Glossary
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Magic
Ability of eluding the audience by performing tricks with small objects, animals, cards and light effects (ilusionism).
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Magician
Artist who entertains the audience with tricks of objects manipulation and light effects.
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Master Pole
The main support pole for the tent. It sustains the circus tent, the aerial apparatus and the light system. In ancient times poles were made by wood; king pole.
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Melodrama
Very dramatic theater play.
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Ménagerie
Distortion of the French word menagérie, a tent used to keep animals and wild animal cages.
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Metamorphosis Trunk
Stage act performed by a magician that has to escape from a trunk after being chained up.
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Metamorphosis Trunk
Performance in which an artist is handcuffed and locked inside a box
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Mimic
Artist who performs without talking.
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Mini Volant
A small trapeze close to the ground with mats underneath to ease the fall.
Glossary Consultant - União Brasileira de Circo Itinerante (Brazilian Union of the Travelling Circus)