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  • ...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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  • ==Circus Owner, Equestrian== Philip Astley (1742-1814) is considered the creator of the modern circus. He was born January 8, 1742 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the West Midlands,
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  • ==Cirque Napoléon, Cirque National, Cirque d'Hiver== ...opens onto the Boulevard du Temple through the small Place Pasdeloup: The Cirque d’Hiver is therefore quite noticeable, practically "on the Boulevards."
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  • [[File:Chiarini_Utagawa_Masanobu.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Chiarini's Circus in Japan (1886)]] ==Equestrian, Circus Entrepreneur==
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  • ...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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  • ...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 ===Guerra’s Cirque Olympique===
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  • [[File:Circus_Nikitin_in_Moscow.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Circus Nikitin in Moscow (c.1915)]] ==Circus Entrepreneurs==
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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...the Parisian cultural fabric and in circus history. From its beginnings as Cirque Fernando, in 1873, until the end of [[Jérôme Medrano]]’s management in ...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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  • ==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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  • ...it was sometimes referred to as a "bonbonniere"), but in time, the Nouveau Cirque’s limited capacity made it difficult to manage. It began to lose its prom ...use whose rich and often glorious life had lasted forty years, the Nouveau Cirque finally called it quits.
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  • ==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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  • {{Languages|Cirque Medrano (Paris)}} ...l de Paris et dans l'histoire du cirque. Depuis ses débuts sous le nom de Cirque Fernando en 1873 jusqu’à la fin de la direction de Jérôme Medrano en 1
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  • {{Languages|Nouveau Cirque (Paris)}} ...ançaise—et même d'Europe. Pendant de nombreuses années, ce fut le cirque de prédilection de la haute société. Sa taille relativement petite lui c
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