Circus

In less than one month, the curtains are set to close on the colorful and hits-laden Broadway production, "Once Upon a One More Time," otherwise known as the Britney Spears musical. The show is set to end its run on Sept. 3, having only opened on June 22.

Trampolines and trapezes are out on the asphalt in Montreal, with colorful acrobats twirling near skyscrapers in breathtaking feats.

Spellbound crowds are a July tradition with hundreds of free shows going on in the heart of the Canadian city, which sees itself as a world capital of razzle-dazzle acrobatics.

2023 European Capital of Culture Eleusis celebrates the notion of community with its Synoikismos festival, a varied program that includes a special section on the circus arts. Running to June 20, dance, acrobatic, circus and music ensembles from different parts of Europe are joining forces in a series of shows across the West Attica city, demonstrating the power of collaboration.

Marietou Thiam's slender figure twists and twirls, suspended in mid-air by a hoop, under the spellbound gaze of onlookers at Dakar's first-ever circus festival.

Thiam is the artistic director -- and one of only two women members -- of Sencirk, Senegal's premier circus troupe, which organised the festival.

Turkey's parliament approved a long-awaited bill early on July 9 on animal rights, while lawmakers on July 8 ratified the country's fourth judicial reform package.

According to the bill, the sale of cats and dogs by pet shops will be banned, as such shops are "not suitable for animal health and ethology."

As of today, restrictions on the operation of shopping malls are lifted. From April 16, visits to gaming halls and casinos are allowed, but when using no more than 50% of their capacity.

Russian prosecutors have launched an investigation after a monkey wearing a Nazi uniform performed at a state circus.

The show also featured goats wrapped in Nazi flags with swastikas, according to the Russian news website Znak.

The performance was part of a show at the Udmurtia Circus in the city of Izhevsk on 8 January.

Well-known in the Mediterranean region, the Balkans and Israel, where it tours regularly, the Circo Medrano is setting up its big top in Palaio Faliro on the southern coast of Athens.

A parliamentary commission has signed a report proposing to prohibit animal circuses and dolphinariums across the country.

Gravity & other myths will be guests in Plovdiv as part of the program "One dance week", reported NOVA TV. 

 A simple space spectacle of the Australian Gravity & other myths acrobats is  defined by the visitors as "Beyond the Limit of Human Opportunities''. They will be for the first time on the Bulgarian stage on 18 October as part of the One dance week program.