Aguilera turns her dancers into circus performers

Christina Aguilera sent her dancers to circus bootcamp in preparation for her upcoming US tour dates in an bid to give her fans a mini-Cirque Du Soleil experience.

The pop star insisted her backing dancers learn how to perform stunts so she could turn arenas and concert halls into makeshift big tops.

She says: "We play around with certain circus elements and we brought that literally to life on stage so it's like a miniCirque Du Soleil.

"My dancers went into training to know how to trapeze swing, fire throw, stilt walk, so it's really exciting onstage."

Aguilera's tour dates begin on February 20 in Texas.