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In the 1960s and 1970s, Lilly Yokoi was considered the world's greatest acrobat on bicycle. Her act was indeed technically outstanding, and the ease with which she performed it, her grace, and her unmatched elegance have survived the test of time. Even today, her act can be regarded as the greatest solo bicycle act that ever was—and it is universally acknowledged as such by all those who were lucky enough to see her perform. Although of Japanese descent, she was born in New York City in 1929, into a family of circus performers. Her parents, Eizo and Rui Yokoi, were acrobats on unicycle and bicycle who went to work in the United States in the 1920s. They had trained their four daughters, Mary, Lilly, Olga (Akimo), and Kimiko (Kimi, 1939-1990), and their son, George, in their craft. The four girls reached a remarkable technical level in bicycle acrobatics, doing tricks rarely or never seen in their time with an uncanny facility. The children worked together with their parents in a bicycle and unicycle act billed as ''The Yokoi Family''. Then, the act was featuring the four Yokoi Sisters.... ([[Lilly Yokoi|more...]])
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The Circus-Theater Albert Schumann (also known as ''Circus Schumann'', and later, ''Schumann Theater'') stood in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from 1905 to 1944. It was located near the Hauptbahnhof (the main train station), at the center of the city, occupying the block between Taunusstrasse, Kaiserstrasse, Wesserstrasse and Elbstrasse. What had remained of the building after the massive Allied bombing of March 1944 was demolished in 1960, and an important part of Frankfurt’s rich cultural history went up in smoke with it. The building had been established by the great German equestrian and circus director Albert Schumann (1858-1939), who had already taken over the old Zirkus Renz in Berlin, and had built another ''Circus Albert Schumann'' in Vienna. Schumann had already erected a temporary wooden structure in 1893 in Frankfurt, in the same location, which was then in a largely undeveloped area; the success of the shows he gave there encouraged him to construct a permanent building on the site of his temporary structure.... ([[Circus Schumann (Frankfurt)|more...]])
  
 
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CIRCUS SCHUMANN (FRANKFURT)

The Circus-Theater Albert Schumann (also known as Circus Schumann, and later, Schumann Theater) stood in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from 1905 to 1944. It was located near the Hauptbahnhof (the main train station), at the center of the city, occupying the block between Taunusstrasse, Kaiserstrasse, Wesserstrasse and Elbstrasse. What had remained of the building after the massive Allied bombing of March 1944 was demolished in 1960, and an important part of Frankfurt’s rich cultural history went up in smoke with it. The building had been established by the great German equestrian and circus director Albert Schumann (1858-1939), who had already taken over the old Zirkus Renz in Berlin, and had built another Circus Albert Schumann in Vienna. Schumann had already erected a temporary wooden structure in 1893 in Frankfurt, in the same location, which was then in a largely undeveloped area; the success of the shows he gave there encouraged him to construct a permanent building on the site of his temporary structure.... (more...)

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