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.

The Circus Arts Conservatory's Sailor Circus Academy is poised to mark a notable milestone as the nation's longest-running youth circus training program celebrates its 75th year. Later this month, the ...

This holiday season might be a bit more glittery and exciting for the Sailor Circus Academy, which will mark its 75th anniversary with a Diamond Jubilee production. Dozens of young performers from the ...

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 ...