SHERMAN, Texas — It’s the big top that sets Carson & Barnes Circus apart from all other circuses. Traveling to more than 200 towns each year, the family-owned circus specializes in performing in a big ...

A recent article of mine on whether contemporary circus needs a new name to separate it from traditional circuses has sparked a fair bit of debate. I wrote the piece in response to some comments by ...

Tucson isn't exactly a magnet for circus troupes, but this weekend two are setting up stakes and high wires to deliver their versions of the greatest shows on earth. Neither is an elephants-and-tigers ...

Circus’s newest high-wire act? Drawing clear lines between the art form and other performance disciplines like theater and dance. A three-day festival starting Thursday at New York University’s ...

This week’s debate in parliament about changes to animal welfare laws has fuelled the feud between activists and the marine park over whether its dolphin shows are educational or mere circus acts that ...