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 ...

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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 ...

Laura Sosa (center), of Dallas, closes her eyes in fear as she reaches for the bar from Geoff Hoopes (right), trainer, at the Dallas Circus Center in Dallas, on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. Liz Rymarev / ...

Some people might think of D.C. as a political circus. But what about an actual circus? Where government workers, lawyers and military members fly through the air performing flips and tricks? Yep. You ...

The first thing newcomers have to master at the Flying Colors Trapeze School in Scandia is the climb. It's 24 rungs of a fiberglass ladder from the front lawn of Sherri Mann's farm and school to the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Daring young men and women, not always with the greatest of ease, are taking flying trapeze classes to give their fitness workouts a jolt. Enthusiasts, who swing, jump, flip ...

I.FLY Trapeze held its grand opening of Long Island’s first indoor flying trapeze and aerial arts school, located at the Samanea Mall in Westbury, on Thursday, Nov. 20. Franklin Square natives Marc ...

She spent her childhood training for the circus ...

If you head west on the Northwest Highway, you may notice a large building nestled between a post office and Best Western that looks like an airplane hangar. Step inside this particular building, and ...