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 ...

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 ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. First disclosure: Circus acts make me nervous. I cannot watch people flying and ...

When most people see contortionism for the first time, their reaction is often one of shock or disbelief: how is that even possible? The performance art, which involves twisting the body into poses ...