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 ...

You might not guess it to watch me type, but once upon a time, I was pretty flexible. This is in large part due to a class I took (more years ago than I care to admit) at the San Francisco School of ...

Hannah Lam always knew she wanted to travel with the circus, something she started doing as a child. Her parents were traveling circus performers who trained exotic animals such as tigers. At age 12, ...

Take a peek behind the curtain as performers attend circus school. Throngs of spectators from all corners of the world gather under the big top to marvel at awe-inspiring performances. However, behind ...

She can fit her entire body through a tennis racket, balance upside down on her hands and fire flaming arrows with her feet — and it's all coming to Boise for the Western Idaho Fair from Friday, Aug.