An ACROBAT is a person who performs acrobatic feats such as tumbling, juggling, and other physical activities requiring skill and agility. Trapeze artists are a type of ACROBAT who specialize in performing aerial stunts on a trapeze, which is a suspended apparatus consisting of a bar hung from two ropes or metal straps. Trapeze artists often perform daring feats such as swinging from one trapeze to another, somersaulting through the air, and catching their partner mid-air.