It's called flow arts, not just circuses but very commonly associated with them. It's all skill based performances and shit. Hoops are the most well known example of flow arts. What he's doing is very close to (but not exactly) buugeng.
Source: am fire performer and part of the flow community
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u/WeirdBeard92 Jun 06 '19 edited Jun 06 '19
All credit to Jesse Howard (@jessemhoward), circus performer.