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• Viktor Tikhonov
  ...followed in his father’s footsteps and matched his accomplishments with great success. Viktor Tikhonov also mentored the Russian animal trainer [[Larissa ...|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in 1927 to provide the Soviet circus with a new generation of native performers.
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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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• James Washington Myers
  ==Equestrian, Acrobat, Clown, Circus Owner== ...created there toured extensively, and where he even established a resident circus in Paris.
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• Circus Williams
  ==Carola Williams And Her Circus== ...he Althoff Dynasty|Althoffs]], she ran from 1945 to 1968 a very successful circus, which presented elegant shows with excellent artists and outstanding eques
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• Gilbert Houcke
  ...have made his one of the great names of the twentieth century’s European circus. ...]], a French equestrian who had settled in Sweden, where he originated his circus dynasty in the 19th century.
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• Walter Houc
  ...enough, Ernst would give him a solid "rap" on the head. Indeed, like many circus performers of his generation, Walter felt that life was tough for him as a ...t away. Berlin’s legendary Wintergarten Theater was the epicenter of the European variety scene between the two World Wars, and the Haucks’ juggling act wa
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• George Carl
  ...r, an acrobat on trampoline, and a teeterboard acrobat (with the [[Tom Mix Circus]]), and even joined for a time the equestrian troupe of the legendary [[Poo ...ing in variety shows, which were more comfortable (and lucrative) than the circus.
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• Dalian Acrobatic Troupe
  The Chinese Acrobatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techn ...Cirque de Demain]] in Paris and a Silver Clown at the 23rd International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo. Its bicycle act won a Silver Medal at the 27th Fes
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• Menno Van Dyke
  ...du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris, and the Bronze Lion at the [[International Circus Festival of Wuqiao]] in China. ...Germany. In the United States, they have been featured in the [[Big Apple Circus]] 35th anniversary production of ''Legendarium'' in 2012-2013.
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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 ...of the Muscovites, who always took exception to the influence of Peter The Great’s Baltic capital.
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• Nikolai Pavlenko
  ...and the sheer artistry of his presentations make him indeed an outstanding circus artist. ...o, many great Russian animal trainers made their apprenticeship in the Zoo-Circus organization.
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• Tini Berman
  ...South Holland, in the Netherlands, to a family that was not related to the circus. As a young woman, Tini went on to work as a stenographer at the Dutch Defe ...the traditional winter season of [[Circus Strassburger]] in the legendary "circus-theater." The polar bears belonged to the Klant Zoo, created by [[Willy Hag
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• Unus
  ...s business, thanks notably to [[John Ringling North]], who made him a true circus star in the United States and, consequently, all over Europe. Unus was know ...aben, a small town in the northeast of Austria. Franz didn’t belong to a circus family: He began his professional life as a carpenter. Yet over the years,
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• Kio
  ..., where they performed extensively on international tours of the "[[Moscow Circus]]." Kio’s illusions had a unique particularity: they were created to be p ...more than their illustrious father, who was a bona fide star of the Soviet circus, Emil, Jr. and Igor became celebrities in their own right; they appeared on
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• Circus Sarrasani
  ...ntury, under a succession of owners of more or less legitimate lineage. In circus lore, Sarrasani is still a fabled name that evokes a history of epic propor ==HANS STOSCH’S CIRCUS SARRASANI==
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• Struppi Hanneford
  ==Aerialist, Acrobat, Animal Trainer, Circus Owner== ...ith her husband, [[The Hanneford Family|Tommy Hanneford]] (1927-2005). Her circus career, both as an artist and a producer, spanned the entire second half of
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• Gia Eradze
  ==Animal Trainer, Circus Producer== ...ome and abroad, and eventually propelled him to new heights in the Russian circus artistic hierarchy.
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• Cirque Prin
  ...|Joseph Bouglione]]’s second daughter, and Roland Prin were married with great pomp in Bordeaux—where the mighty Cirque Bouglione was performing&mda ...he smallest of the big circuses"). At the time of Roland’s marriage, the circus was managed by Gabriel Prin, along with his brothers Claude (known as Arsè
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• Arne Arnardo
  ==Circus Owner, Magician== ...its reputation and is still recognized today (2020) as Norway’s premier circus.
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• Foottit et Chocolat
  ...]. Yet, Foottit & Chocolat were instrumental in the development of classic European clowning during that period, and they still personify today this important ...1) was born on April 24, 1864 in Manchester, England, where his father’s circus was showing. His father’s real name has been said to be Tudor Hall (or Th
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