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• Cirkus Kludsky
  ...ands, and two hundred wagons traveling by train were used to transport the circus equipment and house the personnel. ...I by Karel Kludský (Carl Kludsky, as he became known in the West-European circus business). From humble beginnings, Karel Kludský had managed to build one
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• Aniskin Troupe
  ...ailey]] in 2003-2004. Oleg's wife, Yana, also a graduate of Moscow's State Circus and Variety College, appeared with [[The Firebirds]]. ...d in Ankara, Turkey. In 2002, when they were featured with the [[Big Apple Circus]] in the United States, the troupe included Oleg Aniskin (principal catcher
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• Luisita Leers
  ...r mother, Gertrude, was a member of the [[Reichenback Family|Reichenbach]] circus family. A physically powerful woman, Gertrude acquired fame with an elegant ...lace, and a four-year contract with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus from 1928 through 1933. There, she occupied a center-ring position in a pro
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• File:Luisita Leers backlot.jpg Luisita Leers on the backlot at [[Ringing Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (c.1930) — ''Photo X'' (855 × 1,500 (264 KB)) - 21:00, 1 May 2017

• Clown College
  ==RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CLOWN COLLEGE== ...8 by [[Irvin Feld]], then co-owner of [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus]], with help from former Ringling clown and author/illustrator [[Bill Balla
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• Barry Lubin
  ...ith Lubin's beloved character. However, he would returned to the Big Apple Circus for an ultimate bow for its Lincoln Center revival season in 2017. ...f training, Barry graduated and was hired by [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]]: The college, which was in effect a training program for the show's Clown
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• The Svensons
  ...seback, which won her the Dame du Cirque award at the 1989 [[International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo]]. ...performed their acts all over Europe, notably at [[Circus Roncalli]] and [[Circus Krone]] in Germany and [[Cirkus Benneweis]] in Denmark, as well as on stage
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• New York Circuses
  ...e end of the eighteenth century (see ''[[Short History of the Circus]]''), circus performances were originally presented in buildings, either permanent struc ...ofitable, and they quickly prevailed: From roughly 1870 to 1930, they made circus the most popular performing art in America.
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• Valdis Yanovskis
  ...the [[State College for Circus and Variety Arts (Moscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in Moscow, where, under the tutelage of [[Tamara Babayan ...] from 1995-97, and appeared for the last time together at the [[Big Apple Circus]] in 1999, before parting ways.
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• Big Apple Circus
  ...cus Arts. Its enormous success soon put the school in the shadows, and the circus took over as the principal activity of the organization. It became one of t ...’s prestigious Lincoln Center for The Performing Arts. The new Big Apple Circus quickly abandoned its spring-summer tours of the northeast United States an
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• Paul Binder
  ==Juggler, Clown, Ringmaster, Circus Director== ...n after create the grassroots [[Pickle Family Circus]] and trigger the New Circus movement in the United States. Christensen and Pisoni, who had a comedy-jug
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• Miss Mara
  ...939, in Cartagena, where she performed a small trapeze act in her father's circus, Circo Florida. A very strong girl, both physically and psychologically, Ma ...Florida was performing. Three years later, when Miro Papadopoulos sold his circus to his brother, Cristóforo Cristo, Mara was free to strike out on her own.
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• Carrillo Brothers
  ...on of a vaquero, Pedro Carrillo was born in 1947 in Colombia. He began his circus career as a roustabout in traveling circuses. In his spare time, he practic ...Show On Earth''. That same year, they participated in the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]], where they became a sensation and won a Silver C
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• Wozniak Troupe
  ...graduation, they furthered their training at Moscow's [[State College for Circus and Variety Arts]], where Tady created his teeterboard act in 1975. His tr ...rsatile performers, Tady and Teresa Wozniak also appeared at the Big Apple Circus in a bareback riding act in 1984.
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• Flying Gaonas
  ...some legitimacy, the Flying Gaonas. And indeed, this has happened. To the circus world, however, there has been one and only one Flying Gaonas: the act in w Victor Gaona Murillo (1925-2016) was born to an old, prolific Mexican circus family that traces its roots to the Circo Gaona y León, created in 1891 by
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• Johnny Peers
  ...s skills as a natural comedian let him to join Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's [[Clown College]], where he graduated in 1969. He became a member of ''Th ...rcuses as [[Circus Krone]] in Germany, [[Circus Maximum]] in Sweden, and [[Circus Conelly]] in Switzerland.
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• Lou Jacobs
  ...hipyard. Until the outbreak of WWII, Germany was the epicenter of Europe's circus and variety shows, and Jacobs's parents created a song-and-dance act which ...d Davis, who had signed a contract with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for the 1925 season.
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• Dolly Jacobs
  ...(1903-1992), was for decades associated with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]], where he performed from 1925 to 1985. Her mother was born Jean Rockwell. ...orate costumes, and participating in ensemble aerial presentations. Jean's circus career was short-lived. On May 5, 1948, a few days after her debut at Madis
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• Ben Williams
  ...arkably gifted Indian Woodlands elephant that Buckles had purchased from a circus in 1951 when she was five years old. By then, Anna May was thirteen, and Be ...arship for the University of South Florida, but he chose to go back to the circus instead, and to continue working with elephants.
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• The Togni Family
  ==Circus Owners, Equestrians, Animal Trainers, Acrobats, Aerialists== ...toured in about thirty countries. The Tognis have also always excelled in circus engineering: they are credited with several technical innovations, includin
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• Pedro and Tatiana Carrillo
  ...|Pedro Carrillo]]. When he was eighteen, Pedro, Jr. began his professional circus career as a catcher for the [[Flying Españas]]. Two years later, he joined Tatiana Scetkovska was born in Dagupils, Latvia. She began training in circus acrobatics when she was thirteen, eventually becoming a hugely skilled hand
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• The Carrillos
  ...s|Pedro Carillo]]. When he was eighteen, Pedro, Jr. began his professional circus career as a catcher for the [[Flying Españas]]. Two years later, he joined Tatiana Scetkovska was born in Dagupils, Latvia. She began training in circus acrobatics when she was thirteen, eventually becoming a highly skilled hand
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• Guiming Meng
  ...re featured in the 116th edition of [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus, where they performed several acts from their vast repertoire. Guiming Meng ...1991, became a U.S. citizen. He has been featured twice at the [[Big Apple Circus]], in 2004 and 2008.
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• Jeff Gordon
  ...e ring crew. He also appeared as a plant in the audience for the Big Apple Circus’s trio of clowns, [[Carlo Pellegrini]] (Carlo), [[Michael Christensen]] ...d be, for the following five years, the iconic clown trio of the Big Apple Circus.
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• Mark David
  ...hood dream of becoming a star performer with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]], still known in that part of the world as simply "the Ringling Show." ...he was four. By the age of eleven, he was proficient in most of the basic circus disciplines and could hold his own in a flying-trapeze act.
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• The Panteleenko Brothers
  ...]] (1908-1976), a famous Russian illusionist who worked exclusively in the circus ring and—like his predecessor, the legendary [[Emil Kio]]—used In 1969, during an engagement at the Circus of Rostov-on-Don, Vladivien Levshin, who was the Rubanov Company’s acroba
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• Alberto Zoppé
  == Equestrian, Circus Owner == ...estrians and traveling entertainers whose origins predate the birth of the circus. His parents, Luigi and Emma Zoppé, owned one of the numerous small circus
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• File:Lou Jacobs & Emmett Kelly at RBBB (1943).jpg ...land Butler (1887-1961, Press Agent for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus) [[Category:Photo Archive|Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey]] (1,200 × 918 (823 KB)) - 22:18, 11 April 2009

• Circus Nikulin
  == The Circus On Tsvetnoy Boulevard == ...cus, is another one. And in Moscow, there is Circus Nikulin—"the Old Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard."
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• File:John Herriott at RBBB.jpg ...chool act with "American Anthem" at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (1977) — ''Photo: Herriott Archive'' (1,050 × 1,500 (430 KB)) - 19:08, 27 April 2015

• Cirque d'Hiver
  ...e world’s oldest extant circus building. It is also the world’s oldest circus still in activity: It opened its doors in 1852. Its address, at 110 rue Ame ...e (Paris)|Cirque Olympique]], located some five hundred yards from his new circus, on the portion of the Boulevard du Temple that disappeared in 1862, during
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• David Larible
  ...Russia and Eastern Europe. His is by far the most famous (and most copied) circus clown in the world. David is the first traditional circus auguste to have brilliantly synthesized the virtuosity of old musical augus
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• File:Ben Williams & Barbara Woodcock (1978).jpg ...illiam Woodcock, Jr. in a "spec" at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (1978) — ''Photo © William Woodcock Collection'' (1,293 × 1,500 (660 KB)) - 00:49, 28 June 2012

• Svetlana Shamsheeva
  ...ustrial city south of Moscow. She was not at first destined to work in the circus: She trained in ballet as a young girl and, after finishing high school, sh ...doves working together. She was soon noticed by the director of the Stage Circus of Rostov-on-Don, who signed Svetlana for his company, with which she worke
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• Harold Alzana
  ...he mid-sixties, a star fixture of [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey]] Circus. His daredevil manner—working on the high wire without a balancing po ...6, when impresario [[Clem Butson]], then producer of Blackpool’s [[Tower Circus]], gave "The Sensational Alzanas" (as Harold and his siblings had named the
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• File:Gunther Gebel and tigers.jpg Gunther Gebel-Williams and his tigers at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1976 — ''Photo © Paul de Cordon'' (1,500 × 1,015 (779 KB)) - 00:19, 25 August 2009

• File:Gunther Gebel-Williams and giraffe.jpg Gunther Gebel-Williams with a friend at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (c.1980) — ''Photo: Christian Hamel Collection'' (1,500 × 1,279 (1,009 KB)) - 20:57, 23 August 2009

• Gunther Gebel-Williams
  ...alented and charismatic performer, he was also, for circus enthusiasts and circus professionals around the world, one of the greatest animal trainers of the [[File:Williamsbau_Koln.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Circus Williams in Cologne (1947)]]Max Gebel was drafted into the Wehrmacht and se
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• Charly Baumann
  ...928, in a family connected to show business and animals, albeit not to the circus: Heinz’s father was a movie stuntman who worked with horses for UFA in Be ...of the monumental [[Circus Busch]] in Berlin, and had reigned over a vast circus empire that included circuses in Altona, Hamburg, Breslau, and Vienna, and
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• File:Charly Baumann (1970).jpg ...num & Bailey Circus, c.1970 — ''Photo © Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey'' (1,230 × 1,500 (444 KB)) - 01:03, 1 December 2009

• File:William Woodcock, Jr. (1978).jpg ...'s herd of elephants (1978) — ''Photo © Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey'' (1,500 × 1,014 (448 KB)) - 00:47, 28 June 2012

• Tom Dougherty
  .... As fate had it, he saw in a newspaper that [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] was holding auditions for its [[Clown College]]: Tom didn’t know what C ...eater…" Upon graduation (the year was 1979), Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey offered him a contract. Thus Tom Dougherty toured as a clown with ''The Gre
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• The Codonas
  ...Rabenalt’s ''Die drei Codonas'' (1940)—a very rare occurrence for circus artists—and two romanticized biographies. Alfredo (1893-1937) and Abelardo ("Lalo," 1895-1951) Codona were born into a circus family. Their grandfather, Henry, came from a long line of Scottish showmen
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• Chy Mei Ling
  ..., was born in Switzerland to a circus family. Her father, Fredy Chy, now a circus agent, came from a famous troupe of German acrobats of Chinese descent, the ...ed an audience's favorite; she was featured a second time at the Big Apple Circus in 2011, in ''Dream Big''. Mei Ling has also appeared in major circuses and
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• The Chinese Acrobatic Theater
  ...embers of the former Soviet Union have been the most inventive and skilled circus artists of the twentieth century, the Chinese, who come from a different, a ...lthough its artists perform acts of a similar genre and share with Western circus artists a similar background—that of the traveling fairground enterta
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• File:Harold Alzana (Cushman).jpg ...big top guy rope on the back lot of [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (1951) — ''Photo: Charles W. Cushman © Charles W. Cushman Photo Coll (1,022 × 1,500 (251 KB)) - 17:50, 21 April 2014

• Alfred Court
  ==Acrobat, Circus Owner, Animal Trainer== ...the greatest wild animal trainers of all times—and as such, a major circus star in Europe and America.
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• Daniel Suskov
  Daniel grew up in the circus. He was still a teenager when he was hired by [[Jo Clavel]] to work in [[Je ...as lions were still bred. The following year (1971) Daniel Suskov made his circus debut with that group at [[Cirque Amar]], and then spent the 1972 and 1973
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• Fritz Schulz
  ...trainer Fritz W. Schulz (1910-2010) was one of Australia's most celebrated circus personalities. He had a long and brilliant career that spanned six decades ===Circus Debut===
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• Ursula Böttcher
  ...the huge polar bears she eventually chose to present, and which made her a circus star all over Europe and in the United States. ...p novels: She took a job as an usher and cleaning woman with [[Jakob Busch|Circus Busch]], which was visiting Dresden in 1952. She was twenty-five, living ri
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• File:Ursula Bottcher (c.1980).jpg ...arnum & Bailey Circus (c.1980) — ''Photo Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey'' (1,500 × 1,015 (318 KB)) - 05:02, 7 March 2010

• File:Alfredo Codona 1931.jpg ...yer Alfredo Codona getting ready on the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus's backlot (1931) — ''Century Photo, Buckles Woodcock Archive'' (1,151 × 1,500 (337 KB)) - 22:54, 21 June 2010

• Les Castors
  ...Nona, their mother, was born [[The Bedinis|Bedini]], a celebrated Russian circus family of Italian origins. ...Moustier (c.1900)]]The first Dedessus le Moutier known to have joined the circus was a woman, Marie-Célestine, whose son, Alphonse, created the Cirque Mous
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• Maryse Begary
  ...Banola Troupe. Andrée adopted his name (as was the tradition then, in the circus, when a young performer had apprenticed to a famous master) when she starte ...ame for herself: Her handstand on her trapeze bar didn’t fail to impress circus professionals and aficionados, and her act continued to improve over the ye
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• Flying Cortes
  ...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 ...pyramid with the [[The Wallenda Family|Wallendas]] at the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in 2004, along with his wife, Alida. (That year,
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• Christine Zerbini
  ...gree of fame as an excellent jockey. Christine grandfather, Charles, ran a circus in France, which was also very popular in North Africa—in what were t ...ith the [[Mills Bros. Circus]]. He never left: In time, he created his own circus, which still tours successfully in the United States and Canada. Christineâ
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• Mark Gindick
  ...d has shared the role of "Grandma" with [[Barry Lubin]] at the [[Big Apple Circus]] in ''Big Top Doo Wop'' (2001-2002) and ''Dreams Of A City'' (2002-2003). ...h Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey, and has been featured in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Play On!'' in 2008-2009. He has written, performed and appe
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• David Martins
  ...cally changed David’s life: The circus was [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]], and David was hired to perform capoeria and acrobatics in the 1999 editi ...vid Martins made his debut with his spectacular new act in the [[Big Apple Circus]] production of ''Bello Is Back!''
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• Loyal-Suarez Troupe
  ...(1879-1956), who had married Giuseppina Travaglia, scion of an old Italian circus family. ...her training children at [[Sailor Circus]], the famous high-school amateur circus of Sarasota, of which Giustino was one of the principal teachers. Then and
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• Christian Stoinev
  ...Atayde]] family, owners of Mexico’s oldest, largest, and most celebrated circus, Circo Atayde Hermanos. ...d hand balancer. He spent a large part of his childhood at the [[Big Apple Circus]], where his father was Performance Director, and his mother worked in an a
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• Bertram Mills
  ==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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• Cyril Mills
  ==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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• File:Con Colleano 2.jpg Con Colleano (c.1935) — ''Photo: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus'' (1,359 × 1,500 (143 KB)) - 19:36, 9 May 2015

• Con Colleano
  ...rt biographical note, that: "I gained my first experience in my father’s circus touring Australia and did my first act at the age of three, an act consisti ...s. Old Con seems to have made up his mind to get his family started in the circus business, a hard life—but a lucrative one if a family of performers c
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• May Wirth
  ...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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• The España Family
  ...as_Video_(1978)|The Españas, flying trapeze]], at Billy Smart's Christmas Circus (1978) ...e Flying Españas, flying trapeze]], at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1983)
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• Norman Barrett
  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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• Erhard and Christiane Samel
  ...r of wild animals for the [[Staatszirkus der DDR]], East-Germany’s state circus organization. He graduated to performing in 1966 with a mixed group of lion ...ed the circus in 1963, after marrying Erhard. She worked as a cashier at [[Circus Busch|Zirkus Busch-Berlin]], where she and her husband, worked, and became
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• Rogana
  ...ters had revived a specialty that had not been seen for a long time in the circus—and their act was subsequently widely copied by other artistes. ...England at Blackpool's [[Tower Circus]] in 1952, and at the [[Kelvin Hall Circus]] in Glasgow, Scotlamd, for the 1952-53 winter season.
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• The Rogge Sisters
  ...ters had revived a specialty that had not been seen for a long time in the circus—and their act was subsequently widely copied by other artistes. ...England at Blackpool's [[Tower Circus]] in 1952, and at the [[Kelvin Hall Circus]] in Glasgow, Scotlamd, for the 1952-53 winter season.
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• The Flying Caceres
  ...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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• Arturo Castilla
  ==Circus Director and Impresario== ...evements were the introduction of theatrical aesthetics into the traveling circus performance, a modern approach to public relations and marketing, his fores
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• Ali Hassani
  ==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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• File:Ringling Program Cover 1940.jpg ...r for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, showing the layout of the circus tents. The show used a rather inefficient system of "air conditioning" that * Circuses: [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] (1,130 × 1,500 (1.43 MB)) - 22:35, 12 September 2011

• Nadia Houcke
  ...d circus director, [[Alphonse Rancy]] (1861-1933). She belonged to genuine circus aristocracy and, not surprisingly, she was an equestrienne of great talent. ...e]] eventually turned into a unforgettable tiger trainer—and a major circus star when he became the first "Tarzan" of the big cage in the 1940s, wearin
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• Liaoning Acrobatic Troupe
  ...y]]. The Liaoning Acrobatic Troupe won a Gold Medal at the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in 1987 with a hoop diving act. One of its artist ..._BAC_Video_1998|Liaoning Acrobatic Troupe, hoop diving]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Happy On!'' (1998)
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• Udarma
  ...People's Republic of Mongolia (today's Mongolia) and trained at the State Circus School of Ulan-Bator. She specialized in the art of contortion: In this rem Udarma went to work with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] in the United States in 1988. In 1990, she participated in the [[Festival
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• Paul Jung
  ...oxes of Kellogg’s Sugar Smacks—and has been often used on European circus posters as a generic clown image. ...|Ringling]] brothers combined it with the Ringling-owned [[Barnum & Bailey Circus]] the following year. He would be working for the Ringling organization, wi
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• File:Miss Mara (c.1955).jpeg Mis Mara on the backlot of [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (c.1955) — ''Photo: Don Curtis Collection'' (1,005 × 1,500 (361 KB)) - 22:17, 8 November 2011

• File:Elsie Jung 1953.jpeg Elsie Jung on the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus backlot (1953) — ''Photo X'' (1,199 × 1,500 (134 KB)) - 01:22, 18 November 2011

• Freddy Osler
  ...Anderson]], a puppeteer and stage designer who had developed a passion for circus and flying trapeze. (In 1973, Keith Anderson would create the Hi-Fli Trapez ...ates, where they were featured with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus for two seasons.
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• File:Ben Williams 1974.jpg ...n Florida (1974) — ''Photo: Circus World/Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey'' (1,176 × 1,500 (265 KB)) - 18:41, 12 March 2012

• Terry Cavaretta
  ...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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• Pinito del Oro
  ...d been a center-ring headliner with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus in the United States for seven consecutive seasons. She was also courageous ...troubles, and in an area also totally devoid of competition. (The Spanish circus scene at the time was particularly active.)
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• File:Pinito del Oro backstage.jpeg ...ro packing her trapeze backstage at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (c.1955) — ''Photo X'' (1,202 × 1,500 (201 KB)) - 21:20, 27 March 2012

• File:Pinito del Oro c1955.jpg Pinito del Oro on the back lot of [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (c.1955) — ''Photo X'' (874 × 1,500 (362 KB)) - 01:12, 22 April 2012

• William Woodcock, Jr.
  ...circus fans, who enjoyed testing his historical knowledge of the American circus, and his encyclopedic command of the history of elephants in the United Sta ...sconsin in 1854. As the feisty Babe would often say, "My family was in the circus when the Ringling brothers were still wearing wooden shoes."
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• Isabella Nock
  ...70-80s, and was a featured act with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus in the United States, where she and her father, the clown [[Pio Nock]], per ...exandra Bühlmann. The [[The Nock Dynasty|Nocks]] are Switzerland's oldest circus family, whose heritage could be traced back to the 18th century; like the [
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• File:Woodcock at Circus World (1974).jpeg Bill Woodcock with the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] elephants at [[Circus World]], Florida (1974) — ''Photo: Buckles Woodcock Archive'' (1,500 × 992 (412 KB)) - 02:00, 26 July 2012

• Lillian Leitzel Outdoors Video (c1928)
  ...in a publicity stunt in Chicago for [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus. (c.1928) — ''"The Crimson Petal" (by Fred Jewell), Lillian Leitzel's
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• The Suarez Troupe
  ...ed in the United States, where he performed with his family in every major circus in North America. Over the years, as members of his family got married and ...n, Magdalena and Enrique, Jr. The act was featured in the 1989 [[Big Apple Circus]] production of ''Grandma Goes West''. Enrique, Jr., has since become a maj
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• File:Leitzel and Dolly Jahn (1926).jpeg ...der, aerialist, and painter, on the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus's backlot (1926) — ''Photo X'' (1,500 × 1,189 (297 KB)) - 22:51, 3 October 2012

• File:Ringling Program Mexico (1958).jpg Program cover for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Mexico City, featuring Lou Jacobs (1958) — ''Private Collection'' * Circuses: [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] (1,077 × 1,500 (860 KB)) - 23:55, 17 October 2012

• Julius Gleich
  ==Circus Owner== Circus Gleich had a relatively short existence (1928-1937), but it was, in the ear
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• SHORT HISTORY OF THE CIRCUS
  ...common denominator between Roman and modern circuses is the word itself, ''circus'', which means in Latin as in English, "circle". ===Philip Astley: The Father Of The Modern Circus===
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• File:Melanie Chy 1 2002.jpeg ...y (Chy Mei Ling), hand balancer, at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (2002) — ''Photo © Lordgyron'' (1,002 × 1,500 (501 KB)) - 22:10, 30 November 2012

• File:Melanie Chy 2 2002.jpeg ...y (Chy Mei Ling), hand balancer, at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (2002) — ''Photo © Lordgyron'' (1,500 × 1,381 (339 KB)) - 22:14, 30 November 2012

• File:Trevor Bale 1962.jpeg ...Bailey]] Circus (1962) — ''Photo: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus'' (1,139 × 1,500 (341 KB)) - 01:35, 12 December 2012

• Trevor Bale Video 1955
  ...t Show On Earth'', filmed under the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus's big top in Sarasota, Florida. [[Emmett Kelly]] is standing next to to the
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• Trevor Bale
  ...Video_1955|Trevor Bale, tiger act]], at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1955)
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• File:Trevor and Gloria Bale 1955.jpeg ...ale with friend (1955) — ''Photo: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus'' (1,500 × 1,298 (343 KB)) - 02:01, 12 December 2012

• File:Trevor Bale 1961.jpeg Trevor Bale and his tigers at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1961) — ''Photo © San Francisco Examiner'' (1,500 × 1,187 (322 KB)) - 02:04, 12 December 2012

• File:Charly Baumann 1976.jpeg ...mann and friend (1976) — ''Photo: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus'' (1,334 × 1,500 (316 KB)) - 02:17, 12 December 2012

• File:Charly and Araceli Baumann 1976.jpeg ...wife, Aracelli (1976) — ''Photo: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus'' (1,035 × 1,500 (351 KB)) - 02:22, 12 December 2012

• Justino Loyal Troupe Video 1955
  ...t Show On Earth'', filmed under the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus's big top in Sarasota, Florida. [[Emmett Kelly]], standing next to the ring
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• Justino Loyal
  ...Loyal Troupe, Bareback Riding Act]] at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1955)
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• Tonito Video 1955
  ...t Show On Earth'', filmed under the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus's big top in Sarasota, Florida. (1955)
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• Tonito
  ...1955|Tonito, tight wire (excerpt)]], at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1955)
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• Hugo Schmidt Video 1955
  ...t Show On Earth'', filmed under the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus's big top in Sarasota, Florida. The announcer heard in the clip is Charlton
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• Hugo Schmidt
  ...o and Roman Schmidt, elephant act]], at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1955)
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• Camillio Mayer
  ...when circuses hit the road again, in the ring—notably with the new [[Circus Sarrasani]], after it had been resuscitated by [[Fritz Mey]] in 1956. Camil ...2 and 1953, they were featured with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus in the United States, where the portly, sixty-two-year-old Camillio joyousl
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• Circus Williams
  ==Carola Williams And Her Circus== ...he Althoff Dynasty|Althoffs]], she ran from 1945 to 1968 a very successful circus, which presented elegant shows with excellent artists and outstanding eques
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• Gilbert Houcke
  ...have made his one of the great names of the twentieth century’s European circus. ...]], a French equestrian who had settled in Sweden, where he originated his circus dynasty in the 19th century.
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• Francis Brunn Video (1955)
  ...ersion of the act he performed with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus, before he re-staged it with his signature "Flamenco" presentation (1955)
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• File:Charly Baumann 1970.jpg Charly Baumann and his tigers at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (1970) — ''Photo X'' (1,500 × 1,009 (490 KB)) - 19:01, 19 July 2013

• File:Alfred Court Leopards (1940).jpg Alfred Court and his leopards at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1940) — ''Photo © Time-Life'' (1,500 × 1,168 (368 KB)) - 23:31, 12 August 2013

• File:Bauties & The Beasts (1945).jpg ...rt's ''Beauties and the Beasts'' act at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1945) — ''Photo © Time-Life'' (1,500 × 1,278 (617 KB)) - 23:35, 12 August 2013

• Mayya Panfilova
  ...cats made their professional debuts in 2001 in an edition of the [[Moscow Circus]] On Ice. ...rcus]], [[Royal Hanneford Circus]], and with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]]. She has also appeared at the Grand Country Music-Hall in Branson, Missou
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• File:Mayya Panfilova (2013).jpg Mayya Panfilova, cat trainer, at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (2013) — ''Document: Panfilova Archive'' (1,500 × 1,111 (242 KB)) - 19:35, 9 September 2013

• File:Panfilova's cats (2013).jpg Mayya Panfilova, cat trainer, at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (2013) — ''Document: Panfilova Archive'' (1,500 × 1,278 (240 KB)) - 19:39, 9 September 2013

• Mayya Panfilova Video (2012)
  ...anfilova, house cats act (excerpts), at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (2012)
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• File:Charly Baumann 1960s.jpg ...num & Bailey]] Circus (c.1968) — ''Photo Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey'' (1,207 × 1,500 (385 KB)) - 19:23, 23 September 2013

• File:David Larible RBBB.jpeg David Larible at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1997) — ''Photo © Paul Gutheil'' (1,500 × 1,160 (639 KB)) - 21:45, 18 April 2019

• Lola Dobritch
  A fourth-generation circus performer (through her mother), Lola Dobritch (1922-2008) was one of the gr ...dancer. She made her debut on the wire at age ten, in 1932, in the family circus.
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• File:Felix Adler and Lola Dobritch.jpg ...num & Bailey]] Circus (c.1948) — ''Photo Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey'' (1,178 × 1,501 (478 KB)) - 23:01, 3 February 2014

• File:The Alzanas (1951).jpg The Alzana Troupe on the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus backlot in Chicago: (left to right) Harold, his wife, Minnie, his sisters H (1,500 × 1,065 (394 KB)) - 18:01, 21 April 2014

• La Toria Video (c.1965)
  ...ky Unus), Roman rings (excerpts) at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (c.1965)
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• Victoria Unus (La Toria)
  ...eo_(c.1965)|La Toria, Roman rings]], at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (c.1965)
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• File:Dolly Jacobs.jpg Dolly Jacobs, Roman rings, at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (c.1980) — ''Photo X'' (987 × 1,500 (153 KB)) - 20:47, 16 March 2014

• File:Dolly Jacobs - Hamilton Plate.jpg ...uced by The Hamilton Collection for [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (c.1980) — ''Private Collection'' (1,500 × 1,498 (550 KB)) - 20:52, 16 March 2014

• File:Dolly Jacobs RBBB (c.1980).jpg ...iley]] Circus (c.1980) — ''Photo: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus'' (1,073 × 1,500 (174 KB)) - 21:00, 16 March 2014

• File:Lou Jacobs poster.jpg Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus poster featuring Lou Jacobs (c.1965) — ''Private Collection'' * Circuses: [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] (966 × 1,500 (399 KB)) - 21:19, 16 March 2014

• File:Lou Jacobs and Knucklehead.jpg ...Jacobs and his dog, Knucklehead, at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (c.1955) — ''Photo X'' (1,379 × 1,500 (469 KB)) - 21:28, 16 March 2014

• The Dobrich Family
  ==Acrobats, Circus Owners and Directors== ...n. He was also a writer and magazine editor, and he wrote two books on the circus that were published soon after his death.
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• Unus
  ...s business, thanks notably to [[John Ringling North]], who made him a true circus star in the United States and, consequently, all over Europe. Unus was know ...aben, a small town in the northeast of Austria. Franz didn’t belong to a circus family: He began his professional life as a carpenter. Yet over the years,
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• File:Unus Finger Stand.jpg Unus performing his "fingerstand" at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (c.1950) — ''Photo X'' (1,132 × 1,500 (212 KB)) - 19:53, 19 April 2014

• File:Unus (c.1950).jpg Unus and his wife, Valentina, at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (c.1950) — ''Photo X'' (728 × 1,500 (112 KB)) - 20:00, 19 April 2014

• Pepe Silva
  ...m Dougherty, piano warmup reprise]], at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (2009)
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• Circus Sarrasani
  ...ntury, under a succession of owners of more or less legitimate lineage. In circus lore, Sarrasani is still a fabled name that evokes a history of epic propor ==HANS STOSCH’S CIRCUS SARRASANI==
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• File:Ringling Chicago Program (1944).jpg ...ich went into its coffers. In addition, it controlled the concessions (the circus's candy butchers were not allowed in the stadium), and published its own si * Circuses: [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] (1,123 × 1,500 (568 KB)) - 20:01, 28 August 2014

• Struppi Hanneford
  ==Aerialist, Acrobat, Animal Trainer, Circus Owner== ...ith her husband, [[The Hanneford Family|Tommy Hanneford]] (1927-2005). Her circus career, both as an artist and a producer, spanned the entire second half of
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• Anastasini Family
  ==Acrobats, Jugglers, Animal Trainers, Circus Owners== ...nineteenth century, when Sidonia and Antonia, the daughters of an Italian circus owner, married the brothers Luigi and Girolamo [[The Biasini Family|Biasini
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• File:Roland Butler Poster.jpeg Poster for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus designed by Roland Butler (1887-1961) (c.1940) — ''Private Collection * Circuses: [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] (1,103 × 1,500 (464 KB)) - 21:00, 20 February 2015

• File:Clown College logo.jpg ...ollege logo (c.1980) — ''Image © Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus'' (1,500 × 1,332 (360 KB)) - 20:35, 20 March 2015

• John Herriott
  ==Animal Trainer, Circus Owner== ...rainer and circus owner, third-generation of one of the few truly American circus dynasties. He was born on January 15, 1931 in St. Peter, Minnesota to Milto
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• Rose Gold
  ...ng a magnetic presence and a charm that stirred unbridled enthusiasm among circus aficionados and journalists alike. ...n Rosemarie Goldnagel in 1922 in Vienna, Austria. She didn’t belong to a circus family but she was a very physical and active child, and her parents made h
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• File:Rose Gold Trio at Ringling Bros.jpg ...rnard Zenner) on the backlot at the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (1947) — ''Photo Sverre O. Braathen © Illinois State University, Mil (1,500 × 1,060 (521 KB)) - 19:10, 8 April 2015

• File:Rose Gold.jpg Rose Gold at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (1947) — ''Photo Sverre O. Braathen © Illinois State University, Mil (1,025 × 1,500 (275 KB)) - 19:18, 8 April 2015

• File:Rose Gold Trio Portrait.jpg ..., Bernard Zenner) on the backlot at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus — ''Photo Sverre O. Braathen © Illinois State University, Milner Lib (1,500 × 1,031 (420 KB)) - 19:22, 8 April 2015

• File:John Herriott Liberty Act.jpg John Herriott, liberty act, at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (1970) — ''Photo: Herriott Archive'' (1,500 × 1,035 (435 KB)) - 19:17, 27 April 2015

• File:Ringling Larible Poster (1991).jpg Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus poster featuring David Larible (1991) — ''Private Collection'' * Circuses: [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] (989 × 1,500 (519 KB)) - 21:12, 17 September 2015

• File:Schulz, Dhotre, Court, Storey.jpg ...and Willy Storey on the back lot of [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (c.1944) — ''Photo X — Document: Buckles Woodcock Collection'' (1,500 × 1,271 (353 KB)) - 19:58, 21 October 2015

• File:Willy Storey.jpg ...auties and the Beasts'', cat act at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey'' Circus (1945) — ''Photo X — Buckles Woodcock Archive'' (1,500 × 1,056 (341 KB)) - 21:42, 28 October 2015

• Cirque Medrano (Paris)
  ...rque Medrano holds a singular place in the Parisian cultural fabric and in circus history. From its beginnings as Cirque Fernando, in 1873, until the end of ...into genuine circus stars; appearing in its ring was a recognition for any circus artist. Its last performance under Jérôme Medrano’s reign in January 19
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• File:Ben Williams at Circus World.jpg ...lting before landing on Anna May at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's Circus World]]. Barbara Woodcock is seating on Anna May (1974) — ''Document: (1,265 × 1,500 (704 KB)) - 20:12, 10 December 2015

• File:Kannan Bombayo.jpeg ...and Barnum & Bailey Circus backlot (1932) — ''Photo Sverre Braathen, Circus & Allied Arts collection, Milner Library Special Collections © Illinois St (954 × 1,500 (149 KB)) - 00:34, 7 March 2016

• Kannan Bombayo
  ...ill, his name holds a major place in Indian circus lore and legend, and in circus history in general: Not only was Kannan Bombayo incontestably the best in h ...rayi Korumban, struggled as a small farmer, and was not connected with the circus. In India, children’s names are different from their father’s; Kannan B
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• Loyal Repenski Jockey Video (1930-40)
  ...ky Troupe, jockey act (excerpts) at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus in the 1930-40s. (''The "wandering screen" effect is due to the fact that t
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• Loyal Repensky Troupe
  ...Loyal Repensky Troupe, jockey act]], at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1930-40s) ...roupe, ''Tally Hoe'' carriage act]], at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1930-40s)
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• Loyal Repensky Tally Hoe Video (c1935)
  ...Hoe'' equestriasn act (excerpts) at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus in the 1930-40s. (''The "wandering screen" effect is due to the fact that t
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• Gene Mendez
  ...oved to Brooklyn, New York, when Gene was still a child. He wanted to be a circus artist; it was not just a vague childhood dream: As a teenager, he began to ...t was indeed a great exposure, which was duly noticed by the press and the circus community—and by Ed Sullivan who invited Mendez to his television sho
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• File:Gaonas - Ringling.jpg ...o right: Chela, Tito, and Mando) at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (c.1975) — ''Photo X'' (1,500 × 1,425 (343 KB)) - 20:47, 19 November 2016

• File:Flying gaonas - Ringling.jpeg ...rnum & Bailey]] Circus (1974) — ''Photo: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey'' (1,168 × 1,500 (344 KB)) - 20:51, 19 November 2016

• File:May Wirth Poster 1924.jpeg Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus poster featuring the equestrienne May Wirth (1924) — ''Private Collec * History: [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] (1,015 × 1,500 (523 KB)) - 20:19, 13 August 2017

• File:May Wirth Somersault.jpg ...t back somersault from horse to horse on the back lot of [[Barnum & Bailey Circus]] — ''Photo X'' (1,500 × 1,026 (134 KB)) - 20:33, 14 June 2017

• Circus Krone
  =="Größter Circus Europas"== ...t circus building in Munich, the Kronebau, has been home to regular winter circus productions since 1919.
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• Walter Nones
  ==Acrobat, Animal Trainer, Circus Director== ...built true circus empires in their own countries equating in strength the circus empires of yore.
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• Kelli Ramazini
  ...gigs as a clown. In 2009, she auditioned for [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]], and was accepted for the upcoming session of its Clown College training ...[[Kelli_Ramazini_Video_(2018)|Kelli Ramazini, trapeze act]], at Lone Star Circus (2018)
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• File:Gaonas 1978.jpeg ...rnum & Bailey]] Circus (1978) — ''Photo: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey'' (1,195 × 1,500 (551 KB)) - 06:37, 20 February 2018

• Victor Fomine
  ...discharge in 1979, he was hired by [[SoyuzGosTsirk]], the USSR’s central circus organization, to replace another gymnast in the [[Rostsov Troupe]], whose h ...and Variety Arts]] in Moscow—better known in the West as the "Moscow Circus School"—he seized the occasion!
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• File:Lou Jacobs, Dolly, Feld.jpeg ...th daughter Dolly and Irvin Feld at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (c.1980) — ''Photo X'' (1,188 × 1,500 (910 KB)) - 19:47, 1 August 2019

• Henrik Henricksen
  ...at the end of his act. His was a remarkable presentation which won him his circus title, "The Tiger King." In his book ''Les Dompteurs'' (1929), French circus historian (and amateur cat trainer) Henry Thétard described Henricksen’s
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• Tianjin Acrobatic Troupe
  ...Its was the People's Republic of China's reincarnation of the former China Circus & Acrobats that was created in 1948. The troupe is based in Tianjin, one of ...he [[International Circus Festival of Budapest]] (2005), and major Chinese circus and acrobatic festivals such as the Wuqiao festival.
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• Nouveau Cirque (Paris)
  ...d, for that matter, of Europe. For many years, it was the High Society’s circus of choice. Its relatively small size gave it warmth and intimacy (it was so ...irque d’Hiver]], completely refurbished, returned to the presentation of circus shows after a rather futile hiatus as a movie-house and theater; the [[Cirq
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• Franz Althoff
  ==Gröẞter Rennbahn-Circus Europas== ...ee-ring circus and the refinement and intimacy of the traditional European circus.
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• File:Barnum and Bailey Paris 1901.jpg Barnum & Bailey Circus in Paris's ''Galerie des Machines'' (1901) — ''Document: Circopedia A * History: [[Barnum and Bailey Circus]] (1,500 × 884 (807 KB)) - 01:54, 10 November 2020

• Alexandre Palisse
  ==Clown, Circus Owner, Animal Trainer== ...no]] bought and continued to exploit his elegant and revolutionary touring circus.
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• The Schumann Dynasty
  ==Equestrians, Circus Owners== ...own circus and settled in (and then purchased) [[Ernst Renz]]’s flagship circus in Berlin in 1899—which remained active under Schumann’s ownership
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• Sarah Chapman Video (1971)
  Sarah Chapman, balancing trapeze, at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (1971)
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• Sarah Chapman
  ...Sarasota wants to run away and join the circus, it is relatively easy: The circus is all over the place! ...rasota's fabled youth circus (today the Sailor Circus Academy, part of the Circus Arts Conservatory), and became a showgirl on the Ringling show.
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• File:Chapman 1973.jpg ...hapman on the Washington trapeze at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus in Madison Square Garden (1973) — ''Document: Sarah Chapaman Archive' (1,500 × 1,210 (888 KB)) - 19:45, 29 March 2021

• File:Sarah Chapman 1970.jpg Sarah Chapman at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (1970) — ''Document: Sarah Chapman Archive'' (1,029 × 1,500 (875 KB)) - 20:18, 29 March 2021

• File:Chapman 1971.png Sarah Chapman at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (1971) — ''Document: Sarah Chapman Archive'' (1,004 × 1,500 (1.62 MB)) - 20:46, 29 March 2021

• File:Sarah Chapman 1973.jpg Sarah Chapman at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (1971) — ''Document: Sarah Chapman Archive'' (1,167 × 1,500 (657 KB)) - 20:54, 29 March 2021

• File:Hugo Schmitt Elephants 1970.jpg Hugo Schmitt and the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus's elephants on the center ring. The elephant supporting the pyramid is "Sia (1,500 × 1,025 (1.64 MB)) - 21:09, 29 March 2021

• File:Danny and Sarah Chapman 1973.jpg Sarah and Danny Chapman backstage at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus — ''Document: Sarah Chapman Archive]] (1,030 × 1,500 (809 KB)) - 00:34, 30 March 2021

• Pablo Noel
  ...father, Jean-Antoine, nor his mother, Louise, née Escoda, belonged to the circus. Paul was only seven years old when he lost his mother; he was adopted by L ...The animals frequently lived in the cage where they performed. Unlike in a circus ring's large steel arena, there was not much room to move and shelter in ca
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• Espanas Video (1983)
  ...ña, with catcher Carlos Filles) at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (1983)
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• Barbette
  ...was immediately hooked and, then and there, decided that he would become a circus performer. It was a time when the American circus industry was still flourishing, and circus was still the country's most popular form of entertainment; hundreds of cir
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• File:Pinito del Oro Promo.jpg ...hotograph used by Pinito del Oro at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (c.1955) — ''Document: Circopedia Archive'' (1,130 × 1,500 (600 KB)) - 00:14, 27 May 2022

• Circus Ring of Fame
  ...Sarasota area, which has been home to a significant number of circuses and circus performers since [[The Ringling Brothers|John and Charles Ringing]] moved t ...ar a large crowd of circus artists, executives, and members of the greater circus arts appreciation community, who gather to honor the inductees, past and pr
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• Jacko Fossett
  ...Ireland. So numerous the Fossett clan is that it was once said that every circus in the British Isles harbored at least one Fossett! (Jacko Fossett said: "I ...her, John Fossett, was performing as a clown with the [[Sir Robert Fossett Circus]]. His mother was Maria
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• File:Jacko Fossett - Jimmy Scott.jpg ...ey Fossett, young Jacko Fossett, and Jimmy Scott at [[Sir Robert Fossett's Circus]] (1937) ''Photo: Louise Walker Collection'' (980 × 1,500 (749 KB)) - 19:40, 14 October 2022

• Ethel Jennier
  ...ing else that rendered her "generally useful," as was what was expected of circus performers in those days. ...Haag show, she continued her circus apprenticeship on the [[Sam B. Dill's Circus]] in 1930; she had by now a trapeze act to which she added a cloud swing an
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• Walter Jennier
  ...io to George Jennier and Cornelia (Nina) Howland Jennier, who performed in circus and variety venues. George Jennier’s family had changed their name from ...clown and entertainer of the nineteenth century, who also managed his own circus. George had been apprenticed to Dan Rice about 1860; he met Nina on one of
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• Jo-Ann Jennier
  ...ood. Soon they were on their way to join Walter, and Jo-Ann began learning circus life. ...ong until she became tired and sat on the ring curb, thus ending her early circus career.
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• Caceres Video (2023)
  ...ceres, flying act (in rehearsal) at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus (2023) — ''Document: Laughing Place''
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• Alona Zhuravel
  Alona Zhuravel was born in Russia on May 30, 1991, in a family of circus performers: Her father, [[Vitaly Zhuravel|Vitaly]], had won a Gold Medal at ...n award by Princess Stephanie of Monaco at the Youth Circus Festival, at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow. Then, she toured Germany with the show ''Feuerwerk der
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