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  • ...who was born in Paris on December 2, 1923 when the family was working at [[Cirque Medrano]], soon showed a particular talent for music and a passion for clow ...them was [[Rolph Zavatta]] (who performed with the Rastellis at Paris’s Cirque Medrano in 1937). Zavatta would soon be replaced by José Gabastou.
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  • ...Game Boy'', with which he won a Bronze Medal at the [[Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris in 1995. He has since created another comedy act, ''Pi ...r Salomé, and Chamäleon in Berlin. He has also been featured at [[Circus Krone|Circus Kronebau]] in Munich, and with the [[Österreichischer National-Circ
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  • ...9, when Raimundo took him to see the colossal German circus [[Circus Krone|Krone]], which was visiting Bilbao. This visit triggered Arturo’s fascination w ...e for the audience, long before [[Circus Roncalli]], [[Circo Tihany]] or [[Cirque du Soleil]], and had a consistent themed decoration. Arturo Castilla had a
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  • ...had no connection (beside the use of its famous name) with the legendary [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Parisian circus]]. ...' and back. The latter title was designed to compete with that of [[Circus Krone]], the giant German circus, which often toured in Italy at the time. In Apr
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  • ...Cirque Bouglione]] in France; Paris’s [[Cirque d’Hiver]]; and [[Circus Krone]], [[Circus Barnum]] and [[Circus Willy Hagenbeck]] in Germany—among
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  • ...[[Sacha Houcke]] were long associated with such circuses as [[Circus Krone|Krone]] in Germany and [[The Knie Dynasty|Knie]] in Switzerland, and although he ...ircuses, including the [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Cirque Medrano]] and the [[Cirque d'Hiver]] in Paris, and three seasons with [[Circus Mullens]] in Holland.
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  • ...en Weppenaar, Freddy’s brother. Then, after a first season with circus [[Cirque Pinder|Pinder-Jean Richard]] in France, Freddy teamed-up with another group ...prestigious venues as [[Cirkus Benneweis]], [[Cikus Scott]], and [[Circus Krone]] in Munich. In 1980 Allen Weppenaar replaced catcher Naafi Louw, and the F
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  • ...s]] (Togni) in Italy; [[Circo Price]] in Madrid, [[Cirque Royal (Brussels)|Cirque Royal]] in Brussels; [[Bertram Mills Circus]] at Olympia and the [[Harringa
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  • The Häni family ran the ''Grand Cirque Bernois'' in Switzerland at the turn of 20th century; in the 1910s, it beca ...ppodrome" format. Julius Gleich was following in the footsteps of [[Circus Krone]], which, one year earlier, had adopted the American three-ring format. Gle
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  • ...till given in circus buildings; Sarrasani had its own building in Dresden, Krone in Münich, Hagenbeck in Stellingen, and Paris alone maintained four perman ...Jules Léotard]] (1838-70), presented at Paris's Cirque Napoléon (today [[Cirque d'Hiver]]) an act titled ''La Course aux Trapèzes'', in which he jumped fr
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  • ...circus and variety business. Yet if such giant circuses as [[Circus Krone|Krone]] and [[Circus Sarrasani|Sarrasani]] reached their apogee at that time, it ...in Nazi Germany. Yet whereas circus luminaries such as [[Circus Krone|Carl Krone]], [[Circus Sarrasani|Hans Stoch-Sarrasani, Jr.]], and Paula Busch, like ma
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  • ...orn during an engagement of his parents in his grandfather’s circus, the Cirque Alphonse Rancy, which was then showing in Grenoble, an important city south ...n act ''The Courier'' (or ''La Poste'') with nine horses in his father's ''Cirque des Cirques'' at the Grand Palais in Paris. Gilbert was good-looking (as we
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  • ...lso performed in circus, principally in buildings, such as circus [[Circus Krone|Kronebau]] in Munich. Live entertainment was flourishing then and the compe ...[[Kelvin Hall Circus]] in Glasgow, as well as the [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Cirque Medrano]] in Paris, the Tivoli in Copenhagen, and many other important venu
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  • ..., they also had for partner Claus Lehnert, who would later become [[Circus Krone]]’s operations manager. ...for his jockey act, during the Enders Brothers engagement with the ''Grand Cirque 57'', produced by [[Hibert de Malafosse]] and [[Jérôme Medrano]] at Paris
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  • ...n, Tini appeared with Knie’s lions at Paris’s [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Cirque Medrano]], where she was billed as Miss Tintye (the German spelling of her ...inally put an end to her career as a cat trainer. She remained with Circus Krone, though, where she worked for many years as Box Office Manager. Tini Berman
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  • ...istory of modern circus. His achievements influenced rivals such as [[Carl Krone]], colleagues and admirers such as [[Jérôme Medrano]] and [[John Ringling ...nageries into Europe’s largest tenting circuses: Charles ([[Circus Krone|Krone]]), [[Circus Barum|Barum]] (Kreiser), and [[The Hagenbeck Dynasty|Hagenbeck
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  • ...th contract with a solo trapeze act (her new act was not ready yet) at the Cirque Medrano, for the opening show of the 1945-46 season in September. ...g, in which they debuted their brand new act. (At the time, Medrano, the [[Cirque d’Hiver]] and Paris’s music-halls and cabarets, renewed their shows eve
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  • ...e Mikkenie-Strassburger’s featured acts at the [[Cirque Royal (Brussels)|Cirque Royal]] in Brussels. Then they went on to work with [[Cirkus Scott]] in Swe ...Oreste and Tamara had retired from performing, and went on to run [[Circus Krone]]’s food concessions and restaurant, a position they held for thirty-thre
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  • ...62 to 1965, Mendez & Seitz toured with Europe’s largest circus, [[Circus Krone]], followed by a tour with [[Cirkus Schumann]] in 1966. (While at Cirkus S ...broke a wrist and elbow, Gene Mendez joined the cast of [[Irvin Feld]]’s Cirque de Monte Carlo Spectacular, a one-ring show that toured the United States i
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  • ...roughout the years the standards of quality initiated by its founder, Carl Krone, as well as its original menagerie’s heritage. Its tours in many European ...e (1833-1900), then developed by his son, Carl Krone, Jr. (1870-1943), the Krone organization typically grew from a fairground menagerie to a giant circus,
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