Circus is a name for a traveling company of performers. These performers are usually acrobats, clowns, and trained animals although there are circuses that have musicians, trapeze acts and other stunt artists. Circuses usually perform in a circus tents. Today, circus is more of an art form than a pure show. Circus-theatre companies focus on theatrical story-telling utilising some traditionally circus-based skills to do so as well as aerial dance.
Nowadays no two circuses are alike and there is a broad range of experiences on offer.