A circus performer has been hospitalized with serious injuries after falling from a tightrope. The woman sustained "serious injuries" while performing an act during a circus show held at Glyne Gap ...

Many people dream of the idea of joining the circus, seduced by the larger than life excitement and magic. Victor Vauban Junior, a longtime Bronx resident, ...

In 1969, at age 19, Rob Mermin literally ran off and joined the circus. While his friends were wallowing in the mud at Woodstock, attending college and protesting the Vietnam War, Mermin was getting ...

How does it feel to break a record day after day? Wesley Williams, a performer for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, knows a thing or two. The "One Wheel Wonder" takes a spin on the tallest rideable ...

Acrobatic feats combine with horror imagery in Vampire Circus, which comes to Powers Auditorium the day before Halloween. The touring show was created by Francisco Santos, who comes from a long line ...

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Although animals were a part of circuses during the time “Water for Elephants” takes place, there are no non-humans on stage.

The sun is the only spotlight for the circus performers who bound onto a ramshackle raft, docked in Parkersburg, West Virginia just across the river from Belpre, Ohio. A crowd of more than a hundred ...