ALLENTOWN, Pa. – With high-flying stunts, acrobatics, and plenty of family fun, one of the world’s most well-known shows is making its return to the Lehigh Valley.

69 News Reporter Sydney Kay gives us an inside look at the circus taking over Allentown that takes the claim of “The Greatest Show On Earth.”

Welcome to the circus, where nothing seems impossible.

With the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey show back at the PPL Center, you’ll see Skyler the Human Rocket launch at 65 miles per hour.

“I reach that speed in less than half a second… It’s seven times the force of gravity and the world’s fastest rollercoaster is 4.5, but there you’re strapped in. Here you’re just free flying,” said Skyler Miser, named “The Human Rocket,” with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey.

Trapeze artists will also be flying high throughout the arena.

“We have our flyers who are flying from the bar, doing tricks like a triple-somersault, and then they have to open like this, and I have to catch them by the wrists,” Danny Butler said, a Flying Trapeze Catcher with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey.

The show kicking off Thursday night brings the legacy of Ringling to a new generation with an animal-free, modern music-driven experience.

“By Thursday we’re doing rehearsals, we do a tech run, we open the show and then we do shows Thursday, Friday, three on Saturday, two Sunday, and then we pack up and we are on our way to a new city,” explained Madison Embrey, a pre-show host with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey.

WATCH: 69 News Reporter Sydney Kay holds up hoop as a Henan Acrobatics Troupe performer leaps through. With high-flying stunts, acrobatics, and plenty of family fun, one of the world’s most well-known shows is making its return to the Lehigh Valley.


Hours of practice goes into extraordinary stunts done by 65 performers from across the world, like the Henan Troupe from China.

Blending athleticism and artistry, many are following the footsteps of their family, while putting on the show of a lifetime for the audience to never forget.

“This rocket before was actually an over and under cannon that both of my parents shot out of on Ringling before,” said Miser.

“Being able to perform in front of thousands of people every night and seeing their reactions to the show, to the act, it’s not describable,” Butler said.

The show kicks off at 7 p.m. Thursday and runs through Sunday at the PPL Center.

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