1.   Animal rights activists had hoped a ban by Seattle would set off a domino effect that would leave traditional circuses with nowhere to go.

2.   A swirl of multicolored masks, costumes and sets create a world of fantasy and imagination under a traditional circus tent.

3.   In fact, the show is more likely to resemble the avant-garde Cirque du Soleil than the traditional Ringling Bros. circus.

4.   Other moments resemble traditional circus, with riders leaping on and off horses that race around the ring at terrifying speed.

5.   The new circus has not supplanted the traditional circus in France.

6.   Traditional circus fare like popcorn and cotton candy will be supplemented by designer sandwiches and cappuccino.

7.   The Embelli Riva is a traditional circus, with animal trainers, clowns, slapstick and the traditional a mix of bathos, pathos and daring do.