Though the first modern circus was born in 1770s England, the tented attractions didn’t become an American tradition until around the mid-to-late-1800s. The traveling circus graced wide swaths of the ...

Aerial silks and trapezes hang high in the Glicker-Milstein Theatre, awaiting the first-ever circus arts production to take place on campus grounds. Preparing for the performance behind the curtains ...

The circus has endured as one of America’s most popular forms of entertainment, and St. Louis arts nonprofit Counterpublic plans to honor that tradition at its inaugural Circus of Life. Held at The ...

Editor's note: This the first in a three-part series on the history of the circus in North Dakota. For 140 years, the circus has provided entertainment for residents of North Dakota. During the early ...