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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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  • ...same in form—a mixture of foot juggling and risley act, which, over the years, has been increasingly interspersed with touches of comedy. ...Nona, their mother, was born [[The Bedinis|Bedini]], a celebrated Russian circus family of Italian origins.
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  • ...n reruns), as a sidekick of comedian Benny Hill in Thames Television’s ''The Benny Hill Show''. ...ny 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 Johnn
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  • ...ash;they had their fan club!—the Barios were also true innovators in the realm of clown comedy. ===The Dario-Bario Family===
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  • ...ith their parents, when the Cortes Troupe were contracted by [[Hoxie Bros. Circus]] to perform their high wire and flying trapeze acts. Young Robinson perfor ...rforming, Robinson replaced him as the catcher of the act, and Alex became the main flyer.
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  • ...er luminaries of the British circus, they still hold an important place in circus history.'' ...rcus performers and entrepreneurs, thus establishing one of the very first circus dynasties.''
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  • ...side, and his father had worked on the fairgrounds. Freddy Ross created [[Circus Rosaire]] in England in 1904. ...Rosaire Family|Linda]], and [[The Rosaire Family|Pamela]], who settled in the United States, are also famous animal trainers.
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  • ...their merry-go-rounds, but the presence of the theater had since redeemed the square's prestige, and Guerra found himself in ideal surroundings. .... Guerra was a remarkable trick-rider, famous for his aggressive manner in the ring (which he also displayed in private life), and which got him a nicknam
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  • ==Circus Owner and Director== ...e "King of the Modern Circus," indicating the unrivalled position in which the showman was revered.
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  • ==Circus Owner and Director== ...break for National Service in the Royal Air Force. After the Bertram Mills Circus closed down in 1967, he and Cyril Mills remained close friends.''
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  • ...sion, he hired aspiring young fighters in the cities and took them away to the bush to stand on his line-up boards to take on all and any challengers. ...rs, and a native of the island of St Thomas in the West Indies (now one of the Virgin Islands), and Julia Robertson, née Saunders, aged thirty-three year
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  • ...arizles ("Rill") Martin (1868-1948), an equestrienne and a sister of the [[The Wirth Family|Wirth brothers]], proprietors of one of Australia’s largest ...he "American fearless hurricane hurdle rider." Like the most ''adroit'' of circus performers, bareback riders in particular, May was short but strong. She g
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  • ...ve, and as these lines were written in 2011, showed no sign of retirement. The best comments ever made about this most charming man were written by Ken Do ===Barrett’s Canadian Circus===
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  • ...wer Circus]], of which he became the undisputed star and, without a doubt, the most popular attraction. ...rie Cairoli]] (1879-1956), Carletto’s father, he was born in Moissac, in the southwest of France, on April 9, 1879. He had began his career as a juggler
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  • ...rée, in the European TV show ''La Piste des Clowns'', filmed at the Royal Circus in Stockholm, Sweden (1977) * Biography: [[The Rastellis]]
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  • ...continents, performing in the most prestigious venues of the international circus and variety scene. ...peared as a bareback rider or an acrobat, according to what was needed for the show he was in, and sometimes as a clown.
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  • ...le:Circus_Gymnasticus_1815.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The Circus Gymnasticus on the Prater (1815)]] ...s Gymnasticus’s elegant building was erected in 1808 on the Prater—the old Imperial hunting ground that had become Vienna’s favorite park, and a
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  • * A. Stanley Williamson, ''On The Road With Bertram Mills'' (London, Chatto & Windus, 1937) * Robert Aylwin, ''The Bertram Mills Book Of The Circus'' (London, Naldrett, 1954)
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  • ...minton Federation in 1934—which was the result of a sudden craze for the game. ...immediately signed for a tour in the United Kingdom, whose highlight was a Royal Command Performance for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
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  • ...nce have survived the test of time. Even today, her act can be regarded as the greatest solo bicycle act that ever was—and it is universally acknowl ===The Yokoi Family===
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