trapeze artist
Noun
Meaning
trapeze artist (plural trapeze artists)
A gymnast who performs on a trapeze.
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Examples
Although Damiel and Cassiel are pure observers, visible only to children, and incapable of any physical interaction with our world, Damiel begins to fall in love with a profoundly lonely circus trapeze artist named Marion.
Eventually, Damiel meets the trapeze artist Marion at a bar (during a concert by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ), and they greet each other with familiarity as if they had long known each other.
Somewhat more colourful, R.S. Whittington suggested, "Had he been a trapeze artist in a strolling circus, Coleman could have dispensed with the trapeze."
The only way he was able to get management to agree to a full season was to hire The Great Sebastian, "the debonair King of the Air" and world-class trapeze artist, as the star of the show.
The angel chooses to become human so that he can experience the human sensory pleasures, ranging from enjoying food to touching a loved one, and so that he can experience human love with the trapeze artist.