It is a dream that started 32 years ago with just a trapeze bar, a costume box, and a rusty old car. Three decades later, their infectious joyfulness has enthralled audiences around the world.
A Cirque du Soleil aerialist sent a panic through a shocked audience when she fell during a performance at a show in Portland, Oregon.
It was a tragic weekend over at the Mad Cool Festival in Madrid, an acrobat falling to his death in front of a crowd of 35 000 people.