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A descriptive list of acts performed by the Zip Zap Circus
School specifying number of performers, skills and equipment involved
per act.
- Cable: two girls suspended by a single cable performing an aerial duet.
- Table: 1930s-type slap-stick comedy acrobatic act performed by three boys.
- Web: aerial ballet performed by one girl on a suspended rope.
- Contortion: intrepid interlude of outstanding balance and flexibility performed by one
girl
- Lunatricks: themed vaulting comedy act with up to ten tumblers utilizing a mini-
trampoline, vaulting box and mat.
- Casting: daring two-person aerial display of somersaults and twisting. The standing
catcher and flier work from a frame suspended in midair with two footplates for catcher.
- Swinging Trap: a solo trapeze act (boy or girl) incorporating toe and heal catches
from a weighted, swinging trapeze bar.
 Triple Trapeze: three girls perform a dazzling aerial ballet from a single suspended
trapeze bar choreographed to music.
- Single Trap: non-swinging solo trapeze choreographed to music.
- Double Trap classic: boy-girl duo performing intricate manoeuvres on stationary
trapeze bar.
- Double Trap comedy: similar to the classic double trap but with comedy
twist.
- Adagio: combinations of lifts and throughs with a base man or men and female leaper
choreographed to music.
- Poupee: two-person comedy doll act involving flexibility and timing.
- Camera: group comedy act parody on tourists world-wide.
- Juggling: themed group juggling act combining balls, clubs, fire clubs choreographed
with pyramids and acrobatics.
- High Wire: two boys performing unaided highwire act from 6 meters above the
ground.
- Low Wire: one or two boys performing wire dancing, jumping and juggling unaided at
2 meters above the ground.
- Flying Trapeze: full size flying trapeze with or without Russian swing.
- Cradle: two person act, with catcher upside-down hanging by knees from a
suspended frame and flier jumping from cradle to hands; involves both static and swinging
manoeuvres.
- Hand Stand: mastering techniques of standing on hands (or hand!).
- Stick Fight: African traditional ceremonial dance performed as an introductory act to
Kwela Mamba.
- Kwela Mamba: a combination rope climbing and cradle act.
- Unicycles: a large group act of wheeling wizardry.
- Pyramid: the whole group (about 30 kids) balancing upto three people high.
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