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[[Image:Crystalle_Cryzta.jpg|thumb|60px|right]]Cryzta Bobbe (Crystalle) was born in Hildesheim, southwest of Hanover, in north Germany. Her family was not involved in showbusiness, but there was an obvious artistic and creative streak on her mother side. Her father was an architect, her older sister went on to teach anthroposophy, her 
younger sister became an artist and costume designer, and her brother, a scientist: An interesting family mix. Cryzta began training in gymnastics at age four, and at age nine, she started taking ballet classes. She thought her first ballet teacher, Gabriella Hogendorf, was by far the most beautiful woman in town—and she still wonders if this was because of her looks or the grace of her movements. But she was a major influence in the future Crystalle's sense of aesthetics. ... ([[Crystalle|more...]])
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Dora Rogge was born in October 1933 in Germany to a well-known circus family; her grandmother was Leopoldine Lange (1873-1956), and her cousins were the celebrated Mascotts sisters. Dora began performing in the ring at age six with her sisters, Gerda and Vera. In time, the three Rogge Sisters developed a rolling globe act in which they ascended narrow inclined ramps to reach a set of elevated platforms. It eventually became one of Europe’s most celebrated numbers of the genre: The Rogge Sisters had revived a specialty that had not been seen for a long time in the circus—and their act was subsequently widely copied by other artistes. ([[Rogana|more...]])

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An index of Arists and Acts featured on Circopedia.

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Dora Rogge was born in October 1933 in Germany to a well-known circus family; her grandmother was Leopoldine Lange (1873-1956), and her cousins were the celebrated Mascotts sisters. Dora began performing in the ring at age six with her sisters, Gerda and Vera. In time, the three Rogge Sisters developed a rolling globe act in which they ascended narrow inclined ramps to reach a set of elevated platforms. It eventually became one of Europe’s most celebrated numbers of the genre: The Rogge Sisters had revived a specialty that had not been seen for a long time in the circus—and their act was subsequently widely copied by other artistes. (more...)

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