Ezekiel Prancis-Ricci remembers the first Circus Juventas show he ever saw. It was 2011. He was a couple of weeks away from starting first grade, sitting with his family under the circus school’s Big ...

After almost 30 years and nearly 30,000 students, big changes are happening at St. Paul's Big Top, Circus Juventas. Founders Dan and Elizabeth "Betty" Butler are stepping away from their renowned ...

MinnPost’s reporting is always free, but it isn’t free to produce. We rely on donations from our readers to fund our independent journalism. For several years, Circus Juventas, a St. Paul-based youth ...

You throw enough people into a double backflip off a 20-foot-high pedestal — to someone else on another pedestal who catches the flyer by the arms — and it just starts to feel normal. Then you take a ...

Every day for the past couple weeks, rehearsals for Circus Juventas’s upcoming summer show, “Lumiere,” have been intense. The full cast and crew arrives around 4:30 and often doesn’t leave till after ...

ST PAUL, Minn — Cassi Nelson's childhood was spent at Circus Juventas in St. Paul. By high school, she was set on pursuing a professional career in circus performing. "I would come [to Circus Juventas ...

The accolades keep piling up for Circus Juventas, the circus school in St. Paul's Highland Park that was recognized by the Smithsonian this summer. On Thursday, Circus Juventas will be honored by ...

Roughly three dozen mannequins decked out in costumes will be on display in St. Paul starting Wednesday as part of the Circus Juventas Window Gallery Walk. The display will be at the corner of Grand ...

Circus Juventas is celebrating 30 years of teaching circus arts and showcasing exciting entertainment. Last year, Circus Juventas brought Kind Arthur’s story of ex-caliber to life. Now, the act will ...

Jul. 24—Circus Juventas is flying again. In so many ways. With live performances shut down by the pandemic is 2020, St. Paul's youth circus school is ready to perform before audiences again under the ...