There’s a life-size picture of a woman, Emily (Kletzien) Underberg, hanging from a trapeze bar inside the Manitowoc County Historical Society’s McAllister House Welcome Center. Emily passed away in ...

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PEABODY (CBS) -- As one of only about half a dozen female ringmasters in the business, Stephanie Monseu leads a cast of daredevils, trapeze artists, and more at the Big Apple Circus. "The job of a ...

KOCHI: Fear dissipates when passion asserts itself. Balancing on a rope high above the ground, she carefully places three ...

Spectators at a circus show in Australia were left stunned when a performer fell from a trapeze and was left with multiple injuries. The 28-year-old woman had been performing in the Circus Rio show at ...

Big Apple Circus is counting on the power of women – including new ringmaster Stephanie Monseu – to fuel its 41st-anniversary season, which opens a month-long run at the Northshore Mall in Peabody on ...

Circus traditions have been embedded in Sarasota history since the Ringling brothers set up their winter quarters in the community nearly a century ago, attracting locals and tourists who wanted close ...

About a century ago, winter was the season when the city was filled with performers eager to get into rings under the "big top" or onto stages in theaters and opera houses. "The time has come for all ...

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