Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Associated Concepts Facet
3. Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
4. [concepts in the arts and humanities]
5. [genres in literature and performing arts]
6. [genres for performing arts]

Anotations

Scope note:

The art of tumbling, balancing, and jumping presented as performance, often with the use of such apparatus as poles, unicycles, tightropes, trampolines, and trapezes, and typically performed at fairgrounds, circuses, and theaters. For the competitive sport involving physical exercises of strength, agility, and balance, use "gymnastics."