This is the spine-chilling moment a circus performer plunged to the ground during a death-defying hair hanging stunt. Disturbing footage shows the instant acrobat Aliane Dias crashed to the floor mere ...

"Hair hanging" is an incredibly painful, highly specialized aerial performance in the circus world, confined to certain families who pass their secrets about the tradition down through generations of ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — One of eight circus acrobats who plunged about 20 feet to the ground during a hair-hanging act witnessed by thousands says she’ll perform the stunt again. “For me, you gotta get ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A platform collapsed during an aerial hair-hanging stunt at a circus performance Sunday, sending eight acrobats plummeting to the ground. Nine performers were seriously injured in ...

Perfect braids, wet hair, vitamins and more. May 5, 2014— -- It takes thick skin – and a strong scalp – to be a professional hair-hanger in the circus. Their twirling bodies dangle 35 feet in the ...

NEW YORK — “Hair hanging” is an incredibly painful, highly specialized aerial performance in the circus world, confined to certain families who pass their secrets about the tradition down through ...

NEW YORK – "Hair hanging" is an incredibly painful, highly specialized aerial performance in the circus world, confined to certain families who pass their secrets about the tradition down through ...

NEW YORK (AP) — “Hair hanging” is an incredibly painful, highly specialized aerial performance in the circus world, confined to certain families who pass their secrets about the tradition down through ...