Professional contortionists will put your yoga class to shame in a circus festival coming to FringeArts at the end of the month. The Hand to Hand fest returns for its sixth year of splits and (comedic ...

Circus performers are defying gravity this holiday season in Simi Valley and Ventura. Trapeze artists — the Flying Caballeros — are performing their quadruple somersault high at Circus Caballero at ...

The circus is full of compelling acts, dangerous stunts and entertaining performers. One performer who is part of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey is Skyler Miser, who stars as the Ringling Rocket.

The Circus Arts Conservatory will be reaching even more people than usual this summer with two versions of its Summer Circus Spectacular, one in Sarasota and a new location in the Berkshires in ...

Animal-rights groups are suing the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, citing a provision of the Endangered Species Act. It is the first time that the federal law, normally used to protect ...

You throw enough people into a double backflip off a 20-foot-high pedestal — to someone else on another pedestal who catches the flyer by the arms — and it just starts to feel normal. Then you take a ...

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — Clowns, jugglers, contortionists and other circus performers are bringing their talents to San Diego this Saturday as the annual Fern Street Circus neighborhood tour kicks off in ...

Cirque Italia, a European-style circus featuring human performers, will be at Birchwood Mall in Fort Gratiot Township from May 30 to June 1. The show is 1950s themed and features acts such as aerial ...

POLK CITY, Fla. -- The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will phase out the show's iconic elephants from its performances by 2018, telling The Associated Press exclusively that growing public ...