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.
