If you’re looking for a fun and unique way to workout, you might want to run away and join the circus — the Fort Collins Circus Center, that is. “The circus community in Fort Collins has been kicking ...

This year marks 250 years since the start of modern circus. It was in 1768 that Philip Astley began his circus entertainment in Waterloo in London. To celebrate, here's the latest in our new series of ...

Louisiana-born Lance Centanni-Sachs started studying Mongolian contortion at the age of 23. Now at 29, he is preparing for his second trip to Mongolia as part of a documentary project to trace the ...

Teaching circus skills to young people as a way of preparing them for many aspects of life is the goal of the five-day American Youth Circus Festival to be held in Seattle later this month. The event, ...

During the 40 years since Cirque du Soleil began in Montreal and transformed contemporary circus into a global phenomenon, the so-called “circus arts” ― including aerial, acrobatics, juggling, sleight ...

ROCHESTER — Elia Oldenburg didn't have to run away to join the circus. Her parents drive her up to train and practice almost year-round. The 17-year-old has been involved with Circus Juventas for 14 ...

The Circus Arts Conservatory and 350 guests gathered in February at the CAC’s new Big Top on Regatta Island at Nathan Benderson Park for the organization’s Royal Gala, raising more than $400,000 in ...

When Oliver Herzfeld did his first training session in a Manhattan athletic studio with contortion instructor Jonathan Nosan in 2016, it didn’t go quietly. “Jonathan pushed me through a lot of scary ...