Circus

World-famous touring Canadian entertainment company Cirque du Soleil will perform eight shows in İstanbul in September and October, around two years after its first-ever appearance here, in February 2011. The contemporary circus company will present its l ...  

LAS VEGAS -- Brian Dewhurst always knew he would be a circus act. The English performer was born into a family of knife throwers, jugglers and animal trainers. He made his professional debut on the European circus circuit at 13, with a boyhood ...  

That's exactly the case for Johnathan Lee Iverson and Priscilla Iverson's kids. That is the life of a circus family. Johnathan is the ringmaster of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's Blue Unit, currently touring the production "Dragons."  

As many as 80,000 people are expected to attend Cirque du Soleil’s run of shows slated for University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale in June. The artistic circus is a solid summer booking for the Glendale football stadium adjacent to Westgate City Center. The Montreal-based troupe also is expected to help fill West Valley hotel rooms during the slow summer season, said Glendale spokesman Jerry McCoy. “One of the benefits of hosting such a...  

The highest level of acrobatics can be found in the touring production of Cirque du Soleil’s KOOZA. Michael G. Smith, artistic director of KOOZA, said the production features some of the top performers from around the world. He’s excited that audiences ...  

We're wrapping up our Month of Mom contests with four tickets to see Cirque du Soleil's Dralion, a fusion of ancient Chinese circus traditions and the avant-garde style of Cirque du Soleil. Dralion will stop at the PNC Arena Aug. 15 to Aug. 19. Tickets ...  

Cirque du Soleil is swinging into Charleston. The Canadian-based company creates shows that blend a dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment. It plans to make a stop at the Charleston Civic Center in September. Details on dates haven't been ...  

Manama: The legendary Cirque du Soleil, a dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment, will be performing for the first time in Qatar on July 4-7. Evoking imagination and senses, the colourful show by 50 artists from 20 countries will tune ...  

Clowns. That's the first thing I think of when I hear the word, "circus" . . . closely followed by trapeze artists, tightrope walkers and jugglers in spangly costumes. Of course, contemporary circus comes in many different forms. The much- vaunted Cirque du Soleil has not a spangle in sight. Yet even this slick production has something in common with its traditional counterparts - spectacle.  

Viola, a 30 year old Asian elephant, will entertain during the Kelly Miller Circus performances at Mt. Carmel on Friday, May 4, including helping raise the bigtop tent at 9 a.m. in Mt. Carmel’s Southgate Industrial Park with schools invited to watch the setup free of charge that morning.  

In another sign of Washington’s growing influence as a theater town, the Kennedy Center’s highly regarded revival of “Follies” garnered an impressive eight Tony Award nominations Tuesday, making it potentially one of the most highly decorated shows of the 2011-12 Broadway season. Read full article >>  

When Burmese filmmaker Htun Zaw Win decided to make a short comedy about the tragically bizarre process of getting movies made in his oppressed homeland, he knew exactly what to base it on: real life.  

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The country singer and cat lover dresses up for the Glee star's circus-themed 26th b-day fete