Dave DeDera was only 19 when he was faced with the kind of decision that could make or break his career: clown around or become a cop? DeDera chose clowning. It was the best decision of his life. For ...

The show was a little late in starting Thursday at Circus Circus, so Rocco the Clown stepped in. The performer didn’t say a word when he went onstage. He just started using his hands to urge the ...

The city was the latest of several locations in Mexico to put a ban on circus acts with animals. The ban does not include acts with dolphins, bullfighting or traditional Mexican rodeos. Clowns and ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Circus Circus Las Vegas is celebrating International Clown Week and will be kicking things off with a celebration on Thursday starting at 12:30 p.m. at the Midway. Attendees can ...

In the remote mountain community of Nelson, B.C., a thriving circus scene is redefining what it means to belong. Through the ...

Our first president George Washington attended the first American circus in Philadelphia in 1793. Circus would expand from that auspicious start to become American folklife, intertwined with the ...

In the middle of a recent showing of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus’ production of “Out of This World” in Brooklyn, A.J. Silver (né Angelo Iodice) happily declared, “The circus is America.” ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A popular Irish circus is currently experiencing a clown shortage as a ...

THE great shortcoming of the American-style circus, in the opinion of Europeans, is the limitation it puts upon the work of the clown. It is as hard to be an outstanding clown in an American circus as ...

NEW YORK — A beloved circus performer known as Grandma the Clown has resigned from the Big Apple Circus following accusations that he pressured a 16-year-old aerialist to pose for pornographic photos.