Step into the light in January 2024 with Cirque du Soleil’s most iconic production Alegria: In a New Light, playing at the Royal Albert Hall for a limited season. Now celebrating its 30th ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Estefani Evans, a fifth-generation circus performer currently starring in Cirque du Soleil's Alegría. It has been edited for length and clarity.

Fire-knife performer Micah Naruo eats fire during the rehearsal for the Cirque du Soleil at the Huntington Center in Toledo. The Blade/Lori King Buy This Image The stage is prepped for the Cirque ...