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[[Image:Chiarini_Chikanobu.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Chiarini's Circus in Japan (1886)]]Giuseppe Chiarini (1823-1897) was perhaps the most influential circus director of the nineteenth century: During a professional career that spanned fifty-eight years, his extensive and incessant international tours led him from Europe to North and South America, to India and Asia, and down to Australia. In many places that had not yet been exposed to the circus, Chiarini’s Circus was the first circus the locals ever saw—and this exposure sometimes triggered there the creation of an indigenous circus inspired by Chiarini’s shows. Over the years, Chiarini performed for Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, Emperors Maximilian I of Mexico, Dom Pedro of Brazil, Mitsuhito of Japan, King Rama V of Siam, an assortment of Indian Rajahs, and for various government officials and politicians. His Royal Italian Circus—which could become Royal Spanish Circus when needed—was in fact an American enterprise based in California. A true circus man, Chiarini was indubitably a citizen of the world. ([[Giuseppe Chiarini|more...]])
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Reggie Armor (1929-2010) was one of the great flyers of the 1960s and 1970s, a triple somersaulter at a time when only a few flying trapeze artists were able to master the triple somersault from the fly-bar to the catcher. He later created an aerial thrill act until his retirement in 1978, due to an accident during a performance. Reginald C. Armor was born October 25, 1929 in Los Angeles, California, to a family that had no connection with the circus world. In his teens, young Reggie learned acrobatics on the famous "Muscle Beach" at Santa Monica, California and decided to make a living as an acrobat. He first joined the Dewayne Troupe, with which he worked in both a teeterboard act and a risley act, and then participated in a few other acrobatic acts. ([[Reggie Armor|more...]])
  
 
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Revision as of 18:24, 1 July 2010

Welcome to Circopedia,
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inspired and funded by the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation.

In the Spotlight

REGGIE ARMOR

Reggie Armor (1929-2010) was one of the great flyers of the 1960s and 1970s, a triple somersaulter at a time when only a few 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) artists were able to master the triple somersault from the fly-barOn a flying trapeze rig, the swinging trapeze used by the flyer (as opposed to the trapeze used by the catcher). to the catcherIn an acrobatic or a flying act, the person whose role is to catch acrobats that have been propelled in the air.. He later created an aerial thrill actA spectacular act that focuses on the display of danger, whether real or staged. until his retirement in 1978, due to an accident during a performance. Reginald C. Armor was born October 25, 1929 in Los Angeles, California, to a family that had no connection with the circus world. In his teens, young Reggie learned acrobatics on the famous "Muscle Beach" at Santa Monica, California and decided to make a living as an acrobat. He first joined the Dewayne Troupe, with which he worked in both a teeterboardA seesaw made of wood, or fiberglass poles tied together, which is used to propel acrobats in the air. act and a risley act, and then participated in a few other acrobatic acts. (more...)

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