At age 14, I got my first paying trapeze-artist gig. My mom left her job ... Then, at age 20, I was invited by Cirque du Soleil to join the Flying Trapeze troupe of Zaia in Macau, China.

After more than a decade, Cirque du Soleil is back in State College for several performances at the Bryce Jordan Center. The ...

Backstage of Cirque du Soleil is a small city of the clothing, exercise equipment, washer and dryers, as well as an apparatus ...

And the performers even do the trapeze and ribbon dancing in ice skates; that’s a lot of deadly blades flying through the air! All of Cirque du Soleil’s amazing acrobatics come through in ...

You can see the original Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil show, "Mystère," at Treasure Island. Expect aerialists and acrobats, balancing acts and stilt walkers, gymnasts and trapeze artists ...