circus

Aurelie Bonhoffen, who has grown up in the circus, discovers a remarkable family secret on her twelfth birthday that may help in dealing with a sinister man who wants to take over her family's pier.

A circus known as Le Cirque des R?ves features two illusionists, Celia and Marco, who are unknowingly competing in a game to which they have been irrevocably bound by their mercurial masters, and as the two fall deeply and passionately in love with each other, their masters intervene with dangerous consequences.

As a young man, Jacob Jankowski was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. It was the early part of the great Depression, and for Jacob, now ninety, the circus world he remembers was both his salvation and a living hell. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It was there that he met Marlena, the beautiful equestrian star married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. And he met Rosie, an untrainable elephant who was the great gray hope for this third-rate traveling show. The bond that grew among this unlikely trio was one of love and trust, and, ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.

Longing to give up the nineteenth-century English circus life she was born into, sixteen-year-old Ellen Spangle secretly prepares to be a governess and is courted by a wealthy young man until two tragedies lead her to reevaluate her plans.

Presents instructions for creating one's own circus at home, explaining how to create costumes and props; master skills such as clowning, juggling, and magic tricks; and fake a "strongman" act.

The Quirk siblings learn circus skills in gym class, which they use to thwart a nosy neighbor bent on discovering their secret powers.

Inspired by the Cirque du Soleil, this feature film moves the Cirque's dreamlike imagery into the real world while introducing a narrative love story.

A young boy tells about his family, all of whom are circus performers.

Raja, a tiger from the jungles of India, is captured and sold to the circus, where he fights to return to his family in the wild.