Several hundred spectators still clapped constantly when acrobats with Dongchoon Circus Troupe, South Korea’s last and ...

South Korean circuses also dropped animal shows that faced protests by animal rights campaigners. ... drawing several hundred spectators on weekdays and up to 2,000 on weekends at Ansan alone.

Several hundred spectators still clapped constantly when acrobats with Dongchoon Circus Troupe, South Korea’s last and 100-year-old circus, twirled on a long suspended fabric, juggled clubs on a ...

South Korean circuses also dropped animal shows that faced protests by animal rights campaigners. ... drawing several hundred spectators on weekdays and up to 2,000 on weekends at Ansan alone.

The century-old Dongchoon Circus Troupe is the last circus in South Korea. Such entertainments peaked before most South Korean homes had televisions. They had animal acts, magic shows, acrobatic ...

South Korean circuses also dropped animal shows that faced protests by animal rights campaigners. ... drawing several hundred spectators on weekdays and up to 2,000 on weekends at Ansan alone.

THE GOLDEN AGE. Founded in 1925, Dongchoon is Korea’s oldest circus. In the golden ages of South Korean circuses in the 1960s when most households still had no TVs, Dongchoon travelled across the ...

After several near-closures, the Dongchoon Circus Troupe continues to draw audiences who call it 'a very impressive and ...