Drawing upon a vast and richly visual archive and featuring a host of performers, historians and aficionados, this four-hour mini-series follows the rise and fall of the gigantic, traveling tented railroad circus and brings to life an era when Circus Day would shut down a town and its stars were among the most famous people in the country.

This film will trace the emergence of the Killer Clown from historical roots in Italian Opera, to co...

Welcome to the Cirque Du Bizarre, the fetish circus par excellence! On the program are artistic and ...

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

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...

Africa's largest herd of elephants and a fearless pride of young lions come face to face in an epic ...

Near the region of Angkor Watt, a group of children capture a baby elephant and are just growing att...

Ashes and Snow, a film by Gregory Colbert, uses both still and movie cameras to explore extraordinar...

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'.

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

Madrid, Spain, 1949. The Circo Americano arrives in the city. While the big top is pitched in a vaca...

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

An exclusive, festive behind-the-scenes look at the iconic London Zoo, as they prepare for the most ...

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

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

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

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