Aerial silks is a type of performance in which one or more artists perform aerial acrobatics while hanging from a fabric. The fabric may be hung as two pieces, or a single piece, folded to make a loop, classified as hammock silks.

The practice of balancing on your hands in a variety of positions and transitioning between them gradually.  Doing a handstand is the very basic form of hand-balancing.

A trapeze is a short horizontal bar hung by ropes or metal straps from a support.  It is an aerial apparatus most commonly found in circus performances.  Trapeze acts may be static, spinning (rigged from a single point), swinging or flying, and may be performed solo, double, triple, or as a group act.