PROVIDENCE, RI -- The weekend accident that injured nine members of a circus troupe, along with two other people, during a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey performance in Providence, Rhode Island, was caused by a 5-inch D-ring that snapped, the lead investigator for the city's fire department said Monday. "It was a single piece [...]
A rehearsal for a dramatic eight-person pyramid went horribly wrong, injuring five high-wire circus performers who tumbled about 25 feet, said officials in Sarasota, Florida. Four were hospitalized as trauma patients. Renowned daredevil Nik Wallenda — a member of the famed aerialist family — was among three performers on the wire who were not injured, [...]
BLUMANO Ltd is an engineering-based company headquartered in the UK and working internationally which has been launched to provide a whole range of specialist services, expertise and consultancy which is related to lifting and load-bearing equipment for stages and other areas of entertainment industry production. The company is headed by two industry professionals - Cristiano [...]
