Circus Alegria will light up the Paso Robles Event Center for the first time this weekend. This weekend’s showcase will feature performances from dancers, contortionists, acrobatics and a menagerie of ...

The circus is coming to town. Circus Alegria is setting up for the first time in Paso Robles at the Paso Robles Event Center. Shows start Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and continue through Sunday. There will ...

To work in a traveling circus act is to live the life of a perpetual nomad. “What people don’t know is that a touring show at Cirque du Soleil usually has a lifespan of over 10 years,” said Francis ...

Cirque du Soleil is back with one of its most iconic shows, Alegría, a quarter-century after it first debuted. In its original format, it has been seen by more than 14 million people worldwide, and it ...

I'm at a disadvantage when seeing Cirque du Soleil. I've seen eight shows over the years, so I'm a bit jaded. "Alegria" I saw under the big top in California 14 years ago. I wasn't keen on it then.

Like Michael Jordan and Jay-Z, Alegria just couldn't stay retired. It toured for 15 years before packing up its big top, but now the much-loved 1994 Cirque du Soleil show has been reconfigured to fit ...

Less is more, which is good. But just a little more circus in Cleveland's latest Cirque would be even better. Cirque du Soleil is back in town with "Alegria," the fourth show the global circus ...

Alegria: Circus. Created by Franco Dragone, Guy Laliberte , Gilles Ste- Croix et al. Music by Rene Dupere. Directed by Dragone. (Through Dec. 21. Cirque du Soleil, Pacific Bell Park parking lot, San ...

His pants are tattered. He has no shoes, no shirt. But the beads that adorn his bare chest flash and glitter in the light of the flames that he twirls, faster and faster. He is the Fire Knife dancer, ...