The popularity of circus arts is increasing around the world, however knowledge about injuries and illness in performers is lacking. Circus arts take many forms, including professional companies, ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Aleksei: Many people ask me weird questions, and one of them is, "Aleksei, do you have bones?" and I often say, "Yes, I do have bones, but before I go to work, ...

Many people would bend over backwards to avoid performing stunts in front of an audience. But Ariana Ferber-Carter — a professional contortionist and circus coach — is far more flexible, and her ...

You might not guess it to watch me type, but once upon a time, I was pretty flexible. This is in large part due to a class I took (more years ago than I care to admit) at the San Francisco School of ...

I teamed up with Zara to recreate contortion tricks from different decades and see how much the art has changed over the last 100 years. We tried everything from classic duo moves and backbends to ...

Circus fuses extreme athletic performance, diverse artists and stunning spectacles with a truly global appeal. Circus is exciting, although sometimes unpredictable. At any moment during rehearsal, ...

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 ...

The 2026 ESL Rochester Fringe Festival will present the first large-scale outdoor circus collection in Western New York, ...

Hannah Lam always knew she wanted to travel with the circus, something she started doing as a child. Her parents were traveling circus performers who trained exotic animals such as tigers. At age 12, ...