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−	[[File:Miss_Fillis.jpg|right|90px]]Miss Fillis was one of the greatest trapeze artists of the first half of the twentieth century. Like many of her most talented colleagues of that era, she was endowed with a remarkable strength, which she had developed working in her father’s horizontal bar act. She is remembered as the first woman ever to hold a handstand on the trapeze bar, a feat that has been replicated only by one of her father’s students, Maryse Begary. Yet, Miss Fillis was in actuality the second woman to do so: The first had been her sister. Miss Fillis was born Aimée Marcoud in Paris in 1891. Her father was a famous gymnast on the horizontal bars, Nicolas Marcoud, of the Marcoud-Banola Troupe. The Marcoud-Banolas (Marcoud and the brothers Banola) had an act that was a mixture of flying act and horizontal bars: Nicolas flew from his bars to the hands of one of the Banola brothers, who worked as a catcher. Aimée made her professional debut at age ten in her father’s act—quite an arduous discipline to learn for a little girl.... ([[Miss Fillis|more...]])	+	[[File:Miss_Fillis.jpg|right|90px]]In the 1970s, triple-somersaulter Freddy Osler was the most famous and arguably the greatest flyer of what was known then as the South African school of flying trapeze—whose troupes had invaded the European circus scene. Born Frederick Weppenaar in South Africa, he learned to fly with Keith Osler Anderdson, a puppeteer and stage designer who had developed a passion for circus and flying trapeze. (In 1973, Keith Anderson would create the Hi-Fli Trapeze Training School at the YMCA in Observatory, Cape Town, which defined the South African school of flyers, and produced most of them.) Freddy Weppenaar debuted with the Flying Oslers in 1967, when the troupe got its first European engagement at the Hippodrome in Great Yarmouth, England. The act was then composed of Keith Anderson, Tommy Kieser, and Freddy Weppenaar, (flyers), and Mike Redpath (catcher). There were not many great flying acts in Europe at the time, and the Flying Oslers began an impressive career that led them to practically all the major European circuses of the period. ... ([[Freddy Osler|more...]])
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FREDDY OSLER

In the 1970s, triple-somersaulter Freddy Osler was the most famous and arguably the greatest flyerAn acrobat that is propelled in the air, either in a flying act, or in an acrobatic act (i.e. teeterboard). of what was known then as the South African school of flying trapezeAerial act in which an acrobat is propelled from a trapeze to a catcher, or to another trapeze. (See also: Short-distance Flying Trapeze)—whose troupes had invaded the European circus scene. Born Frederick Weppenaar in South Africa, he learned to fly with Keith Osler Anderdson, a puppeteer and stage designer who had developed a passion for circus and flying trapezeAerial act in which an acrobat is propelled from a trapeze to a catcher, or to another trapeze. (See also: Short-distance Flying Trapeze). (In 1973, Keith Anderson would create the Hi-Fli Trapeze Training School at the YMCA in Observatory, Cape Town, which defined the South African school of flyers, and produced most of them.) Freddy Weppenaar debuted with the Flying Oslers in 1967, when the troupe got its first European engagement at the Hippodrome in Great Yarmouth, England. The act was then composed of Keith Anderson, Tommy Kieser, and Freddy Weppenaar, (flyers), and Mike Redpath (catcherIn an acrobatic or a flying act, the person whose role is to catch acrobats that have been propelled in the air.). There were not many great flying acts in Europe at the time, and the Flying Oslers began an impressive career that led them to practically all the major European circuses of the period. ... (more...)

New Biographies

• The Charlivels, Acrobats
• Freddy Osler, Aerialist
• Paul Jung, Clown
• The Kurziamovi, Arialists
• Nadia Houcke, Equestrienne

New Videos

• Al Saheel, Equestrian Display (2011)
• The Charlivels, Acrobats (Part 1) (c.1965)
• The Charlivels, Acrobats (Part 2) (c.1965)
• The Flying Oslers, Flying Trapeze (1977)
• The Morenos, Russian Barre (1974)

Featured Oral Histories

• Alberto Zoppé, Equestrian - Interview (McCutcheon & Distasio, 2003)
• Olivier Taquin, Mime - Interview (Jando, 2008)
• Barry Lubin, Clown (Grandma) - Interview (Jando, 2008)
• Fumagalli, Clown - Interview (Jando, 2008)
• Kris Kremo, Juggler - Interview (Jando, 2007)

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Editor/Curator