In the backyard of their home, Renato Fernandes and his twin 8-year-old daughters spend their evenings flying through the air on a trapeze as the sun sets. But now, Fernandes has begun dismantling the ...

While some children dream of running away to join the circus, Louana Seclet dreamt of a life out from under the big top when she was young. “I grew up in the circus,” Seclet said. “When I was young, I ...

Two ordinary-looking shotgun houses stand side by side in St. Roch. In one house lives a 37-year-old professional circus performer, who once escaped a straitjacket while hanging from her ankles from a ...

Philadelphia is the home of the American circus. The first circus in the country was held in the city in 1793, where just 800 spectators gathered in a wooden ring to watch clowns, equestrians and ...