Cirque du Soleil is one of the great artistic follies of our age and one of its most baffling success stories. Four productions populate the Las Vegas Strip, while others are preparing to invade Perth ...

As is the case with all Cirque du Soleil productions, it’s the elaborate costumes and incredible athletic performances that are the main attraction of the aerial-centric “Varekai,” which will be at ...

In the dozen years since he first joined Cirque du Soleil’s “Corteo,” performer Alexandr Yudintsev has done a bit of everything – all in the troupe’s signature style. An acrobat, juggler, and actor, ...

Acrobatic acts help dramatize a clown’s fantasia in “Corteo.” Cirque du Soleil’s touring production, recently restaged for arenas, was launched March 2 in New Orleans and will open Thursday in Value ...

“A juggler, a contortionist and a singer walk into the Winchester Mystery House” isn’t the start of a joke but something that actually happened this week as a trio of performers from Cirque du ...

In his decades-long career as a clown, Jeff Raz has performed for an audience of one and in front of thousands, but he approaches each performance with the same goal in mind. “When I play different ...

While David Shiner spent part of his youth in D.C. (no comment on whether he was class clown at Suitland Junior High School), he took his passion for humor global. With a resume that includes being a ...

Cirque Du Soleil was introduced into my life way back in 1992. It was New York City and the show was Alegria. The costumes, ...