German wheel

German wheel

A prop, often featured in circus performances, that looks like a life-size hamster wheel. A performer is positioned in the middle and rotates it. Come to the show, it'll be fun—there will be acrobats, trapeze artists, and people in German wheels!
See also: german, wheel
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • hiss
  • hiss (someone) off (the stage)
  • hiss off
  • accompany (one) with (some instrument)
  • accompany with
  • big top
  • keep on
  • groupie
  • three-ring circus, a
  • a three-ring circus
References in periodicals archive
Circus star Balazs Foldvary, who performs using a Cyr wheel and a German wheel -- types of hooped acrobatic apparatus that he balances inside while making them move with dance-like grace -- said that his first performance in the Kingdom had been a wonderful experience.
Nostalgic big-top show brings the golden age of the circus to Jeddah
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The performers use ropes, trapeze, a Chinese pole, teeterboard (for tumbling), German wheel (like a hamster wheel) in a variety of different acts and in between there is creative choreography and feats of amazing strength and flexibility.
review; Cirkopolis at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Another larger wheel appeared later - the German Wheel. Arguably more exciting, it went spinning around the stage cleverly manipulated by Joris de Jong who, like all the other performers had several strings to his bow,and so popped up all over the place from time to time.
Circus lacked the wow factor
The German Fourth and Fifth armies, forming the pivot of the great German wheel at the center of the Western Front, had been moving forward slowly, regulating their advance with the speed of the hammerhead, the First and Second armies further to the north.
World War I: the opening gambit
A new live attraction, featuring cirque-style antics, soundtrack, acrobatics, multimedia magic, stunt skating and German wheel sets, will happen four times everyday during the holiday season.
Xmas mood at Ferrari World
Visitors to the Discovery Museum, in Newcastle, can learn how to roll in a German wheel, balance on a wire, hang from a trapeze, spin a hat and even ride a unicycle in sessions from 2.30pm to 4.30pm on Saturday and Sunday.
Roll up for the circus
Visitors to Newcastle's Discovery Museum can learn how to roll in a German wheel, balance on a wire, hang from a trapeze, spin a hat and even ride a unicycle in sessions from 2.30 to 4.30pm on Saturday and Sunday.
ROLL UP, ROLL UP FOR GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH!
GERMAN wheel acrobats Acrojou bring their show Wake to Caernarfon Galeri next week.
Acrobatic show is a wake-up for senses
Set against a heart thumping sound track, this explosive show will feature world class acts including stunt skaters, acrobats, and dancers as well as a number of acts not seen before in the UAE such as a German wheel and power skipper.
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi -- a weekend in pole position
ONA ROLL: German Wheel from Cirque du Soleil performers
THE CIRQUE IS BACK IN TOWN; Arena date for super show
Major acts include an opening Roue (German Wheel) performed by two acrobats garbed like mummies in Day-Glo wrap, a highwire duo, a balancing act on chairs, a trademark cirque "aerial silks" routine and a house trapeze troupe.
LA NOUBA
l've also done tightrope, ladder, the hoop, trampoline, stilts and the German Wheel."
Canadian kids are running away to the circus: Cirque du Soleil
This free performance around a large German wheel, Frantic is a breathtakingly choreographed story of one man's thirst for escape told through an explosion of acrobatics and dance-theatre.
Prepare to Blysh; As the Wales Millennium Centre's annual summer cabaret opens at venues in Cardiff, we pick a selection of the highlights that you must put in your diary
The world-class athlete, who is currently studying at Durham Business School, will be showing off The Rhoenrad, or German Wheel, which requires skills of strength, grace, balance and co-ordination.
Performers take to streets of Durham; BARBARA HODGSON sets the street scene for Durham's upcoming summer festival