Cirque du Soleil offers class to young performers

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Perched on cinder blocks and separated into four small compartments with desks and a computer, the trailers look like any that sit beside overcrowded public schools throughout the Washington region.

But in this case, the two trailers are the school. And outside on a small patch of black asphalt, where youngsters have drawn stars, faces and a heart using yellow, pink and green chalk, is the playground.