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 ...

Louisiana-born Lance Centanni-Sachs started studying Mongolian contortion at the age of 23. Now at 29, he is preparing for his second trip to Mongolia as part of a documentary project to trace the ...

Elayne Kramer: Elayne Kramer is a sixth generation circus performer from Argentina who began training with her father at the age of four, making her debut in the ring as a contortionist at the age of ...

ROCHESTER — Elia Oldenburg didn't have to run away to join the circus. Her parents drive her up to train and practice almost year-round. The 17-year-old has been involved with Circus Juventas for 14 ...

It takes a special kind of person to want to be in the circus. You’ve got to flexible, you certainly can’t be afraid of heights — and it probably helps to have a fairly high pain tolerance. In the ...

When Oliver Herzfeld did his first training session in a Manhattan athletic studio with contortion instructor Jonathan Nosan in 2016, it didn’t go quietly. “Jonathan pushed me through a lot of scary ...