Performers have taken to the skies in an aerial circus show in Niteroi city, Brazil, to highlight violence against women.

HOUSTON (AP) — A circus performer is recovering after falling more than 20 feet during an aerial act in Houston. Spectator video shot May 26 shows a male performer and the woman hanging beneath a ...

ST. PAUL -- Police and circus officials are investigating the death of a performer who fell about 30 feet onto a concrete floor during a show at the Xcel Energy Center. Dessi Espana, 32, a ...

LAS CRUCES – Cirque Italia’s Water Circus brought laughs and awe to Las Cruces over the weekend through juggling, aerial, balance and comedy performances under the big top. Cirque Italia has six show ...

Throngs of spectators from all corners of the world gather under the big top to marvel at awe-inspiring performances. However, behind these incredible stunts lies a world of extraordinary risks and ...

In its ongoing efforts to bring a performance arts presence to State College area, the Phoenix Academy of Performing Arts of ...

One of the most fearless circus performers was born and raised in North Dakota. Vernon Liedtke was billed as the "Sensational Orton," and his aerial death-defying acts caused those in the audience to ...

Ezekiel Prancis-Ricci remembers the first Circus Juventas show he ever saw. It was 2011. He was a couple of weeks away from starting first grade, sitting with his family under the circus school’s Big ...

An 18-year-old trapeze artist performing with Circus Smirkus suffered an injury after being involved in a “rigging incident” Wrentham Police Chief William McGrath said the incident happened during a ...

On May 21, 2017, the Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus told the world the tent was coming down. After 146 years, declining ticket sales and rising transportation costs forced the circus to ...

Performers twisted and twirled above the sand on a beach across the bay from Rio de Janeiro in an aerial circus show that ...