Circuses
Evita Griskenas of the United States performs during a rhythmic gymnastics individual training session at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Long dominated by Russia, rhythmic gymnastics rising in US

By Claire Galofaro Aug. 05, 2021 03:07 AM EDT

Kevin Richter's jumping group rehearses at the Capital Circus in Budapest, Hungary, April 20, 2021. A state of emergency was declared in Hungary only a day before the troupe was to begin its spring season last year, and pandemic restrictions limiting events and public gatherings have meant the circus hasn't brought in any income since.(AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)
Hungarian traveling circus stays fit for post-COVID opening

By Justin Spike Apr. 27, 2021 02:23 AM EDT

The cultural concert hall space at The Docks Des Suds that's remained closed for a year with a plaque reading "emergency exit" during the BIAC, International Circus Arts Biennale, in Marseille, south of France, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. It's been a tough year for the performing arts in most countries, with virus lockdowns cancelling shows and shuttering venues. But the world's top circus festival, the Circus Biennale, has found a way to flourish between the cracks in the rules — even without the huge crowds that would normally have attended. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Cover that red nose! Circus festival adapts to virus rules

By Thomas Adamson And Daniel Cole Feb. 13, 2021 03:23 AM EST

Clown Angie walks away from the tent of small circus Delmonde in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, Nov.1, 2020. As Germany embarks Monday on a four-week partial lockdown, the family-run circus joins theaters, cinemas, sports facilities, restaurants and bars across the country in shutting down and hoping for the best. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
AP PHOTOS: German circus on hold as partial lockdown starts

Nov. 02, 2020 04:06 AM EST

Circus clown Jhona Zapata, whose clown name is "Jijolin," offers caramelized apples for sale during the lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Zapata, 35, is selling circus food to help his family survive the economic shutdown. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
AP PHOTOS: Clowns suffer, adapt in Peru due to the pandemic

Aug. 15, 2020 12:01 AM EDT

Circus clown Santos Chiroque, whose performance name is "Piojito," or Little Tick, trains on a self-made swing outside his home on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. Chiroque's family used to run their own small circus, but since March when the lockdown to curb COVID-19 closed their business, and the requirement for people over 60 to self-quarantine kept the 74-year-old at home, they started selling circus food like caramelized apples to survive. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
AP PHOTOS: Clowns suffer, adapt in Peru due to the pandemic

Aug. 14, 2020 07:06 PM EDT

Cirque du Soleil files for creditor protection in Canada

Jun. 29, 2020 01:37 PM EDT
MONTREAL (AP) — Cirque du Soleil filed for creditor protection in Canada on Monday while it develops a plan to restart its business amid the pandemic. ...

In this April 28, 2020 photo, 26-year-old lion tamer Ashraf el-Helw sits next to his 5-year-old female African lion 'Joumana,' after leading a show, part of a coronavirus stay home and stay safe call to encourage people to stay home, inside his family apartment, in Cairo, Egypt. With Egypt's national circus closed due to the pandemic, lion trainer el-Helw has his big cats performing tricks at his Cairo apartment and posts performance videos on social media. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
Egypt’s dynasty of big cat trainers takes the show home

By Samy Magdy May. 01, 2020 02:14 AM EDT

Banners reading "Thanks to all" hang at the entrance of the Romina Orfei Circus, parked in in San Nicola la Strada, near Naples, Italy, Sunday April 19, 2020. The Orfei itinerant circus made its last performance on March 1, after that show the national shutdown of public events to contain the spreading of the COVID-19 in Italy blocked 94 animals and nine families. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
AP PHOTOS: Traveling circus stays put in virus-hit Italy

By Alessandra Tarantino And Karl Ritter Apr. 21, 2020 02:35 AM EDT

The eight Siberian Steppe camels, of the stranded Renz Circus eat donated food in Drachten, northern Netherlands, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. The circus fleet of blue, red and yellow trucks have had a fresh lick of paint over the winter. But now, as coronavirus measures shut down the entertainment industry across Europe, they have no place to go. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
The show can't go on: Virus halts circus in Netherlands

Apr. 03, 2020 03:02 AM EDT