Sara Greene is a 20-year circus industry veteran with a big dream—to start her own tented circus. As the summer moves along on Weirs Beach, Sara faces serious obstacles in fulfilling her dream, and in sharing that dream with her ailing step-mother, to whom her show was dedicated.

Jesus 'Chuy' Aceves and a dozen living members of his extended family suffer from the very rare cond...

An Austrian director followed five successful African music and dance artists with his camera and fo...

As Cirque du Soleil reboots its flagship production, O, more than a year after an abrupt shutdown, p...

Every summer, a horde of professional Santas, Mrs. Clauses, and elves descend on a campsite in the N...

Alegría is a mood, a state of mind. The themes of the show, whose name means "jubilation" in Spanish...

From the Italian 'saltare in banco' – which literally means 'to jump on a bench' – Saltimbanco explo...

Icarus is the main character of Varekai, who falls to the ground, breaking his legs as he does. He i...

A young girl has already seen everything there is to see and her world has lost all meaning. Her ang...

This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' perf...

It is considered the largest traveling circus in Europe and is one of the oldest in Germany: Circus ...

A Documentary on the Creation of OVO, by Cirque du Soleil

"Who is Weary Willie?" explores the life of the once-famous circus character Weary Willie and his st...

Errol Morris’s Fast, Cheap & Out of Control interweaves the stories of four men, each driven to crea...

A story of the world's first female tiger trainer who claimed her love for her tigers was so great s...

In the magical world of La Nouba, dreams become reality and talent turns the ordinary into the extra...

In 1988, the Cirque du Soleil toured the United States and set up its big top in New York City - a g...

Footage from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film 'The Circus'.

The comedian Timoteo is the leader of a cross-dresser circus that has toured through Chile for forty...

This documentary is about the Italian small family circus, based on the old street theatre of the Co...