Peru Circus Center Arena, a big top–shaped building in the center of town, is just a block from the train tracks that bisect the little city of 11,000 residents. The railroad, which still runs today, ...

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 ...

PERU, Ind. — Every year, kids in Miami County learn skills that will last a lifetime: communication, teamwork, and fitness, to name a few. And perhaps this one-of-a-kind program is the reason many of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDIANAPOLIS — Did you know Peru, Indiana is ...

First, you get strapped in. Then, you walk up a 20-foot-tall ladder to a platform suspended over a bouncy safety net. You reach for the bar, bend your knees and hop — and you’re off, swinging through ...

Entertaining children during the school holidays is an art form – part strategy, part survival, and mostly improvisation. But this time, I wasn’t just looking to keep the kids busy – I wanted a proper ...

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 ...

MT. AIRY, PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia School of Circus Arts is bringing back its outdoor flying trapeze classes and workshops. Flying Trapeze Director Al Firstenberg will take the lead on bringing ...

Circus traditions have been embedded in Sarasota history since the Ringling brothers set up their winter quarters in the community nearly a century ago, attracting locals and tourists who wanted close ...

A shocking tragedy unfolded inside a circus big top in Bautzen, Germany, when trapeze artist Marina Barceló, 27, lost her ...