Erin Shredder of the Vau de Vire Society performs at the Bohemian Carnival on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007, in San Francisco. Inspired by Cirque du Soleil and possessed of an advanced sense of the absurd, young adults who got their first taste of trapezes, fire spinning and red noses at Burning Man or other indie art festivals are joining a growing number of small, alternative circuses with Big Top dreams. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) Noah Berger