Equilibrist
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The Equilibrist , lithograph by Friedrich Bernhard Elias after a drawing by Johann Friedrich Schlotterbeck , 1843
An equilibrist (from Latin equilibrium "balance") is an artist who balances his body on the rope and / or objects and keeps it in equilibrium. The art of balancing is called equilibrism or equilibrism .
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