Alexander Calder created and performed one of the most important and beloved works, his miniature circus (1926-1931). More than twenty years later Jean Painleve made Le Grande Cirque Calder 1927, begun in 1953 and completed in 1955.

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

Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can s...

On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs...

In 'The Circus Kid', Buddy, an orphan who runs away from a a harsh orphanage, joins Cadwallader's Ci...

One man, one camera, one goal...to capture the essence of adventure. An experimental, often abstract...

The story of an innocent and charming clown who strives to find his own place in the world. KOOZA is...

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

A magician in a carnival--who actually can read minds and levitate people and objects--works with a ...

From the slow waitings for opening of the big top to the loneliness in the dressing room backstage, ...

Dumbo is a baby elephant born with over-sized ears and a supreme lack of confidence. But thanks to h...

An extraordinary young girl discovers her superpower and summons the remarkable courage, against all...

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

Cirque du Soleil presents The Mystery of Mystère, a captivating documentary that explores how arts a...

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...
How do you deal with life's curveballs? FIGURE 3 tells trapeze artist Korri Singh Aulakh's story of ...

LUZIA takes you to an imaginary Mexico, like in a waking dream, where light (“luz” in Spanish) quenc...

Life as the sole sale item in the clearance corner of Eben's Bikes can get lonely. So Red, a unicycl...

A child is born. We see underwater swimmers representing this. He is young, in a jungle setting, wit...

An old Chinese man rides into the town of Abalone, Arizona and changes it forever, as the citizens s...