After the elephants, Ringling Bros. is a whole new high-tech circus
 

After the elephants, Ringling Bros. is a whole new high-tech circus
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Alana Feld is admiring my Segway miniPRO

“We have those in the show,” the Feld Entertainment EVP tells me as she arrives at my ****** for a chat on the circus' biggest show changes in decades, explaining that Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus took the original Segway, which is much larger, stripped it down and retrofitted it so the performers could use their knees to steer, which happens to be exactly how the new Segway works.

Like the Segway, Ringling Bros. Circus has undergone a similar transformation, stripped down beyond its three-ring entertainment roots to the essence of what it means to be a traveling circus and then rebuilt into something fresh and modern for the digital age. Ringling Bros. and its parent company Feld Entertainment had ** choice Read more...


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