AYCO Executive Director Amy Cohen has opened a circus school in Ithaca, New York.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/nyregion/circus-school-gets-children-to-step-and-flip-and-juggle-right-up

Michael Giovinco didn’t expect to find his circus skills would come in handy at the University of Virginia, however, the fourth year son of professional clowns is introducing his fellow students to circus arts.

Feld Entertainment has announced that it will close Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey in May.

https://www.ringling.com/

Cirque du Soleil unveiled a virtual reality production at CES Las Vegas, offering a look underwater at “O” and inside the battle scene at “KA”.

http://www.nasdaq.com/article/cirque-du-soleil-gets-new-virtual-reality-experience-dreams-of-o-cm729980

Emily McCarthy joined Cirque du Soleil at the age of 16 and continues to travel with the show. Follow this link for her thoughts on life as a professional circus artist.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/run-away-cirque-du-soleil-071000172.html

Vietnamese acrobats Quoc Co and Quoc Nghiep have set a new Guinness World Record for ascension of steps while in head to head balancing by climbing the 90 steps of the Girona cathedral in Spain in 52 seconds. Watch video.

Aimee Hancock thought her circus career was over when she lost both legs to frostbite. However, after a lot of hard work she is performing again.

http://www.wcax.com/story/34068027/37-year-old-double-amputee-circus-performer-returns-back-to-the-ring

Bay Area jugglers have found a home at the Circus Center where they can practice, study and impress their peers.

http://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/Circus-Center-juggling-wizard-gives-lessons-10642964.php

Professors at Oklahoma State have developed a new circus apparatus.

Lee Brasuell, production manager and technical director in the department of theater, and Henry Segerman, an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics, are two Oklahoma State University faculty members who turned a chance meeting into an opportunity to offer something new to excite circus-goers. [Photo provided]

University of Maryland soccer star Gordon Wild comes from a European circus family. He is using circus skills to dazzle coaches and fans on the field.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soccer-insider/wp/2016/11/17/the-boy-who-left-the-circus-and-joined-the-maryland-soccer-team/