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 ...

Watching a ballet dancer or circus acrobat perform, who hasn't winced at the thought of trying to replicate the impossible flexibility on display? One Dartmouth student, a neuroscience major, wondered ...

MISSION VIEJO – The New Shanghai Circus visited Saddleback College’s McKinney Theatre Saturday, performing traditional Chinese acrobatics like group contortion, plate spinning, jar balancing and more.

“Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages...” is the legendary saying that every ringmaster announces right before whimsical clowns on tiny bikes enter and surreal contortion acts begin. Thanks to ...

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 ...

Kinetic Theory’s theatrical take on Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” brings the story a uniquely fitting supernatural flair. Dracula ascends a rope upside down. Vampire brides fold into hyper-extended balls ...

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 ...