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Icarian Games Base-Flyer

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description Icarian Games Base-Flyer Overview

Icarian games are a circus and partner-acrobatics discipline in which a base lies on their back and uses their feet to launch, rotate, and catch a flyer. The base controls the movement through leg and foot actions while the flyer performs positions, spins, or other aerial movements. The form is related to foot juggling and depends on timing, balance, and coordinated communication between the partners.

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What are the Icarian Games in circus arts?

The Icarian Games are a traditional circus acrobatic discipline featuring a base and a flyer. The base lies flat on their back on a specialized platform and uses the power of their legs and feet to rapidly toss, spin, and balance the flyer through the air.

How did the Icarian Games get their name?

This act takes its name from the Greek myth of Icarus, the boy who flew too close to the sun on artificial wings. The name fits perfectly, as the bases launch their human flyers into the sky, though the flyers use their bodies to fly rather than wax and feathers.

What is the role of the base in Icarian Games?

In this discipline, the base acts as a human cannon, relying on immense lower-body strength and precise timing to safely propel the flyer. The base must maintain continuous physical contact with the flyer's body using their feet to execute complex, synchronized rhythms.

Do Icarian Games performers use safety nets?

During rigorous training and rehearsals, bases and flyers will definitely utilize crash mats and safety harnesses to perfect their timing. However, in a live circus performance, the Icarian Games are usually performed without nets to highlight the immense danger and absolute trust required.

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