Icarians
Icarians are artists who specialize in a special kind of performance ( Ikarian games ).
In a Ikarier number is a sub person, the Antipodist (derived from antipode ) with his back on the Trinka (padded bearing as an inclined plane, French. Also couchette called) and hurls the top person, the flyer , with his feet in the air . The partners who are thrown up in this way, for their part, perform jump combinations and somersaults . Occasionally, in addition to people, objects such as a table, chair, roll or several cloths are juggled with the feet.
The name is derived from the Greek legendary figure Icarus , who tried to escape from his captivity by means of artificial wings.
One of the most famous German Icarier groups was the troupe of the Jewish Lorch circus family . She had engagements in circuses, theaters and variety shows in Europe and North and South America. For example, the Ikarier group appeared from 1909 to 1912 as the “Lorch Family” on the “ Ringling Bros World's Greatest Shows” tour in the USA. The Lorchs also accompanied the Sarrasani Circus on its first trip to South America (1923 to 1925). During the Nazi era , members of the family were deported and murdered in Auschwitz .
Other well-known Icarians were z. B. the Kremos (see Béla Kremo ).
literature
- Ernst J. Kiphard: The acrobatics and their training . Ruhrland Publishing Company, 1961.
- August H. Kober: The big number. History and fates of famous circus and variety acts . Ullstein Verlag, Berlin 1925.
- Wolfgang Roth: Jews in Eschollbrücken . Self-published, Pfungstadt 1996.