A Dallas, Texas-based circus that features performers from all over the world will be making its first appearance in the Elmira area this week. The Great Benjamins Circus, named for Benjamin Davenport ...

Clément Malin, Cirque du Soleil ECHO Artist and Double Trouble Clown, describes his path from a childhood in the French countryside to the highest reaches of the circus arts. Malin appears in Cirque ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Unemployment hit 8.5 percent and jobs are disappearing across the country but at least one industry is looking for new talent -- the circus. About two dozen hopefuls ...

Video shows the Ventura Circus in Lamont. The Ventura Circus is a family-run circus that began as a dream. The circus will be in Lamont until November 13th. It’s all about the performers at the ...

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 ...

All the world loves a clown, right? Right? These clowns entertained (or frightened) Fort Worth crowds at circuses, parades and even Christmas from the 1930s into the 1960s, from the Star-Telegram ...

The scary clown has become a horror staple. Featuring Art the Clown as the main villain, Damien Leone’s new film “Terrifier 2” is so gruesome that there are reports of viewers vomiting and passing out ...

The popularity of circus arts is increasing around the world, however knowledge about injuries and illness in performers is lacking. Circus arts take many forms, including professional companies, ...

While telling me about the three-day extravaganza called the Chicago Circus & Performing Arts Festival that is taking place this weekend on the West Side, Amancay Kugler remembered her first circus.