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Panama City aerialists, acrobats unite for 'old style circus' performance Tony Simmons, The News Herald © TONY SIMMONS/THE NEWS HERALD Milisa Hunt performs on an aerial lyra "lollipop" pole for part of her fortune teller dance. PANAMA CITY — When circuses entered a town, once upon a time, they came in a parade of tumblers, acrobats, stilt-walkers and fire-breathers. They fostered a sense of mystery and imagination under the big top. "Old-time circus is a romantic notion for me. I love it," said Misty Joy, an instructor at Aerial Dance Panama City, where founder Brittany...

And that's the promise of "Le Cirque de Noir: Pandora's Box of Curiosities," an aerial circus Joy created featuring performers from Aerial Dance Panama City under her direction. The show will be at the new location of the dance company, 700 Jackson Way in Panama City, at 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday, April 24, and 1 p.m. Sunday, April 25. Tickets, $20 each, are available in advance at EventBrite.com. (Small children seated in an adult's lap will not need a ticket, according to the EventBrite information.) "We have had annual showcases every year, and each of the instructors gets their own segment to...