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 ...

We participated in some of the acts performed by the stars of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's "Out Of This World" What Is It: We tried aerial silk acrobatics, contortion and unicycle riding ...

What Is It: We tried aerial silk acrobatics, contortion and unicycle riding alongside the stars of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's " Out Of This World." Who Tried It: Gabrielle Olya, PEOPLE ...

Many people would bend over backwards to avoid performing stunts in front of an audience. But Ariana Ferber-Carter — a professional contortionist and circus coach — is far more flexible, and her ...

Ninth-grade student Abby Richert makes dangling in midair look easy.The 15-year-old, who's a self-described aerialist, contortionist, hand balancer, foot archer, dancer and unicyclist, has her sights ...

I’ve got a confession to make. I’m not a big fan of circuses or Canadian-style cirque theater shows. No matter how you dress it up with music, costumes, lighting, clowning and gibberish language, it’s ...