A world-class circus is in town, but did you know it was a Bombay show that kickstarted the Indian circus?

Indian academic Nisha Poyyarath Rayaroth, who studied circus culture for her doctorate at the University of Delhi, says circuses she visited all complained about access to land.

Moorkoth Vengakandi Shankaran, better known as Gemini Shankaran, a pioneer of Indian circus, died in Kannur city of Kerala on Monday, The Indian Express reported. He was 99. Shankaran was the ...

The circus sequences feature equestrian stunts, trapeze acts, clown skits, animal routines and a unicycle parade—were the handiwork of South Indian Ladies Circus.

Ahead of the India Shrine Circus' first show at the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds, the Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages Porch stopped by to learn more from the performers about what to expect.

Photographer Mary Ellen Mark captures her timeless love for India and all its theatrical acts from strongmen to bendy-bodies through the ‘80s and ‘90s. The post In Retrospect: Remembering The Indian ...

Watch Indian Circus The unbreakable will of a poor mother who wants to take her children to the big top is the potent force driving "Watch Indian Circus." ...

Instead, the girls work in a circus, bending their legs in unbelievable ways, riding elephants, and wearing makeup like Bollywood actresses. Considering the alternative, wouldn't you be happy, too?

This last week, India have been a circus without a ringmaster. No one who bears any of the many titles going round - captain, coach, seniors, selectors - appears to have any control over the main act.