This is the shocking moment when a circus acrobat fell from an aerial hoop and crashed down onto an ice rink, knocking herself out cold. Circus-goers audibly gasped as the female acrobat, Mia Gonzales ...

Nov. 26 (UPI) --An Australian circus performer put her endurance to the test by breaking two Guinness World Records with an aerial hoop in a single day. Charlotte "Charli" Meath, 23, took on the ...

Lyra - A circular steel apparatus, much like a hula hoop, used for aerial circus arts. Poi - Swinging tethered weights through a variety of rhythmical and geometric patterns. Poi can be made from ...

The heart-stopping moment when a circus acrobat falls from an aerial hoop and lands on the ice rink beneath her with a thud has been captured on camera. Circus goers could be heard gasping as the ...

When she was a little girl growing up in Kazakhstan, Olga Coronas was captivated by the large shiny hoop that would be her entree into the world of the circus. It was the aerial hoop, or lyra, and she ...

WHENEVER I TAKE a circus-arts class, I wonder: If I ran away to join the circus, what kind of performer would I be? Would I fly high on the trapeze, ride a unicycle or walk a tightrope? After each ...

Journal staff writer Julie Kayzerman recently took part in one of Aerial Acrobat Entertainment's lyra classes in Jersey City earlier this month. The following is her first-person account of the class.

During the 40 years since Cirque du Soleil began in Montreal and transformed contemporary circus into a global phenomenon, the so-called “circus arts” ― including aerial, acrobatics, juggling, sleight ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 26 (UPI) --An Australian circus performer put her endurance to the test by breaking two Guinness World Records with an aerial ...