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 ...