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 ...

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.

No services are planned at this time. Terrell “Cap” Jacobs III, the son of Terrell and Juanita (Baty) Jacobs II, was born in November of 1957 into the world of circus. Cap came from the bloodline of ...

(RNS) — From the stage, klezmer circus performer Eliana Pliskin Jacobs reflected on the name of her show, “Tshemodan,” meaning “Suitcase,” which she described as an “object so personal, carrying ...