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• The physics of flying through the air on a trapeze
• What is chalk, and how does it help circus performers?
• Meet Joel, the juggling phsycist
• All about the straps in gymnastics
• Magic - how is it done?
• More about tight-wire walking

• The National Institute for Circus Arts
• Other Australian circus schools:
  • The Flying Fruit Fly Circus (NSW)
  • Aerialize (NSW)
  • The Circus Arts Trapeze School (NSW)
  • Flying Trapeze Australia (NSW)
  • Cirkidz (SA)
  • Bizircus (WA)
  • Circa (Rock 'n' Roll Circus, Qld)
  • Vulcana Women's Circus (Qld)
  • The Warehouse Circus (NSW)
• The history of the circus in Australia and the USA
• From the Sydney Morning Herald: Is clowning an exact science?
• Meet magician Matt Hollywood
• Some magic tricks revealed

Step right up for more circus science - try these hands-on science activities:

• Make a tumbling magic bean
• Learn the flick trick
• Discover the secrets of levitation
• Try out the jumping paper clips
• Amaze your friends with a mind-reading trick