Acrobat Maria Smetanova, 23, is in critical condition after plummeting 30 feet to the ground during a trapeze act gone horribly awry, as seen in a sickening video going viral online.

Exercise isn't alway fun, but swinging around on a trapeze one night a week is nothing short of exhilarating, writes Christina Ganim.

A circus performer called LadyBEAST is free to practice aerial performances on the 20-foot-tall, trapeze-like, iron framework in her backyard in St. Roch, despite protests from her next-door neighbor.

A former circus performer is dismantling his backyard trapeze after neighbors voiced their concerns at a Paradise board meeting.

Set up in a giant red and yellow tent in the parking lot north of the Mall of America, the Royal Canadian International Circus boasts an international cast of performers defying gravity.

The Dallas Circus Center is taking fun to new heights, offering an incredible trapeze experience that will have you soaring through the air and defying gravity. There are aerial hoops, silk ropes ...

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 ...

But now they’re used to me. For the circus I wanted a swing trapeze in there and they were like: 'Sure – of course you do!' "My husband and children are completely used to it.

The room includes the trapeze, tumbling mats, trampoline, and other circus-related training devices. “I think anyone can do it. We have returning guests that live in the area.

Footage shows six acrobats from China's Shanghai City Circus performing a flying trapeze act in which a performer jumps from one trapeze to another over a massive trampoline.

Circus performer's 20-foot-tall backyard trapeze sparks a feud between neighbors in St. Roch In one neighbor's view, the front of his house is a public space, the back is a private retreat. Or was ...