With Circus Sarasota now in its 14th year of productions, the task for artistic director Pedro Reis is always to try to top previous year’s performances—or at least offer loyal audiences something new ...

As it prepares for the 75th-anniversary celebration of the Sailor Circus and its own 27th season of Circus Sarasota, the Circus Arts Conservatory is making a long-planned change in leadership.

According to aerialist Dolly Jacobs, creating a circus act is “like making a cake.” A single performance’s many ingredients—the acrobatics skills, the entrance, the costume, the music, the drama—all ...

Dolly Jacobs likely was a toddler the first time she saw Davenport. She might have played in the grass in a big circus lot in the 3000 block of Rockingham Road. She was a circus kid. Her dad, Lou ...