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  • ...d in Italy, and was related to two other famous Italian circus families, [[The Canastrelli Family|Canestrelli]] and Larible. Gianni's uncle, [[Francesco " ...all sorts of balancing feats with teeterboard on the wire. For many years, the Feller Boys enjoyed a brilliant international career. Gianni, however, had
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  • ...the Ecole Nationale du Cirque (today the [[Académie Fratellini]], one of the western world's very first circus schools, which [[Annie Fratellini]] had j ...e, Africa, South America, and Asia. He was invited twice to participate in the [[International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo]], in 1990 (Tristan Rémy aw
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  • ...he 1970s), and the round-cupola, quarterpole-free "Florilegio" big top (in the 1990s). ...to be the granddaughter of a French nobleman who had fled to Italy during the French revolution.
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  • ==Knie: The Swiss National Circus== ...ng Friedrich left his studies without a second thought and went on to roam the country with a small company of traveling performers.
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  • == THE CIRCUS OF COPENHAGEN == ...Ernst Renz, a remarkable equestrian and director who had made a fortune in the circus business, had erected elegant and luxurious circus buildings of bric
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  • ...rn Europe. His is by far the most famous (and most copied) circus clown in the world. ...g, and the street-rooted audience participation that appeared in Europe in the early 1980s.
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  • ...tural Center—which was to encompass Alexis Gruss's circus as well as the first French professional circus school. ...an innate talent for clowning, undoubtedly inherited from his grandfather, the famous auguste [[André Gruss|Dédé Gruss]].
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  • ...e "King of the Modern Circus," indicating the unrivalled position in which the showman was revered. ...e to be the saviour of the British circus for his generation, and perhaps, the United Kingdom will never see another era in which this form of entertainme
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  • ...nd marketing, his foresight of the emerging sport arenas’ potential, and the pioneering of trans-national synergies between major European circuses. ...f Francisco Franco’s Spain, helped him build a conservative aesthetic of the circus as a celebration of diverse "national" identities, and as a tool for
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  • ...acetrack; the only common denominator between Roman and modern circuses is the word itself, ''circus'', which means in Latin as in English, "circle". ===Philip Astley: The Father Of The Modern Circus===
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  • ...ich were much ahead of their time, have made his one of the great names of the twentieth century’s European circus. ...trian who had settled in Sweden, where he originated his circus dynasty in the 19th century.
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  • ...s (Adi and Jakob, with Claus Lehnert), jockey act, at Circus [[The Althoff Dynasty|Adolf Althoff]], performing in [[Circus Carré]] in Amsterdam (1963) *Biography: [[The Enders Brothers]]
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  • ...(April 9, 1929, Alsdorf - March 3, 2004, Breinig) who became a clown under the name of Pipo; Willi (1932 - December 6, 1988); and Jakob, known as Jacomo o ...ined in acrobatics by Mohamed "Momo" Saharaoui Faroki, who was a member of the [[Ben Mohamed Troupe]], a Morrocan tumbling act, and by his uncle Adolf, wh
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  • ...al undertones, dominated (and occasionally brought close to bankruptcy) by the larger-than-life personality and extravagant vision of its famous founder, ...s—as well as innovative techniques that stand today as milestones in the history of modern circus. His achievements influenced rivals such as [[Carl
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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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  • ...lin in 1899—which remained active under Schumann’s ownership until the end of World War I. ...r’s sons Albert and Max, steadfastly preserved their family’s place in the equestrian circus’s firmament with exceptional brio.
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