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• Cesare Togni
  ==Circus Owner and Performer== ...a beloved circus director who made his mark on the history of the Italian and European circus.
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• Sophie and Virgile
  ...to five days a week. Eventually she decided to pursue a career as a circus artist. She auditioned for, and was accepted by, the French state circus college, the [[Centre National des
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• Elena Panova
  ...sensation that triggered the creation of a string of new swinging trapeze acts in a similar style, notably in Canada. ...er parents had nothing to do with the circus: they came from peasant stock and both worked in a local factory.
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• The Knie Dynasty
  ...n years old, the young Friedrich left his studies without a second thought and went on to roam the country with a small company of traveling performers. ...ich abducted the object of his flame on a night of lightnings and thunder, and the two lovers got married that same year.
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• Oleg Izossimov
  ...asse in a circus performance, and he was so impressed that he decided then and there that this was what he would do. He would never forget Kasse's act. ...he celebrated "Moscow Circus School". He was refused three years in a row, and was finally accepted in 1986—in the nick of time, since 21 was the ag
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• Roby Gasser
  ...rteen, Roby was in charge of the technical aspects of the show—sound and lighting. ...a true comedy act involving in parts of equal importance both the animals and their trainer.
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• Circus Nikulin
  ...s Ciniselli]] in St. Petersburg, Russia’s oldest circus, is another one. And in Moscow, there is Circus Nikulin—"the Old Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulev ...eded for their reconstruction. Yet, for the Muscovites, they have been one and the same—their circus, just wearing different coats.
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• David Larible
  ...t appearances in Russia and Eastern Europe. His is by far the most famous (and most copied) circus clown in the world. ...re with new trends such as the Russian lyrical interpretation of clowning, and the street-rooted audience participation that appeared in Europe in the ear
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• Gunther Gebel-Williams
  ...ly talented and charismatic performer, he was also, for circus enthusiasts and circus professionals around the world, one of the greatest animal trainers ...local bars. Needless to say, Gunther's early childhood was far from happy, and the advent of World War II would further tear apart his already dysfunction
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• Charly Baumann
  ...in, Germany, on September 14, 1928, in a family connected to show business and animals, albeit not to the circus: Heinz’s father was a movie stuntman wh ...ther was interned in Ravensbrück, and Heinz was sent to a Nazi orphanage, and then to work on a farm.
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• Kuznetsov Troupe
  ...hort-lived. It was dissolved in 1997, after just a few years of existence, and not long after winning a Gold Medal at the [[Festival Mondial du Cirque de ...tate College for Circus and Variety Arts (Moscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]]—the famous Moscow Circus School.
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• Ursula Böttcher
  ''By Dominique Jando and Christian Hamel'' ...ntually chose to present, and which made her a circus star all over Europe and in the United States.
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• The Indian Circus
  ...ucted or bought and forced into bondage, training in horrifying conditions and performing to enrich their "owner"—the circus proprietor—have s ...d to the dubious reputation of an industry that is often seen as marginal, and not well adapted to the modern world. Today (2010), the traditional Indian
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• Angel Cristo
  ...onality, although in spite of his holy-sounding name, he fame as an artist and a circus director was eventually tainted by notoriety. He was born Angel Cr ...s brother, Miro, was the father of the legendary aerialist [[Miss Mara]], and of the wire dancer [[Tonito]]. Angel’s mother, Margareta Dordi, had perfo
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• Johnny Hutch
  ...sic halls and circuses, but he also became universally famous, in 1988-89 (and for years thereafter on reruns), as a sidekick of comedian Benny Hill in Th ...Johnny was rather short for his age (in adulthood, he was five feet tall), and the jobs available around were not for him. So, his father suggested that J
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• Les Bario
  ...which included their uncle Dario (Dario Meschi, 1880-1962), their father, and a third partner that changed over the years: [[Félix Gontard]], [[Rhum]], ...ourteen, Nello began to develop a threadlike hobo character named Siméon, and embarked in earnest on his clown apprenticeship, while Freddy, dressed as a
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• The Samwell Family
  ...Philip Astley]], [[Charles Hughes]], [[Andrew Ducrow]], [[George Sanger]], and other luminaries of the British circus, they still hold an important place ...ing for their line of work, and the Samwells turned into circus performers and entrepreneurs, thus establishing one of the very first circus dynasties.''
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• Crystalle
  ...nthroposophy, her 
younger sister became an artist and costume designer, and her brother, a scientist: An interesting family mix. ...er, 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 move
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• Les Frères Taquin
  ...ime technique of Olivier Taquin, serving an act that has become a classic, and has often been copied but—as the saying goes—never equaled. ...ith his pupils. His instructors thought he had good dispositions for mime, and suggested he furthered his training in that discipline.
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• Camilla Mayer
  ...1934. Fearless and talented, she soon became the troupe's star attraction, and Camilio gave her as a "nom-de-scène" not only his family name, but also hi ...in Stedten an der Ilm (near Weimar in Germany); Annemarie became his wife and she performed with him around the world as Camilla Mayer from 1946 to 1961.
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