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An acrobatic act begins with one bear on a unicycle and ends with twenty-one bears and sixteen wheels flying through the air.

When he inadvertently injures a Chinese acrobat performing at his school auditorium, Stanley travels with the brother and sister duo to Beijing where he trains to perform for the president of China.

A program of well-known, internationally award-winning acrobats.

What if anything were possible? What if the stage became a fantastic world where old were young again, and where the kings were clowns? Alegria is magic and joy from a world turned upside down.

Shows children learning and performing many of the acts that are used in a circus, including juggling, walking on a tightrope, swinging on a trapeze, and more.

Sagwa lives in the palace, which is nice, but not very exciting. Then she sees a bunch of acrobat cats - acrocats! Now she doesn't want to practice her calligraphy anymore, she wants to be an acrocat! But being an acrocat (or is it catrobat? Sagwa isn't sure.) is hard work and needs lots of practice. Sagwa realizes she may never be a great acrocat, but she has many talents all her own.

"Discusses some of the world's most mind-bending circus acts and the science behind them"--

With help from his friends Anna and Albert, Alexander Anteater works on a truly amazing acrobatic act for the talent show at Alpha Betty's school.

"I have so many super-amazing and IMPORTANT things to write about! I'll tell you all about them: Everyone at school is doing super-amazing tricks on the play equipment . We are going to perform an UNBELIEVABLE acrobat show. An awesome Circus Skills Workshop has come to town! They will teach us wild gymnastics tricks. But there's something wrong with my BFF Matilda. Why doesn't she want to do the trapeze with me? And how will we do our acrobat show...