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Recent Examples of aerialist
The festivities for the 600-plus-person crowd included aerialists, a fashion show, a dance performance, a Disciples Escoffier ceremony, a Marilyn Monroe impersonator and more.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 21 Nov. 2025
The movie’s narrative [spoilers ahead] revolves around the lovely circus aerialist Cleopatra, who romantically pursues little person Hans, a performer in the sideshow.
—JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
So, what the audience will see are the rare peril of circus artists who can juggle, dance and perform as an aerialist and trapeze.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Oct. 2025
There will be live music; aerialist shows; art and nature crafts; a beer and mead garden (proceeds benefit Denver Urban Gardens); and a vendor village of local makers selling honey, botanicals and handmade goods.
—Jonathan Shikes, Denver Post, 14 Aug. 2025
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 21 Nov. 2025
The movie’s narrative [spoilers ahead] revolves around the lovely circus aerialist Cleopatra, who romantically pursues little person Hans, a performer in the sideshow.
—JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
So, what the audience will see are the rare peril of circus artists who can juggle, dance and perform as an aerialist and trapeze.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Oct. 2025
There will be live music; aerialist shows; art and nature crafts; a beer and mead garden (proceeds benefit Denver Urban Gardens); and a vendor village of local makers selling honey, botanicals and handmade goods.
—Jonathan Shikes, Denver Post, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aerialist
contortionist
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They’ve been exhibited at some of the world’s most prominent museums and enliven Española Way in Miami Beach, where his hanging aluminum contortionists marked the 20th anniversary of Art Basel in 2022.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
7 Dec. 2025
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And the bubbly contortionist, 42, might have set a trend with those one-of-a-kind movements.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Aerialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aerialist. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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