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  • ...Bundaberg, Queensland, in Australia, the daughter of John Edward Zinga, a circus artist from Mauritius (an island nation off the southwest coast of Africa) ...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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  • Over many years, Norman Barrett has become the most loved and best known circus personality in Great Britain—regarded as "The World’s Greatest Ring ===Barrett’s Canadian Circus===
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  • ...ed period of forty years, from 1939 through 1979, at Blackpool’s [[Tower Circus]], of which he became the undisputed star and, without a doubt, the most po ...an old French circus family of Italian origins—like so many ancient circus families anywhere else in the world. As for [[Jean-Marie Cairoli]] (1879-1
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  • ...rée, in the European TV show ''La Piste des Clowns'', filmed at the Royal Circus in Stockholm, Sweden (1977)
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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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  • [[File:Circus_Gymnasticus_1815.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The Circus Gymnasticus on the Prater (1815)]] ...ristoph de Bach]] (1768-1834), who had settled in Austria around 1805. The Circus Gymnasticus’s elegant building was erected in 1808 on the Prater—th
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  • * Robert Aylwin, ''The Bertram Mills Book Of The Circus'' (London, Naldrett, 1954) * Cyril Bertram Mills, ''Bertram Mills Circus — Its Story'' (London, Hutchinson, 1967; paperback reprint published
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  • ...immediately signed for a tour in the United Kingdom, whose highlight was a Royal Command Performance for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. ...pe, where he played the Moulin Rouge and [[Cirque Medrano]] in Paris and [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland, among many other venues, and toured with the ice sho
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  • ...Japanese descent, she was born in New York City in 1929, into a family of circus performers. Her parents, Eizo and Rui Yokoi, were acrobats on unicycle and ..., [[Cirkus Berny]] in Norway, [[Cirkus Schumann]] in Denmark and Sweden, [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland (in 1959 and 1975), among others. In variety, she was
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  • ...and when he was about thirteen years old, Miguel "ran away and joined the circus," as they say. ...eras, with Miguel as their main flyer, participated in the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in 1977.
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  • ==Acrobat, Circus Owner== ...pted England. Yet, this highly respected artist and impresario came to the circus quite by accident, and in very unusual circumstances.
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  • ...-minute show that included comedy, mime, and juggling, called ''Duo Ramsch Royal''. But he knew he still had a lot to learn: He had read books by the worldâ ...and the troupe would have a significant aesthetical influence on the "New Circus" movement.
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  • ...ow ''La Pista dei Clowns'', filmed at the [[Royal Circus (Stockholm)|Royal Circus]] in Stockholm (1977)
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  • ...e (excerpts), in the TV show ''La Pista dei Clowns'', filmed at the Royal Circus in Stockholm (1977)
    328 B (47 words) - 02:33, 24 August 2013
  • ...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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  • ...by Faye Moses (who was to marry [[Hugo Zacchini]]). Faye had trained in a circus program that existed then at Florida State University in Tallahassee, and s ...for Terry, the diminutive of her second name, Teresa.) She worked in every circus discipline, on the ground and in the air, including tumbling and high wire.
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  • File:Flying Cavarettas in Windsor (1977).jpg
    ...eet Queen Elizabeth II at a Royal Command performance with [[Billy Smart's Circus]] in Windsor for the Queen's Silver Jubilee. Terry, Jimmy and Moe Cavaretta
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  • ...a Schumann]]), in the TV show ''La Piste des Clowns'', filmed at the Royal Circus in Stockholm (1977)
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  • ...iners of his generation. Although he came from a well-established European circus family, he spent most of his career on stage in the United States, working ...enda, was the son of Antonin and Ingebord Vinicky. His father was a famous circus equestrian known in the business as [[Toni Smaha]] (1908-1986), and his mo
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  • ...Gerry Troupe was one of the most successful high wire acts on the European circus scene in the late forties, fifties, and early sixties. Starting in 1945, th ...ertram Mills Circus]] at Olympia and the [[Harringay Circus]] in London; [[Circus Strassburger]] in Holland. They also appeared outdoors in several amusement
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