The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the performing arts.  Especially hard hit are performing artists who rely

For aerialists like Kyla Ernst-Alper, life during the pandemic has felt pretty precarious. Ernst-Alper, whose job – using her airborne

The pandemic made ringing in the new year less of a bang, and more of a fizzle, and for some

With COVID restrictions still in place, many artists are only holding events virtually but a few groups have found creative

As a car pulls into a drive-thru food distribution site at Chollas Mead Elementary, circus performers give the family inside

Montreal’s annual circus festival is putting on a series of outdoor pop-up performances from July 6 to 12, but organizers

Smiling faces, visits from friends and family, light-hearted entertainment—all are essential in keeping people, especially children, comforted and calm. Amidst

Comeback stories always make great drama, and the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) is already planning one. In collaboration with the

Agustin Rodriguez Beltran dangles these days from the underside of his kitchen table. It is far from death-defying. Nothing like

When Seattle resident Jody Poth signed her first circus contract late last year, with Cirque du Soleil at Sea, it

Heidi Kirchofer and her husband Joel Melendez knew even before Gov. Ned Lamont shut down non-essential businesses that they were

As millions of Americans retreat into seclusion under the COVID-19 closures, aerial artists Jeremy and Harmony Chute are sequestered in

COVID-19’s impacts on society are unprecedented and nobody can say precisely when we will return to normal public life. Experts

As of Tuesday, around 45 people with Circo Hermanos Caballero, or the Brothers Caballero Circus, were staying in recreational vehicles

On Thursday, March 12th, the morning after the N.B.A. suspended its season and Donald Trump banned travel from Europe, the

Performances and events have been canceled in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, but one local performer is bringing the

Why circus during a pandemic? Jessica Hentoff, the artistic/executive director of Circus Harmony explains, “Circus has always been about joy,

While Cirque Italia was in route to Waco to perform, the Circus received news that their event would not be

“Do or Die” is a motto said often by members of Illinois State University’s Gamma Phi Circus. Now, more than

A popular meme going around social media right now includes a quote from Mr. Rogers: “When I was a young

Although Baraboo’s circus museum can no longer entertain and educate visitors in person due to the spread of COVID-19, its