Marina B. from Mallorca fell to her death during a trapeze performance at Circus Paul Busch in Bautzen, Germany, on Saturday, Sept. 27 According to local reports, some audience members fled the circus ...

A Russian acrobat is in critical condition after plummeting 16 feet to the ground during a trapeze act gone horribly wrong, as seen in a sickening video going viral online. “An aerial gymnast fell ...

It was 1867 when British singer George Leybourne wrote of “that daring young man on the flying trapeze,” a paean to the great 19th-century French trapeze artist Jules Léotard, who’s been credited as ...

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 ...

This is the first picture of the Spanish trapeze artist who died during a circus performance in front of families with young children in Germany,. Tributes were being paid today to Majorcan-born ...

Flags of all colors fly in front of the tent for the annual Zoppé Family Circus. Photo by Leah Worthington This story originally appeared in the Redwood City Pulse, Palo Alto Online’s new sister ...

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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 ...