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  • ...d Vasily Vasilievich Milva (1884-1962), a hand-balancer, who later trained animals for his brother-in-law, Anatoly Durov. She died in Odessa. ...tner in his mnemonic act. Upon Anatoly’s death, she performed with small animals, before becoming the custodian of the Durov House (Anatoly Durov's former h
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  • ...née Geuder, ran a small traveling menagerie where Karolina presented wild animals as Miss Hélia. Jakob began his career as a strongman. In 1903, at age twen ...tory, ''From the Equator to the Pole'', which included all sorts of exotic animals, and a polar tableau with penguins, sea lions, and a couple of ice skaters.
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  • Franz Althoff and Carola Williams lost most of their circus equipment and animals in the chaos that preceded the end of WWII. Nonetheless, Harry and Carola W For the 1950-51 Christmas season, the Williamses and their animals were hired by [[Tom Arnold]] for his annual circus production at the [[Harr
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  • ...legance, his gentle methods of training, the genuine love he showed to his animals, and the unforgettable beauty and originality of his presentations, which w [[File:Fritz_Schulz_-_Court_Act.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Alfred Court's Mixed Animal Group at the Tower Circus in 1939]]In 1938 Jean Houcke took the leas
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  • ...azz, nightclub elegance, showgirls in attractive (and scant) costumes, all mixed in a vaguely art-déco visual concept. Bolshoi Theatre’s Vadim Ryindin, o ...oyed more than 5000 performers and technicians, and took care of countless animals—figures that would increase in the following decade. They gave thousa
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  • ...rd acts were (and remained) much less common than tigers, lions, and mixed animals acts, and Fredo Beautour’s act soon became in high demand. He left the fa
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  • ...h;in white face in the manner popular at the time—working with small animals. In 1892, he adopted the exotic stage name of "Giovanni Sarrasani", for whi ...the huge traveling menagerie filled with an extensive collection of exotic animals, all that made indeed a strong impression on the European public. It also i
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  • Jenny Videbel, mixed animals liberty act, in the [[Big Apple Circus]] production of ''Metamorphosis'' (2
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  • ...order. He was fourth generation of a circus family of Alsatian and Italian mixed origins. His father was [[The Gruss Dynasty|Théophile André Gruss]], bett ...to arcane changes of the French legislation regarding the presentation of animals—even though nothing could be reproached to the way the Grusses' took
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  • ...eo: [[Kornilova_and_Valiev_Video_(2016)|Aleksandr Valiev & Olga Kornilova, mixed animal act]], at Circus Nikulin in Moscow (2016) ..., Aleksandr]][[Category:Exotic Animals|Valiev, Aleksandr]][[Category:Mixed Animals Acts|Valiev, Aleksandr]]
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  • ...job. After having acquired enough experience caring for the menagerie’s animals, he finally made his public debut as a trainer in 1929 with a group that in At a time when Russian elephant acts included only one or two animals, Kornilov’s four elephants looked like a herd! This effect was amplified
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  • ...ir own. Traveling with just two horses and a wagon, they didn’t have any animals but exhibited "Two African Dancing Savages" (who could have been two peasan ...l accident, Carl senior had forbidden his younger son to perform with wild animals.
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  • ...József]][[Category:Mixed Animals Acts|Richter, József]][[Category:Exotic Animals|Richter, József]][[Category:Elephant Acts|Richter, József]]
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  • ...Merrylu]][[Category:Mixed Animals Acts|Richter, Merrylu]][[Category:Exotic Animals|Richter, Merrylu]][[Category:Elephant Acts|Richter, Merrylu]]
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  • * Video: [[Weidmanns_Video_(1965)|The Weidmanns, mixed animal act]], at Paris's Cirque d'Hiver (1965) ...eidmanns, The]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Weidmanns, The]][[Category:Mixed Animals Acts|Weidmanns, The]]
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  • ...articularly interested in the circus as such, but he was fascinated by its animals. The process of training them would become his passion. ...—presented the act. At that time, Wim also took care of all sorts of animals.
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  • ...nization honored him for the exemplary care and housing he provided to his animals. In 2016, Jürg was diagnosed with cancer. He passed away three years later * Video: [[Jurg_Jenny_Video_(1993)|Jürg Jenny, mixed animals cage act]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (1993)
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  • ...Evgenniy]][[Category:Conedy Acts|Shmarlovskiy, Evgenniy]][[Category:Mixed Animals Acts|Shmarlovskiy, Evgenniy]]
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  • ...] in Paris. Franz took care of the circus’s technical aspects and of its animals, while Carola oversaw the administration. ...es and their menagerie included four elephants, a hippo and various exotic animals. [[August Molker]] joined the show with one of Hagenbeck's finest tiger act
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  • ...us experience, Haze’s stage show became ''The Circus of Horrors'', which mixed rock-n-roll and circus acts in a goth and sometimes gory atmosphere. ...ed for tax evasion. By then, he had become convinced that circus with wild animals in Britain had no future: Constantly badgered by animal activists, he had s
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