The world of the circus is one where beauty, surprises, and danger ride side by side. Performers hang themselves into the air by sheets of satin and ropes, by striking the correct balance between ...

A collection of stories covering Harvard University’s 373rd Commencement. Over the past 12 years, when trapeze artist and circus ringmaster Izzy Patrowicz wasn’t flying 40 feet in the air all over the ...

A shocking tragedy unfolded inside a circus big top in Bautzen, Germany, when trapeze artist Marina Barceló, 27, lost her life after a fall during a daring solo performance. Nearly 100 spectators, ...

A 26-year-old trapeze artist crashed to the ground while attempting a new dangerous act. The terrifying moment was captured on video by stunned audience members in Russia. Tatyana Zolotukhina was ...

The Royal Canadian International Circus boasts an international cast of performers defying gravity and other laws of physics. Credit: MinnPost photo by Sheila Regan I found myself at the Royal ...

The extraordinary within the everyday: A holiday season rite returns with aerialists, trapeze acts, funny clowns (really!) and cotton candy too. By Alexis Soloski If confetti supplies have plummeted, ...

Circus traditions have been embedded in Sarasota history since the Ringling brothers set up their winter quarters in the community nearly a century ago, attracting locals and tourists who wanted close ...

Circus Vargas has raised the big tent in San Luis Obispo for the first time in more than a year. At the Madonna Inn, the circus debuted their 2021 production "Mr. V's Big Top Dream!" Thursday night.

FSU is unique in many ways, and one of them is that it’s the only university in the United States with its own big top circus! There’s a rich history behind this Seminole tradition, as the Flying High ...