Acrobat from the "Russian Bar" leaps high in the air during a half time exhibition at the Washington Mystics vs. NY Liberty basketball game on Aug. 20, 2010 at the Verizon Center in Washington DC on August 20, 2010. The Russian bar (or Russian barre) is a circus act which combines the gymnastic skills of the balance beam, the rebound tempo skills of trampoline and the swing handstands skills of the uneven bars and the parallel bars. The bar (or barre) itself is a flexible vaulting pole around 4 meters long, typically made of fiberglass. (Photo by Jeff Malet)