A little boy sees Dave DeDera and dives behind his mother's legs. "I'm afraid," he says. Standing 6 feet 5 inches tall, DeDera cuts an imposing figure. But the red, bulbous nose and giant clown shoes ...

Professional circuses are always brimming with daredevil acts, death-defying stunts, colorful costumes and amazing feats of strength, all designed to elicit incredulous gasps from the audience. But ...

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 ...

Often-cited stories about pink lemonade's invention revolve around circus clowns. And their pants. Until the "Greatest Show on Earth" ended earlier this year, the circus was a place for feats of skill ...