The following is a Folklife Festival story told through the lens of an object: the circus ringmaster’s top hat. Like all good “storied objects,” this one is imbued with the Festival experience of its ...

John Perkins' photography exhibition, which will open at Townhouse Gallery on Sunday, looks into the state of one of the most magical governmental departments, the State Circus As one performer said, ...

The big top will stay, and so will the “Circus Spectacular” show beneath it. But many of the vintage objects and exhibits that have helped to give Circus World its circus identity over the past 11 ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Elena Panova at the Cirque d’Hiver-Bouglione during the 1997 Festival Mondiale du Cirque de Demain in Paris. Photo courtesy of Dominique Jando ...

The entertainment and artform of the modern circus began in what is now London's Waterloo district in 1768, when Philip Astley performed his bareback riding skills in a circular 'ride'. It has since ...

There was a half-naked tiger clawing at its cage in downtown West Palm Beach this afternoon protesting the Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus coming to town. That tiger was 21-year-old PETA ...

Eleanor Lybeck received AHRC funding to complete her PhD on the circus in Irish literature and culture at the University of Cambridge between 2012 and 2015. In his 2023 New Year’s Speech, Labour ...

Jan Damm performs as Nick Nack in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus show. His character has a large comedic presence, but he also has other tricks up his sleeve. Damm performs a balancing ...