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• Myers' Great American Circus
  [[Category:Circuses|Myers Great American Circus]]
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• American Circus-Togni Video (2009)
  ...film by Roberto Guideri chronicling the visit of Flavio Togni's ''American Circus'' in Genoa, Italy (2009) — ''Document © Roberto Guideri'' [[Category:Video Archive|Togni-American Circus]]
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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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• Kris Kremo
  ...he learned various circus disciplines, which he then performed with other circus kids in amateur shows. His father soon began to train him as a juggler, dis ...career in 1975. He signed his first circus season with Blackpool's [[Tower Circus]] in England. His success was immediate, and he embarked upon a brilliant i
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• Links
  ==Circus Websites== '''Eden Brothers''' Circus [http://www.edencircus.com/ www.edencircus.com]
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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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• Francesco
  ...(today the [[Académie Fratellini]], one of the western world's very first circus schools, which [[Annie Fratellini]] had just opened in Paris in 1975. There ...rica, and Asia. He was invited twice to participate in the [[International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo]], in 1990 (Tristan Rémy award) and 1996 (Junior J
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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. ...taste of the traditional one-ring format, a very different setting for an American clown used to working anonymously is giant arenas.
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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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• John Bill Ricketts
  == THE FIRST CIRCUS IN AMERICA== ...t performance of Mr. John Bill Ricketts's company at the ''Circus''. The ''Circus'' was a roofless arena that could accommodate some eight-hundred spectators
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• Jean Richard
  ==Actor, Comedian, Circus Owner== His early encounters with circus performers (particularly [[Martha-la-Corse]], a cat trainer) triggered his
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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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• Regina Dobrovitskaya
  ...bruary 9, 1968 in St. Petersburg, Russia, to a family not related with the circus, Regina Dobrovitskaya started training in competitive gymnastics at the age ...ov and his troupe moved to the "Old Circus" on Tsvetnoy Boulevard (today [[Circus Nikulin]]) and made two acts out of one, which were directed by [[Natalia M
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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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• Billy Smart Jr
  ==Circus Director and Animal Trainer== ...d Rajah, thus beginning a long career as an animal trainer in his family's circus.
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• Philip Astley
  ==Circus Owner, Equestrian== Philip Astley (1742-1814) is considered the creator of the modern circus. He was born January 8, 1742 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the West Midlands,
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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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• Dolly Jacobs
  Dolly Jacobs was born to a circus family: her father, the celebrated clown [[Lou Jacobs]] (1903-1992), was fo ...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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• Moscow Circus
  ...rcus troupes that traveled abroad, in shows produced by the Soviet central circus organization, [[SoyuzGosTsirk]]. ...ow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in 1927, the world's first circus university.
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• Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain
  ...nization that had, until then, produced annually an important fund-raising circus gala in Paris. ...ala de la Piste'', a black-tie gala featuring some of the world's greatest circus acts, which was produced by Dominique Mauclair and staged at Paris's [[Cirq
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• Moira Orfei
  ==Circus Owner, Animal Trainer, Actress== ...he golden age of Italian cinema. But it was also due to the quality of her circus.
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• Glossary
  ...n:(Russian) A circus act that can occupy up to the entire second half of a circus performance. ...h) The line of uniformed artists and assistants who, in the old equestrian circus, stood at attention at the ring entrance to assist their fellow performers
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• Tunga
  ...public of Mongolia (Outer Mongolia) to a family that did not belong to the circus. Her father was a construction manager, her mother a housewife who raised t Tunga joined the State Circus School of Ulan-Bator when she was twelve years old. She specialized in the
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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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• Les Casaly
  ...oned a promising career—in his case as an engineer—to join the circus. ...ould remain until 1990, performing their cradle act and, as members of the circus's resident company, a short-distance flying trapeze act.
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• Charlie Rivel
  ...nal clown character that stands as one of the twentieth century's greatest circus icons. ...s, the brothers began performing a trapeze act. Pedro later joined another circus, Circo Alegría, where he met—and later married—a French acroba
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• The Dancing Gauchos
  Martha Suarez was born into a circus family that had been active in Mexico since 1853 and had produced many rema ...rcussion instrument and a juggling prop, and it has became very popular in circus and variety shows.
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• Egorov Troupe
  ...rcus troupe, where he learned a wide range of circus disciplines. (Amateur Circus troupes are the Russian equivalents of Youth Circuses—albeit at a muc ...he performed for twelve years, both in Russia and abroad with the [[Moscow Circus]].
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• Zamoratte
  ...pple Circus]]. Zamoratte made his American debut in 1987, in the Big Apple Circus production of ''1001 Arabian Nights'', in which he impersonated Aladdin's G ...Hugo_Zamoratte_BAC_Video_1987|Zamoratte, Contortionist]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''1001 Arabian Nights'' (1987)
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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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• Circus Flora
  ...[[Sacha Pavlata|Alexandre Sacha Pavlata]], Ivor David Balding established Circus Flora in 1987 as a permanent performing arts organization in St. Louis. ...ica killed her mother. For fifteen years, Flora was a beloved star of the circus that bears her name. In 2000, she retired in the elephant sanctuary in Hohe
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• Ivor David Balding
  ==Circus Producer and Artistic Director== ...famous Parisian circus. There, David had an invaluable initiation into the circus world.
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• Mark David
  ...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. Most of Mark's subsequent training took place at the [[Circus World Museum]] in his hometown of Baraboo, studying under the performers wh
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• The Jokers
  In 1996, they met at Moscow's [[Circus Nikulin]] (the "Old Circus" on Tsvetnoi Boulevard) to create an original flying act under the guidance ...cult) than the relatively short distances commonly used by North and South American flyers. Their classic flying-trapeze act displayed remarkable style and ski
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• Elena Panova
  ...echnique, which she developed quite by accident at the [[State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in Moscow along with her teachers, [[The Durov Dynasty|T ...his wife, Klavdia, née Kazanskaya. Her parents had nothing to do with the circus: they came from peasant stock and both worked in a local factory.
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• Oleg Izossimov
  ...was twelve years old, he saw the Russian hand balancer Nikolai Kasse in a circus performance, and he was so impressed that he decided then and there that th ...te College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in Moscow, the celebrated "Moscow Circus School". He was refused three years in a row, and was finally accepted in 1
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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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• 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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• 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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• Valentin Gneushev
  ...eth century, and the creator of some of the most innovative and celebrated circus acts of the 1990s. ...g original acts for them, he eventually influenced the style of many young circus artists and companies, including [[Cirque du Soleil]].
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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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• 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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• Elena Borodina
  === From Ballet Dreams To Circus Challenges === ...other, Martha Avdeeva, was a scion of the old [[The Avdeev Family|Avdeev]] circus family. Martha and her sister, Svetlana, had inherited the legendary "giant
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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 ...and he was drafted by the German Navy; he was subsequently captured by the American forces invading Germany, and interned in a prisoner camp installed on an ai
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• César Aedo
  ...nie Dynasty|Louis Knie]]—which led to a contract for a season with [[Circus Knie]] in 1985. ...h Street Seaport. Then, in 1989, he landed a contract with the [[Big Apple Circus]], where he was featured in its production of ''Grandma Goes West''.
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• Tom Dougherty
  When his circus contract was over, he returned to the stage, but didn’t abandon clowning: ...he was awarded the Silver Medal. That same year, he joined the [[Big Apple Circus]]’s celebrated Clown Care Unit®, bringing much needed comic relief to ho
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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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• Nanjing Acrobatic Troupe
  ...obatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techniques (driven ...nd association with a Western circus was in 1988-1989 with the [[Big Apple Circus]], which also marked its first appearance in the United States.
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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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• 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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• Pieric
  ...omedy on horseback, which was present in the very first days of the modern circus, is a very difficult genre—as is, actually, any act performed on hors ...e Fratellini’s school had acquired at various times the services of such circus equestrian luminaries as [[Chotachen Courtault]] and [[Francesco Caroli]].
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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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• The Indian Circus
  ...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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• Giuseppe Chiarini
  [[File:Chiarini_Utagawa_Masanobu.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Chiarini's Circus in Japan (1886)]] ==Equestrian, Circus Entrepreneur==
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• Reggie Armor
  ...29 in Los Angeles, California, to a family that had no connection with the circus world. In his teens, young Reggie learned acrobatics on the famous "Muscle ...f equestrians, whom he had met on Muscle Beach in the early 1950s. Between circus contracts, Bob and Reggie performed movie stunts in Hollywood; Reggie appea
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• 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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• The Samwell Family
  ...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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• Rodion Troupe
  ...ticipated in international gymnastics competitions before switching to the circus&madash;as many Russian gymnasts do when their competitive career comes to a ...r Nikolai Zemskov’s untimely and sudden death during the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in 1995, his act was taken over for some time by
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• David Martins
  ...us" held in his native country. This radically changed David’s life: The circus was [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]], and David was hired to perform ...vid Martins made his debut with his spectacular new act in the [[Big Apple Circus]] production of ''Bello Is Back!''
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• Russia's First National Circus
  ...n [[Alessandro Guerra]] and his troupe gave their first performance in the circus they had just built on the old Place des Manèges—the "merry-go-round ...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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• Anhui Acrobatic Troupe
  ...obatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techniques (driven ...2005)|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe, Risley & Teeterboard Act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Grandma Goes To Hollywood'' (2005)
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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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• Olate Family
  ...on of circus impresarios. Thus Richard and José Olate became professional circus performers. ...over the United States; when the Olate Family performed at the [[Big Apple Circus]] in 2001 (''Big Top Doo-Wop'') and 2006 (''Grandma Goes To Hollywood''), t
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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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• 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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• Leonid Engibarov
  ...Russian pop music—among others. And Leonid Engibarov for the Russian circus. ...he ringmaster in the circus ring, or [[SoyuzGosTsirk]], the central Soviet circus organization, in real life. In this, he embodied the moods of a new Soviet
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• Zhengzhou Acrobatic Troupe
  ...obatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techniques (driven ...al competition, notably winning a Silver Clown at the 11th [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] with a chair-balancing act in 1985.
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• Liazeed Trio
  ...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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• 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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• Beijing Acrobatic Troupe
  ...obatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techniques (driven ...in 2007 for its remarkable Chinese Pole act, which was also feratured at [[Circus Krone]] in Munich in 2011.
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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 Rastellis
  ...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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• Guangdong Acrobatic Troupe
  ...obatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techniques (driven ...including three ''Prix du Président de la République''), [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo|Monte Carlo]] (two Gold Clowns), Italy and Sweden,
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• The Great Carmo
  ==Juggler, Magician, Circus Owner== ...gedy. He might also be considered the man who launched the [[Bertram Mills Circus]] on its first tour, having had a short connection with [[Bertram Mills|Ber
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• China Acrobatic Troupe
  ...obatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techniques (driven ...of [[International Circus Festival of Budapest|Budapest]], [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo|Monte Carlo]], Russia, Poland, and [[Festival Mondi
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• Shenyang Acrobatic Troupe
  ...obatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techniques (driven ...l du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris, two Silver Clowns at the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] and the First Prize and the Grand Prize at the [[
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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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• Circus Medrano-Swoboda
  .... The name of that circus was homonymous to that of the legendary Parisian circus, but had no connection with it. It was “the other Medrano”—and st ...t and although they didn’t come from a circus family, they owned a small circus that traveled in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They always called Ludwig, wh
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• Marthe and Juliette Vesque
  ==Circus Memorialists== ...perhaps the most remarkable visual documentation existing on the European circus of the first half of the twentieth century.
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• Changchun Acrobatic Troupe
  ...obatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techniques (driven ...globe. The Changchun Acrobatic Troupe participated in the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in 1987, where it was awarded the ''City of Monac
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• Liaoning Acrobatic Troupe
  ...obatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techniques (driven ...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
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• Oliver Groszer
  ...g at age fourteen, when he took theater classes in boarding school with an American teacher, Keith LeFever. (It is while playing Romeo, in Shakespeare’s ''Ro ...and the troupe would have a significant aesthetical influence on the "New Circus" movement.
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• Inner Mongolia Acrobatic Troupe
  ...obatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techniques (driven ...1990 for its juggling on unicycles act, and the Gold Prize at the [[Golden Circus]] Festival in Italy in 2007. The troupe was awarded again at the Festival M
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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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• Liubov Pisarenkova
  ...s [[State College for Circus and Variety Arts (Moscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]]. She graduated four years later, in 1965, as an "estrade ...technique, and her magnetic personality soon made her a star of the Soviet circus. She married the acrobat [[Borisenko and Burdetsky|Viacheslav Borisenko]].
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• The Andreu-Rivels
  ...Pedro and Juan began performing a trapeze act. Pedro later joined another circus, Circo Alegría, where he met—and later married—a French acroba ...name Boby) and Polo performed their first clown entrée in the new family circus.
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• Wuqiao Acrobatic Troupe
  ...obatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techniques (driven ...including the United States (where they were featured with the [[Big Apple Circus]] in 2010-2011), England, France, Germany, Australia, Holland, Belgium, Swe
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• Rob Torres
  ...rres_Cole_Bros.jpeg|thumb|left|400px|Rob Torres at Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus (c.1993)]]While in high school, he was a member of the cross-country track ...Upon graduation, he toured for three years with [[Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus]], where he honed his comedic skills in front of large audiences and develo
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• The Aragón Family
  ...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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• 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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• Cedric Walker
  ==Circus Owner== ...artists of color that would visit urban centers with an important African American population.
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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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• Shandong Acrobatic Troupe
  ...obatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techniques (driven ...batic Festival]] in 1995; and the Bronze Bear award at the [[International Circus Festival of Moscow]] in 1996. Their award-winning bicycle act (Monte Carlo,
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• Jenda Smaha
  ...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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• 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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• Circus Schumann (Frankfurt)
  The Circus-Theater Albert Schumann (also known as ''Circus Schumann'', and later, ''Schumann Theater'') stood in Frankfurt am Main, Ge ===The Circus-Theater Albert Schumann===
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• Julius Gleich
  ==Circus Owner== ...of an era when German circuses were trying to match the gigantism of their American counterparts—a chimera that led several of them to bankruptcy.
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• Jakob Busch
  ==Circus Owner== ...alized and incorporated in 1960 into the [[VEB Zentral-Zirkus]], the State circus company of the German Democratic Republic.
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• Dmitry Chernov
  ...irst appearance in the ring with his father, during a tour of the [[Moscow Circus]], when he was two years old. But his "professional debut" happened two yea ...onvention. This was followed by a contract with Russia's premier circus, [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow: At age thirteen, Dmitry was a full-fledged professiona
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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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• James Washington Myers
  ==Equestrian, Acrobat, Clown, Circus Owner== ...created there toured extensively, and where he even established a resident circus in Paris.
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• Myers' Great American Circus
  [[Category:Circuses|Myers Great American Circus]]
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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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• Walter Houc
  ...enough, Ernst would give him a solid "rap" on the head. Indeed, like many circus performers of his generation, Walter felt that life was tough for him as a ...ch, the Wintergarten’s director. Schuch, who was indeed a savvy judge of circus and variety acts, liked to see young artists try new things, and he made a
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• George Carl
  ...r, an acrobat on trampoline, and a teeterboard acrobat (with the [[Tom Mix Circus]]), and even joined for a time the equestrian troupe of the legendary [[Poo ...ing in variety shows, which were more comfortable (and lucrative) than the circus.
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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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• Nino Frediani
  ...as Bertha Pauwels, a versatile performer who came from a well-known French circus family. ...no’s act was ready and he made his juggling debut at the fabled Parisian circus.
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• Dalian Acrobatic Troupe
  ...obatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techniques (driven ...Cirque de Demain]] in Paris and a Silver Clown at the 23rd International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo. Its bicycle act won a Silver Medal at the 27th Fes
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• Nikolai Pavlenko
  ...and the sheer artistry of his presentations make him indeed an outstanding circus artist. ...o, many great Russian animal trainers made their apprenticeship in the Zoo-Circus organization.
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• 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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• 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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• Kio
  ..., where they performed extensively on international tours of the "[[Moscow Circus]]." Kio’s illusions had a unique particularity: they were created to be p ...more than their illustrious father, who was a bona fide star of the Soviet circus, Emil, Jr. and Igor became celebrities in their own right; they appeared on
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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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• 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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• Flag Circus of China
  ...obatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techniques (driven ===The Flag Circus of China Today===
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• Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe
  ...obatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techniques (driven ...festivals, including a spectacular appearance at the 2018 [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]], where they obtained the coveted Gold Clown award
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• The Lorch Family
  ==Acrobats, Circus Owners== ===Circus Lorch===
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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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• 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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• Foottit et Chocolat
  ...uguste association which became the norm in twentieth century’s European circus, although this can be argued: This entitlement could also be attributed (an ...1) was born on April 24, 1864 in Manchester, England, where his father’s circus was showing. His father’s real name has been said to be Tudor Hall (or Th
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• American Circus-Togni Video (2009)
  ...film by Roberto Guideri chronicling the visit of Flavio Togni's ''American Circus'' in Genoa, Italy (2009) — ''Document © Roberto Guideri'' [[Category:Video Archive|Togni-American Circus]]
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• Oleg Popov
  ...ed to settle in Germany, where he toured for a while with his own ''Moscow Circus''. Yet, his return to Russia in 2015, for the first (and short-lived) [[Mas ...en visited with his mother the "Old Circus" on Tsvetnoy Boulevard (today [[Circus Nikulin]]), and he remembered (in hindsight, perhaps a little disingenuousl
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• Circopedia Award
  ...ircus arts, in terms of either performance, education, or promotion of the circus arts. ''Circopedia.org'' is solely responsible for the choice of its award' ...— Presented the 18th of August 2015 at the International Festival of Circus Arts of Israel, in Ashdod, Israel.
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• Yury Nikulin
  ==Clown, Actor, Circus Director== ...o the modern age, and restoring its prominence on the Russian and European circus scenes at a critical moment in Russian history.
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• The Aratas
  ...Guido. Guido (1911-?) married Cleofe Denji, who came from another Italian circus family, and together they had three children, Anna (b. January 5, 1940), Vi ...the famous Austrian circus (before it went bankrupt and became an Italian circus), and the Aratas returned to their country, where they worked for a time wi
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• Shcherbak and Popov
  ...Festival; and the prestigious Gold Clown award at the 37th [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in 2013, among many other international awards. ...mong other prestigious venues. They made their American debut in 2015 at [[Circus Sarasota]], in Sarasota, Florida.
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• 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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• Xinjiang Acrobatic Troupe
  ...obatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techniques (driven ...cts that have won several gold, silver, and bronze awards in international circus festivals and national and regional competitions. The Troupe has been comme
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• Réjean St. Jules
  ...nguage of the Province of Québec), and suggested that Maurice take a more American-sounding name. He thus become Lou Robertson… and Maurice and Françoise b ...g by his father, but in 1967, during an engagement with the [[Garden Bros. Circus]] in Canada, he met the talented and highly skilled French juggler [[Sampio
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• 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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• Franz Czeisler (Tihany)
  ==Magician, Circus Owner== ...brated traveling shows, and had been a beloved figure in the international circus community, highly respected by his colleagues and the artists who had been
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• Sergei Korolev
  ...se troupes were the Soviet (and today, Russian) equivalent of European and American Youth Circuses, albeit at a much higher level of skills and training. ...me, after the fall of the Soviet Union, [[RosGosTsirk]], the Russian State Circus Company.
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• Zhejiang Acrobatic Troupe
  ...obatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techniques (driven ...Cirque de Massy]] in 2009, the first prize at the 4th Russia International Circus Festival in 2009, and has obtained two Guinness World Records Certificates.
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• Yasmine Smart Video (1985)
  ...rson presenting her with the Silver Clown award at the end of the video is American actor Cary Grant. (1985) — ''Document: ARD''
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• Norman Crider
  ...lso offered rare and precious circus prints and other wonderfully selected circus artifacts. ...ve of performing, Norman learned baton-twirling, and went on to become the American champion and to win national and international competitions. Eventually, he
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• The Kornilov Dynasty
  There never have been many elephant acts in the Soviet and Russian circus. Several members of the [[The Durov Dynasty|Durov]] family have included on ...Circus Competition, the most prestigious talent competition of the Soviet circus world—which was then closed to the outside world. Yet, Aleksandr Korn
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• 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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• The Owl and The Pussycat
  ...Seattle, USA, on May 25, 1984, Adrienne trained in classical ballet at the American Ballet Theatre and began her performing career as a dancer. She trained in ...ed, he started working professionally as an aerialist at [[Lennon Brothers Circus]] in Australia in 2005. He furthered his training under Rodleigh Stevens (o
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• The Steben Sisters
  ...many—the "temple" of German varieté—and participated in the [[Circus Prinsessan Festival]] in Stockholm, Sweden, where they were awarded a Silve ...d, while they were in Europe, the participated in the 1996 [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]], where they won the coveted Silver Clown award. T
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• Togni Elephants Video (1988)
  Flavio Togni and the [[The Togni Family|Circo Americano]] (or "American Circus") group of 15 elephants at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland (2018)
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• The Honey Girls
  ...other, Daisy, was née [[The St. Leon Family|St. Leon]], an old Australian circus family. Coochie created her troupe of female acrobats (generally a quartet,
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• Tianjin Acrobatic Troupe
  ...obatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techniques (driven ...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
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• William Vos
  ...ed a group of camels and lamas. Wim was not particularly interested in the circus as such, but he was fascinated by its animals. The process of training them ...Wim began his performing career as one of the camel riders at the German [[Circus Roland]], where [[Jos Uyterlinde]]—another of Klant’s pupils—
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• Dimitri
  ...a career in the circus and, therefore, he is indeed an important figure of circus history. ...major influence in reshaping the western clown image. Merging traditional circus clown techniques and classic theatrical pantomime, while escaping the clich
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• Yunnan Acrobatic Troupe
  ...obatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techniques (driven ...an countries, and has gathered several prestigious awards in international circus festivals.
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• Wuhan Acrobatic Troupe
  ...obatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techniques (driven ...lver and bronze prizes, including a Gold Clown at the 38th [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in 2014. both home and abroad.
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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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• 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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• The 3 Bragazzi
  ...e a trio of Italian acrobats whose act met with great success, both in the circus ring and on the variety stage, from the 1940s up to the late 1960s. They be ...utonomous city bordered by Morocco, on the north coast of Africa. Like all circus children, they were trained in all traditional acrobatic disciplines within
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• Rex Williams
  ...espected elephant trainers, and a true legend of the 20th century American circus. He devoted his lifetime to the care, training, and presentation of elephan ...ear-old, Rex followed the old saying: He ran away from home and joined the circus. There, he soon fell in love with animals.
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• Gerry Cottle
  ==Circus Owner and Producer== ...y Cottle seized the opportunity, and his name soon became synonymous with "circus" in the United Kingdom and would remain so until Cottle’s untimely death
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• 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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• Barbette
  Between 1920 and 1935, the American trapeze and tightwire artist Barbette (1898-1973) was one of the greatest a ...was immediately hooked and, then and there, decided that he would become a circus performer.
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• Guangzhou Acrobatic Troupe
  ...obatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techniques (driven ...the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]], the [[International Circus Festival of Wuqiao]] in China, as well as many other festivals and competit
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• 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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• Little Billy Merchant
  ...[[Jacko Fossett]], a successful association that began at [[Bertram Mills Circus]] and morphed into a lifelong friendship. ...brated troupe of performing "midgets" of John Lester (1870-1950), a former American aerialist turned impresario. Lester's troupe was mostly composed of little
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• 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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• 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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