The Circus in the Park event featured performers with the Capital Region-based Big Top Group, formerly the Contemporary ...

Like many people, I like being in control. I'm also very afraid of heights. I was not a child who thrived on risk — I once cried in gym class when asked to do a forward roll down a plush gymnastics ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with David Paasche, a 25-year-old flying trapeze instructor in Dallas, Texas, about his job. It has been edited for length and clarity. I grew up in ...

Its flying acrobat founder says it is the first academy of its kind in the UK.

The Philadelphia School of Circus Arts (PSCA) has been making quite a few updates since they moved to a much larger building — formerly a church, as a matter of fact — about a year ago. With all the ...

MT. AIRY, PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia School of Circus Arts is bringing back its outdoor flying trapeze classes and workshops. Flying Trapeze Director Al Firstenberg will take the lead on bringing ...

Ready to run away and join the circus? From flying trapeze to juggling, one school on Long Island will help you perfect your skills to do just that. NASSAU COUNTY, Long Island (WABC) -- Ready to run ...

Celebrate your freedom to fly! Philadelphia School of Circus Arts announces the grand opening of Philadelphia Flying Trapeze. Philadelphia's only permanent outdoor flying trapeze school will offer two ...

Nate Lavers took his first swing at trapeze while on a date 10 months ago. While the relationship didn’t last, he continued to learn the art of swinging from the apparatus — a short horizontal bar ...

Philadelphia is the home of the American circus. The first circus in the country was held in the city in 1793, where just 800 spectators gathered in a wooden ring to watch clowns, equestrians and ...

Standing with my toes over a platform, I stared down at the ground (and net) far below. I clenched the bar of a trapeze in a death grip with both hands, taking small comfort in the pull of the harness ...