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• New York Circuses
  ...e end of the eighteenth century (see ''[[Short History of the Circus]]''), circus performances were originally presented in buildings, either permanent struc ...ofitable, and they quickly prevailed: From roughly 1870 to 1930, they made circus the most popular performing art in America.
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• Philip Astley
  ==Circus Owner, Equestrian== Philip Astley (1742-1814) is considered the creator of the modern circus. It has been widely said that he was be born January 8, 1742 in Newcastle-u
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• Cirque d'Hiver
  ...e world’s oldest extant circus building. It is also the world’s oldest circus still in activity: It opened its doors in 1852. Its address, at 110 rue Ame ...e (Paris)|Cirque Olympique]], located some five hundred yards from his new circus, on the portion of the Boulevard du Temple that disappeared in 1862, during
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• Giuseppe Chiarini
  [[File:Chiarini_Utagawa_Masanobu.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Chiarini's Circus in Japan (1886)]] ==Equestrian, Circus Entrepreneur==
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• Sarah Schwarz
  ...vacations training in circus arts, and performing on tour with the circus. Circus quickly became Sarah’s true passion. ...avant-garde [[Cirque de Barbarie]], at [[Circo da Madrugada]] in Brazil, [[Circus Roncalli]] in Germany, and Berlin’s WinterGarten varieté, among other ve
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• Russia's First National Circus
  ...n [[Alessandro Guerra]] and his troupe gave their first performance in the circus they had just built on the old Place des Manèges—the "merry-go-round ...ian states and the Austrian Empire under the name ''Circo Romano'' ("Roman Circus"). After the death of his father-in-law, Guerra engaged into a bitter rival
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• The Nikitin Brothers
  [[File:Circus_Nikitin_in_Moscow.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Circus Nikitin in Moscow (c.1915)]] ==Circus Entrepreneurs==
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• Circus Gymnasticus
  ===The "Circus im Prater"=== ...ristoph de Bach]] (1768-1834), who had settled in Austria around 1805. The Circus Gymnasticus’s elegant building was erected in 1808 on the Prater—th
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• SHORT HISTORY OF THE CIRCUS
  ...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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• The Circuses Of Moscow
  ...ses in Moscow, [[Circus Nikulin]] on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, and the [[Bolshoi Circus]] (''bolshoi'' means ''big'', in Russian) on Vernadsky Avenue—and the ...Ciniselli (St. Petersburg)|Circus Ciniselli]] stands today. Tourniaire’s circus had only a short existence: it was bought back by the government of St. Pet
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• Cirque Medrano (Paris)
  ...rque Medrano holds a singular place in the Parisian cultural fabric and in circus history. From its beginnings as Cirque Fernando, in 1873, until the end of ...into genuine circus stars; appearing in its ring was a recognition for any circus artist. Its last performance under Jérôme Medrano’s reign in January 19
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• Circopedia Books
  * '''''Philip Astley & The Horsemen who invented the Circus''''', by [[Dominique Jando]] (2018) ...ish Hussars regiment created the most universal form of entertainment, the Circus. It was not a chance occurrence: the place, the times and the social contex
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• Baptiste Loisset
  ==Equestrian, Circus Owner and Director== ...urope’s greatest equestrians and circus directors, a major figure in the circus world. He was one of the first horsemen to perform a somersault on horsebac
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• The Franconi Dynasty
  ==Equestrians, Circus Owners== File:Carle_Vernet_Laurent_Franconi.jpg|Laurent Franconi (c.1800)
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• Nouveau Cirque (Paris)
  ...d, for that matter, of Europe. For many years, it was the High Society’s circus of choice. Its relatively small size gave it warmth and intimacy (it was so ...irque d’Hiver]], completely refurbished, returned to the presentation of circus shows after a rather futile hiatus as a movie-house and theater; the [[Cirq
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• Alessandro Guerra
  ==Equestrian, Circus Entrepreneur== ...the nickname of "Il Furioso," he was also a versatile performer, a gifted circus director, a pioneer who managed a very talented company and traveled with i
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• Cirque Medrano (Paris)/fr
  ...ucoup plus grand (et qui était alors passé sous la direction de [[Victor Franconi]]). L'étroit promenoir périphérique courait juste derrière les Troisiè ...présent ce qui distinguait le Cirque Fernando du [[Cirque d'Hiver]] des Franconi, plus axé sur le cirque équestre ; à présent, Fernando devait faire fac
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• Nouveau Cirque (Paris)/fr
  ...il avait abrité le deuxième Cirque Olympique des [[The Franconi Dynasty|Franconi]], qui était situé de l'autre côté de l'ensemble, rue du Mont-Thabor. O
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• Virginie Kenebel
  ...rts, it was these ballerinas on horseback who truly defined the equestrian circus's Romantic period. Marie Virginie Kenebel was born into a circus family on April 23, 1819, in La Guillotière, a neighborhood of Lyon, in Fr
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