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• Uuve Jansson
  ...try that was hitherto increasingly waning—giving her act a wonderful and unique flavor while maintaining the highest technical standards. She has be ...son, was an actor and puppeteer who had also acted as a circus ringmaster, and her mother, Eva, worked in the city of Stockholm’s Cultural Department. E
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• Sergei Ignatov
  ...equestrian, and his father, Mikhail Ivanovich (1924-1967), had been a dog and monkey trainer. Sergei grew up in Moscow, in what was then the USSR, along ...ith her brother Aleksandr, a major star of the Soviet circus in the 1950's and 1960's.
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• Unus
  ...he man who stands on his forefinger," a feat he performed with outstanding and—to this day—unmatched showmanship. ...ears, he had developed a taste for acrobatics, and notably hand balancing, and he had a natural flair for performing. Soon, he realized that he could make
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• Kio
  ...ated to be performed exclusively in the ring. Together, Emil Kio, Igor Kio and Emil Kio, Jr. have performed for an estimated audience of 180 million world ...liar intricacies of their multiple marriages, notably Igor’s matrimonial and extra-marital adventures.
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• Circus Sarrasani
  ...asionally brought close to bankruptcy) by the larger-than-life personality and extravagant vision of its famous founder, Hans Stosch-Sarrasani. ...ues and admirers such as [[Jérôme Medrano]] and [[John Ringling North]], and even, four generations later, [[Bernhard Paul]].
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• Struppi Hanneford
  ...st and a producer, spanned the entire second half of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first. ...r. Yet at a very young age, Gertrude showed a keen interest for gymnastics and all things physical, which was strongly encouraged by her parents—in
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• Rose Gold
  ...nce and a charm that stirred unbridled enthusiasm among circus aficionados and journalists alike. ...in gymnastics. When Walt Disney released his animated movie, ''Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs'' in 1937, her father nicknamed Rosemarie, ''Snow White'':
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• Gia Eradze
  ...helped revive the creative image of the Russian circus at home and abroad, and eventually propelled him to new heights in the Russian circus artistic hier ...family with no connection whatsoever with the performing arts in general, and the circus in particular.
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• Arne Arnardo
  ...re folding its tents in 2015. Yet Cirkus Arnardo never lost its reputation and is still recognized today (2020) as Norway’s premier circus. ...Sarpsborg, on the southeastern tip of Norway, the son of Einar (1888-1967) and Elna (1895-1920) Andersen. His father was a lumberjack. At a very early age
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• Faltyny Family
  ...world. The Faltyny family’s real name is Faltynek (plural: Faltynkovi), and they trace their roots to an old circus family from South Moravia. Its stor ===The Faltynkovi and Cirkus Rozkvet===
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• Oleg Popov
  ...s own ''Moscow Circus''. Yet, his return to Russia in 2015, for the first (and short-lived) [[Master Festival]] in Sochi, became a national cultural event ...her in a dire financial state and, at age thirteen, he had to leave school and get a job to help her. He found a place as an apprentice mechanic in the pr
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• Yury Nikulin
  ...stitution into the modern age, and restoring its prominence on the Russian and European circus scenes at a critical moment in Russian history. ...ring the First World War to stay away from the combat zone. There, she met and married Vladimir Andreyevich.
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• Cirque Medrano (Paris)
  ...ife of its three historic directors: Louis Fernando, [[Geronimo Medrano]], and [[Jérôme Medrano]]. ...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 eventually led
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• Duo 2-Zen-O
  ...with [[Cirque du Soleil]]. He began developing his crossed-wheel in 2005, and joined forces in 2007 with Marie-Eve Bisson to create the Duo 2-Zen-O. ...wheel act, Jonathan and Marie-Eve also perform a Cyr wheel act (Jonathan), and a floor crossed-wheel act (Marie-Eve).
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• Kannan Bombayo
  ...dia. Still, his name holds a major place in Indian circus lore and legend, and in circus history in general: Not only was Kannan Bombayo incontestably the ...state of Kerala. His father, Eerayi Korumban, struggled as a small farmer, and was not connected with the circus. In India, children’s names are differe
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• Alexis Gruss, Jr
  ...s one of the greatest horse trainers of his time, both in the circus world and in equestrian circles. ...the Swiss border. He was fourth generation of a circus family of Alsatian and Italian mixed origins. His father was [[The Gruss Dynasty|Théophile André
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• Pierre Etaix
  ==Film Director, Playwright, Graphic Artist, Author, Clown== File:Le_Grand_Amour.jpeg|Pierre Etaix and Annie Fratellini in ''Le Grand Amour'' (1969)
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• Irina Bugrimova
  ...true legend of the Soviet circus. She had performed as a circus daredevil and a high-school rider before finding her true calling as a very successful li ...volution started that Irina, who was seven years old, began studying music and ballet at the Kharkov Opera studio.
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• The Pompeyo Family
  ...over the years as an acrobat, a flying trapeze artist, a high-wire walker, and an animal trainer—notably with a group of tigers. ...she fell on her back after doing a double somersault from the uneven bars, and spent one month in a hospital: Her father had to teach her to walk again. Y
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• Franz Czeisler (Tihany)
  ...in the international circus community, highly respected by his colleagues and the artists who had been lucky to work for him. ...as twelve years old when his father died in 1928; the Czeislers were poor, and young Ferenc had to find a job in order to help his family survive: He got
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