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  • ...y where the level of extreme poverty is still fairly high, a few traveling circus entrepreneurs may have resorted to methods that have fortunately vanished m [[File:Rambo_Circus_(2011).jpeg|thumb|right|375px|Rambo Circus (2011)]]
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  • [[File:Chiarini_Utagawa_Masanobu.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Chiarini's Circus in Japan (1886)]] ==Equestrian, Circus Entrepreneur==
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  • ...no (Freddy, 1922-1988) was born in Brussels on December 18, 1922. Like all circus children, the two sons of Manrico Meschi, known as Bario (1888-1974), and L In 1938, the Dario-Barios were in England, at Blackpool’s [[Tower Circus]]. Nello took advantage of the occasion to learn tap-dancing, of which Engl
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  • ...ey have been featured on the French television hit variety show, ''Le plus grand cabaret du monde'', and in the U.S., on ''The Late Show with David Letterma ...award by ''Gaming Today''. In 2009, they were featured in the [[Big Apple Circus]] of ''Bello Is Back!''
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  • ...side, and his father had worked on the fairgrounds. Freddy Ross created [[Circus Rosaire]] in England in 1904. David began working in the ring at age five, and received a complete circus education within his family, from horsemanship and tumbling to juggling and
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  • ..."stone theatre"). The Kamennyi was also known as the Bolshoi Theatre (the "grand" theatre), and like its homonym in Moscow, it housed the Imperial Ballet an ...in Rimini, Italy, Guerra (1782-1862) had started his career at Vienna's [[Circus Gymnasticus]], under the management of the Latvian equestrian [[Christoph d
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  • ==Circus Owner and Director== ...unced the "Death of Britain’s Nº 1 Showman" and the "King of the Modern Circus," indicating the unrivalled position in which the showman was revered.
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  • ...a hand-to-hand balancing act with his father. Later, while rehearsing at [[Circus Nikulin]]’s training studio, Yury discovered that Sergey had a natural ab ...ls, culminating with a Silver Elephant at [[Moscow’s International Youth Circus Festival]] in 2004.
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  • ...time, he worked on a hand-balancing act, which he eventually debuted at [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland in 1973. Later, Omar partnered with his sisters, Aïs ...] in Milano, Italy, and the Golden Artist Award the Enschede International Circus Festival in the Netherlands in 2001. Zaida was also proud to be the first f
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  • ==Singer, Actress, Clown, Circus Director, Circus Teacher== ...s school in 1975, which has become one of France’s major state-sponsored circus schools, the [[Académie Fratellini]].
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  • [[File:Circus_Nikitin_in_Moscow.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Circus Nikitin in Moscow (c.1915)]] ==Circus Entrepreneurs==
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  • ...continents, performing in the most prestigious venues of the international circus and variety scene. ...ry thorough and complete training within his family—like all Italian circus kids—became a solo contortionist, and occasionally appeared as a bare
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  • ...including three ''Prix du Président de la République''), [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo|Monte Carlo]] (two Gold Clowns), Italy and Sweden, ...c adagio for ''Swan Lake'' won them a Gold Clown at the 26th International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo in 2002.
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  • ...International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] and the First Prize and the Grand Prize at the [[Circuba Festival]] in Cuba (as of 2011). It also won a host ..._Dance"_Video_(2016)|''Fan dance'', head-balancing]], at the International Circus Festival of Figueres (2016)
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  • ...a and in Europe (including the French top-rated TV variety show, ''Le plus grand cabaret du monde''), in [[The Knie Dynasty|Rolf Knie]]’s ''Salto Natale'' * Video: [[Emile Carey Video 2001|Emile Carey, juggler]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Big Top Doo-Wop'' (2001)
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  • ...e of its famous name) with the legendary [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Parisian circus]]. ...sartelli family managed to become in just a few decades one of the largest circus families in Europe; it counts today about one hundred members.
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  • ...hich Delaume, who served as a Major in the French Cavalry, was killed. The circus had to cease its activities for the duration. ...862-1937), the son of Joseph II, succeeded his father in 1891, and ran the circus in association with the equestrian [[Eugène Vasserot]], who became his son
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  • ...ave also appeared in the popular French television variety show, ''Le plus grand cabaret du monde''. ...dikovi_Sisters_Video_2007|Marina & Svetlana Tsodikovi, foot juggling]], at Circus Roncalli (2007)
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  • ..._Animals_BAC_Video_2010|Jenny Vidbel, mixed animals act]] in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Dance On!'' (2010) ...e_Horses_BAC_Video_2010|Jenny Vidbel, miniature horses]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Dance On!'' (2010)
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  • ...has produced five generations of funnymen, some of whom have become major circus stars in Spain as well as abroad: Pompoff y Thedy, arguably the greatest Sp ...05, and her family had been playing the fairgrounds long before the modern circus was created by [[Philip Astley]] in 1770. Gabriel and Virginie had fifteen
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