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  • It was surely a sign: On April 18, 1921, in Bessines, near Niort (in the southwest of France), Jean Richard (1921-2001) was born in a farm named "La ...e of Champignol. He also began to work as an actor—in the movies, in the theatre, and in comedies that were sometimes a little cheap. During his lon
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  • ...Giacomino, was one of the most celebrated clowns in Europe at the turn of the 20th century. ...hat is certain is that Giacomo's mother let him join, at a very young age, the troupe of Circo Pulaiot.
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  • ...name, they have given the Russian circus an impressive number of talented clowns, animal trainers, and entertainment entrepreneurs—and a few actors to ...ing decades of the Russian Empire. The Soviet regime, always eager to play the populist card, did not hesitate to claim them as its own.
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  • ...tance against an autocratic Tsar and his government had helped bring about the Soviet revolution. ...ot Vladimir, whose anti-establishment virulence got him into trouble under the Tsarist regime.
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  • ...Eastern Europe was still secluded), her act was a sensation that triggered the creation of a string of new swinging trapeze acts in a similar style, notab ...and his wife, Klavdia, née Kazanskaya. Her parents had nothing to do with the circus: they came from peasant stock and both worked in a local factory.
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  • ...their merry-go-rounds, but the presence of the theater had since redeemed the square's prestige, and Guerra found himself in ideal surroundings. .... Guerra was a remarkable trick-rider, famous for his aggressive manner in the ring (which he also displayed in private life), and which got him a nicknam
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  • ==Clowns, Animal Trainers== ...4-1916), who became iconic figures of the Russian circus before and during the Soviet regime, originated one of Russia’s most important circus dynasties
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  • ...resident circuses in Moscow, [[Circus Nikulin]] on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, and the [[Bolshoi Circus]] (''bolshoi'' means ''big'', in Russian) on Vernadsky Ave ...ion of the Muscovites, who always took exception to the influence of Peter The Great’s Baltic capital.
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  • ...million worldwide, which arguably makes theirs the most widely seen act in the history of Magic. ...s—and by the Soviet gossipmongers, who showed a tabloid interest for the peculiar intricacies of their multiple marriages, notably Igor’s matrimon
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  • ...vies, and even popular songs. Its history is also closely intertwined with the life of its three historic directors: Louis Fernando, [[Geronimo Medrano]], ...drano’s reign in January 1963 was an event attended by the Tout-Paris of the arts, and its demolition in December 1973 caused a massive uproar that even
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  • ...ecialists, but they also have been among the world’s very best—and the productions of their magnificent acts remain unequaled. ...latov (1873-1956)—the father of the legendary Russian bear trainer [[The Filatov Familt|Valentin Filatov]], and scion of an old family of itinerant
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  • ..., his traveling equipment, which he conceived, was extremely innovative at the time and would inspire some of his competitors' way of touring. Palisse was ===The Clown Palisse===
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