Tight-wire self standing

Tight wire is well known circus genre, wire strung at different heights above the ground and used for acrobatic stunts by circus performer.

Tight wire walking is know under different names such as funambulism, tight rope, equilibristics, etc. It is skill of walking, jumping and doing different tricks along a thin rope or wire. In various countries self standing tight wire or just tight wire is commonly associated with the circus. There is variations of this act with other similar to tight wire skills also known under names slack rope, slack wire or slacklining.

Tightwire / tight wire is basically the skill of balancing while walking, running or jumping along tensioned wire. Wire is tighten between two points of strength. There is freehand performers who use their body to balance and performers using balancing tools such as umbrella, balancing pole, etc.

In circus typically, tight wire performance include walk, object manipulation, jumps and dance. Juggling and other types of object manipulation during circus act include variety of different juggling props, it could be juggling rings, clubs, hats, balls, etc.

There is various tight wires for sale on the market today. Online store Red Circle Shop selling circus, juggling props and one of them is self standing tight wire. Price for tight wire self standing isn’t cheap, and there is no wholesale prices provided for self standing tight wire, but prices are flexible and Red Circle Shop offer great discounts for performing circus artists and circus schools.

Tightwire performers uses different equipment for tight wire walking, some of them who set their tight wire over 20 feet (6 m) high will be regarded as a high wire performer.

Other circus performers who perform at great heights and/or length called a skywalk form of tight wire. Usually skywalk is performed outside across skyscrapers or tall buildings or waterfalls or other structures. Different techniques is used by performers to balance on tight wire, but basics is to keep centre of the mass above their feet.

Red Circle Shop produce self standing tight wire with highest quality and attention to details. Customers can buy tight wire self standing at great price and good discounts. Order can be done online or by requesting custom order equipment.

Tight wire or tightrope walking known as an ancient form of art. This well know circus genre where skills of walking and balancing on the rope or wire has various names one of the most interesting is «funambulism». Tight wire self standing is one of the props that uses widely now in different performances and shows when space of the stage is limited. Tight wire is very famous circus genre all around the world, there is also other sub genres similar to the tight wire is slack lining and slack wire or slack rope.

Balancing on the tight rope is a skill that can be learn quickly, however if artist wish to reach high level and perform to wow audience, years of practise and guidance will be needed. During performance tight wire artists balancing while walking or jumping on a tensioned wire between two anchor points, they often use various objects to help themselves balancing - poles, umbrellas, funs, etc.

Very often artist perform with free hands. During show artist who perform on self standing tight wire uses different objects to manipulate such as juggling clubs, juggling balls, hats, rings or canes. Typically other balancing equipment is used during performance such as ladder or even rola bola, in the past animal acts where very popular and lots of performers had animals in their acts as well.

For self standing tight wire more options are available because it is easier to transport and doesn’t need an anchor points, so performer can basically perform anywhere simply with the structure without need of drilling holes or finding anchors.

There is a difference in a wire and rope performances, wires more often is used by professional or semi professional artists, ropes more often is used by amateurs, there is various techniques of walking and performing on the tight wire. Also important to include information about highwire or high wire, as there is no exact measurement when tight wire become high wire, generally tight wires over 6m (20ft) can be considered as a highwire. When high wire is performed very high tight wire becomes skywire or skywalk.

At Red Circle Shop you can buy tight wire self standing structure and also custom made equipment online. This props isn’t cheap and Red Circle Shop do not sell them at wholesale prices.

Red Circle shop organize shipping of the self standing structures all around the world. Customers can order custom height and length of the tight wire. Biggest benefit of self standing tight wire made by Red Circle Shop is possibility to change height.

Customers can order online tight wire self standing with heights : 0,5m-1m, 1m-1,5m and 1,5m-2m height. This is very good advantage as customers can change height and rehears or perform on the same self standing tight wire.