stage for their private tensions.

• A Bug's LifeRelated: The troupe’s performance skills are mistaken for combat expertise.

• Carl HagenbeckRelated: Hagenbeck expanded from animal dealing into circus performances and touring entertainment.

• AcrobaticsRelated: Circus performers use acrobatics to create feats of spectacle and risk.

• PoetismRelated: The circus embodied the sensory spectacle and popular pleasure celebrated by Poetist writing.

• Sword swallowingRelated: Circuses have presented sword swallowing as a feat of physical control and spectacle.

• Fedor JeftichewRelated: Circus touring provided the commercial setting for Jeftichew’s appearances.

• Michel SimonRelated: Before acting, Simon worked with circus performers and developed a taste for performance.

• Naima AkefRelated: Akef’s childhood in a circus family informed her acrobatic movement and stagecraft.

• Throwing knifeRelated: Knife throwing became a staged act associated with circus performance.