No elephants, but plenty of animal acts This summer's Big ... O'Donnell also noted that the circus began as an equestrian art form. For that reason, there will be performing horses that do things ...

Cirque du Soleil, a Canadian import and America’s most profitable circus, is animal-free but full of animalized human performers. Courtesy: Cirque du Soleil In 1917, the publication of a ...

But concern for animals isn’t the only element of new circus’s unique and exceptional character. Born in France in the 1970s, new circus was established to express creative rebellion against the ...

As the audience are guided to their seats inside the big top, all the classic elements of the circus are there – except one. The live animals have been replaced by holograms. Because of concerns ...

Cirque du Soleil, a Canadian import and America’s most profitable circus, is animal-free but full of animalized human performers. Courtesy: Cirque du Soleil In 1917, the publication of a ...