Contortionists and acrobats with celestial skills train in squalid conditions as the promise of a former sumo wrestler to restore the national circus to its past glory has gone mostly unfulfilled.
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Glimpses of Life with the Sea Clown Sailing Circus Troupe
A photographer embedded with the Sea Clown Sailing Circus on the troupe’s journeys through the Mediterranean. Here’s what he saw.
Cirque du Soleil’s Return Could Be Its Most Challenging Feat Yet
After shuttering dozens of shows and shedding most of its work force, the vaunted Canadian circus faces an uphill struggle to bounce back.
Will Cirque du Soleil Rise Again?
The coronavirus has pulverized the famed circus, forcing it to shut down dozens of shows and grounding its small army of circus artists.