Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey is reviving its circus, unveiling a plan to bring back a modernized "Greatest Show on Earth" — one without its iconic elephants and other animals. Instead, its ...

In an age where artificial intelligence is being promoted as the next big thing, we're incessantly told about how robots will soon replace humans and everyone will be out of a job. That hasn't ...

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Charlotte Ganderton is a research consultant for the National Institute of Circus Arts. Charlotte was previously employed for Cirque du Soleil in its performance medicine team. Michael Henry receives ...

20 Mad-Cap Merry-Makers, Grotesque Busy-Bodies & Quaint Animal Comedians, In a Hodge-Podge of Queer Antics Library of Congress When Barnum and Bailey’s “Greatest Show on Earth” rolled into American ...

Have you seen The Amazing Digital Circus yet? The Amazing Digital Circus pilot was released on October 13 on YouTube, and currently has more than 73 million views, instantly birthing a fandom and ...

A small boy stands in the middle of a wooden dock with the calm, sun-dappled water of the Rhône river stretching behind him, fixated on three oranges that appear suspended above his head. In her ...

A juggler like Kelsey Strauch (who, we should mention, juggles on stilts) is exactly the sort of performer you'd expect to find under The Big Top. The circus ringmaster who's been talking to ...

NPR's Michel Martin speak with writer Les Standiford about his new book, Battle for the Big Top: P.T. Barnum, James Bailey, John Ringling, and the Death-Defying Saga of the American Circus. And ...

On July 6, 1944, a blaze broke out at a Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey show in Hartford, Connecticut. At least 167 people died, and hundreds were injured Jordan Friedman - Freelance Writer ...

Painters from Seurat to Matisse were drawn to the circus – not just for its drama and colour, but for the melancholy and alienation it could also represent, writes Alastair Sooke. In 1888, a radical ...