空中絲帶
此條目介紹的是空中絲帶、綢吊。關於另一種在同面懸掛布條絲帶兩端吊起，且彎曲呈吊床狀多用坐、臥姿勢的空中特技：空中吊床、空中懸吊、舞綢、彎綢、U型綢（Aerial Hammock、Aerial Sling），請見「空中吊床」。
空中絲帶、直綢、綢吊、I型綢、V型綢（英語：Aerial Silk、Aerial Fabric、Aerial Tissu、Aerial Contortion、Aerial Ribbons、Ribbon或者Tissu）是一種表演類型，通過由一個或多個表演者懸掛在垂直絲帶上表演空中特技。表演者在沒有使用安全索的情況下爬上懸掛的絲帶，僅憑藉他們的訓練和技巧保證安全。表演者通過在絲帶上纏繞、懸掛、下墜、擺動、旋轉他們的身體做出各式各樣的姿勢。空中絲帶有時被使用於在空中飛行，表演者在飛行的過程中做出造型和動作。有些表演者會使用乾的松香或噴霧於他們的手部和腳部，幫助增加絲帶的摩擦力和緊握。
參考資料
- Simply Circus: Aerial Silks Resource Page
- Simply Circus: Aerial Fabrics - FAQ for Aerialists [PDF, 137 KB]
- Aerial Silks Visual Glossary （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）
- Aerial silk hanging example and tutorial
- Simply Circus: Aerial Arts FAQ
- Basic Circus Arts Instruction Manual: Chapter 2 - "Static Trapeze, Rope and Silks." [PDF, 6.2 MB] and Chapter 8 - "Manual for Safety and Rigging." [PDF, 3.3 MB] European Federation of Professional Circus Schools (FEDEC), 2008.
- FM 5-125: Rigging Techniques, Procedures, and Applications.[永久失效連結] [PDF, 3.6 MB] US Army, 1995.
- Steven Santos. Simply Circus: "Rigging I." [Powerpoint presentation, 572 KB]
- Sharon McCutcheon, Geoff Perrem. Circus in Schools Handbook. Tarook Publishing, 2004. (ISBN 0975687409)
- Hovey Burgess, Judy Finelli. Circus Techniques. Brian Dube, 1989. (ISBN 0917643003)
- Carrie Heller. Aerial Circus Training and Safety Manual. National Writers Press, 2004. (ISBN 0881001368)
- Shana Kennedy. Aerial Skills Illustrated 2007. Project 630570 at Lulu.com, 2007.
- Jayne C. Bernasconi and Nancy E. Smith. Aerial Dance. United States: Human Kinetics, 2008. (ISBN 0736073965) View at Google Books （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）
- Elena Zanzu, M.A. Il Trapezio Oscillante: Storie di Circo nell'Aria. (The Swinging Trapeze: Histories of the Circus in the Air.) Bologna University, Italy, 2004-2005. Language: Italian.
- Rebekah Leach. Beginning Aerial Fabric Instructional Manual. Project 7604664 at Lulu.com, 2009. View at AerialDancing.com
- Rebekah Leach. Intermediate Aerial Fabric Instructional Manual Parts 1 & 2. Publisher: Lulu.com, 2010. View at AerialDancing.com
- Kayla Dyches. The Aerialist's Companion. Publisher: MagCloud.com, 2011. View at RiotHooping.com （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）
