Julia Ruth has a pretty cool job: it takes a lot of strength, a lot of balance, and a surprising amount of physics. As a circus artist, Julia has performed her acrobatic Cyr wheel routine around the ...

It was a few years ago that I first saw a street performer (on Youtube) spinning around on a giant silver hoop, much to the amazement of a transfixed crowd. I remember thinking to myself at the time, ...

This year marks 250 years since the start of modern circus. It was in 1768 that Philip Astley began his circus entertainment in Waterloo in London. To celebrate, this new feature series has circus ...