PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Eight acrobats severely injured when the rigging suspending them by their hair plummeted to the floor during a circus performance in Rhode Island in 2014 have reached a $52.5 ...

The popularity of circus arts is increasing around the world, however knowledge about injuries and illness in performers is lacking. Circus arts take many forms, including professional companies, ...

Contortionists and acrobats with celestial skills train in squalid conditions as the promise of a former sumo wrestler to restore the national circus to its past glory has gone mostly unfulfilled.

Eight acrobats who plunged to the floor in a horrific 2014 accident during a circus performance have settled with the ownership and management of the performance arena for $52.5 million. “It’s a great ...

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Zambia's first social circus provides disadvantaged young people with education and job opportunities while teaching them everything from unicycling to juggling LONDON, July 25 (Thomson Reuters ...

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