The human dartboard is a contemporary sideshow

Sideshow

In America, a sideshow is an extra, secondary production associated with a circus, carnival, fair or other such attraction.- Types of attractions :There are four main types of classic sideshow attractions:...

 act in which one person throws darts

Dart (missile)

Darts are missile weapons, designed to fly such that a sharp, often weighted point will strike first. They can be distinguished from javelins by fletching and a shaft that is shorter and/or more flexible, and from arrows by the fact that they are not of the right length to use with a normal...

 at another person. Usually the thrower is the target's assistant or a member of the audience

Audience

An audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature , theatre, music or academics in any medium...

. This act was popularized by the Jim Rose Circus

Jim Rose Circus

The Jim Rose Circus is a modern-day version of a circus sideshow. It was founded in Seattle by Jim Rose in the early 1990s. The sideshow came to prominence as a second stage show at the 1992 Lollapalooza festival, then called the Jim Rose Circus Sideshow...

, where it was performed by Jim, in the role of the target, and his wife Bebe, who threw the darts. Usually darts are thrown into the back of the target, and the spine

Vertebral column

In human anatomy, the vertebral column is a column usually consisting of 24 articulating vertebrae, and 9 fused vertebrae in the sacrum and the coccyx. It is situated in the dorsal aspect of the torso, separated by intervertebral discs...

 is protected by a board or other long object stuck into the waistband.

Known performers

• Jim Rose & Bebe Rose
• Preacher Muad'dib
• Captain Howdy
• Doc Insane
• The Lizardman
• Jarppi Leppälä
• The Mighty Leviticus
• Synn
• Circus della Morte
  Circus della Morte
  Circus della Morte, formerly the Bizzaro Future Circus, is North Texas' first performing circus sideshow. They are currently based around Dallas.-Current:*Mr. N. Visible: Human pincushion and masochist*Nurse Narcissa: contortionist and masticator...