Aerial Arts

Aerial arts is a beautiful, physically demanding acrobatic discipline using unique equipment in the form of long pieces of fabric or single large metal hoops with which performers execute stunning dance-like movements with grace, strength, and unmatched beauty.

According to Wikipedia, "Aerial silks...is a type of performance in which one or more artists perform aerial acrobatics while hanging from a fabric.  The fabric may be hung as two pieces, or a single piece, folded to make a loop, classified as hammock silks.  Performers climb the suspended fabric without the use of safety lines, and rely only on their training and skill to ensure safety.  They use the fabric to wrap, suspend, fall, swing and spiral their bodies into and out of various positions.  Aerial silks may be used to fly through the air, striking poses and figures while flying...."