包含馴獸表演，或展現人體技巧與膽量的演出，或兼具兩者。馬戲表演通常有一個訓練有素的巡迴演出劇團，或一團表演工作者、各種動物以及其所需之裝備。「馬戲團」一詞指在多層座位所圍出的圓形表演場地「馬戲場」，表演就在這座位下方的圓形區域演出。

馬戲表演(演出)　(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,,)
ma hsi piao yan (P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,,)
ma xì biǎo yǎn (P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,,)
ma xi biao yan (P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,,)
circuses(performances)　(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,U)
circus(performance)　(,U,英文-非偏好,AD,U,U)
circus(voorstelling)　(,U,荷蘭語-非偏好,AD,U,U)
circussen(voorstellingen)　(,U,荷蘭語-非偏好,D,U,U)
circos(P,,U,西班牙語-偏好,D,U,PN)
circo(,U,西班牙語-非偏好,AD,U,U)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....活動層面
........事件 (層級名)
............事件 (概念)
................<娛樂事件>
....................演出 (娛樂事件)
........................馬戲表演 (演出)

distinguished from....

獸欄動物園

英文....	Performances that include trained animal acts or exhibitions of human skill and daring, or both. Circuses usually include a trained, traveling company or troupe of performers, various animals, and their equipage. The term "circus" refers to the circular arena surrounded by tiers of seats below which the performance occurs in a circular area called the "ring."

馬戲表演(演出)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	大英百科全書線上繁體中文版 March 20, 2012
circuses(performances)............	[VP]
.................	RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990) circuses
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961) circuses
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1973) circuses
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 15 June 2009
circus(performance)............	[VP]
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-) circus
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
circussen(voorstellingen)............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
circos............	[VP]
.................	TAA database (2000-)
circo............	[VP]
.................	Moliner, Diccionario de uso del español (2004) I:634
Subject:............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	Van Dale Engels-Nederlands (1989)

Getty AAT: 300069235 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300069235
聯合目錄： 馬戲表演 、ma hsi piao yan 、ma xì biǎo yǎn 、ma xi biao yan 、circuses 、circus 、circus 、circussen 、circos 、circo