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• Cirkus Kludsky
  ...dred wagons traveling by train were used to transport the circus equipment and house the personnel. ...the biggest traveling circuses in Europe, which was subsequently continued and improved by his sons.
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• Yasmine Smart
  ...e and animal training by [[John Gindl]], who was at the time Billy Smart's Circus's head trainer. ...a BBC Holiday special that aired for several years after the Billy Smart's Circus had ceased touring.
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• Billy Smart
  ==Circus Owner and Impresario== ...t to make ends meet, and on one occasion, his fellow funfair entrepreneur (and future leisure industry magnate), Billy Butlin, helped him out, which resul
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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 ...cent of his father's, but significantly improved—notably with triple and quadruple pirouettes while juggling his cigar boxes.
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• Kremo Family
  ...cus and variety stars in Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and Kris Kremo, who also became a celebrated international star in America as w ...business), an Austrian family of talented acrobats who performed the best and most celebrated Risley act of the late 19th century.
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• Anthony Gatto
  ...ick Gatto]], a former acrobat who had a brilliant career on the vaudeville and nightclub circuits with his act, The 3 Gatos. ...rformed in front of all the major circus and variety directors and agents, and won the coveted Gold Medal.
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• Aniskin Troupe
  ...in 2003-2004. Oleg's wife, Yana, also a graduate of Moscow's State Circus and Variety College, appeared with [[The Firebirds]]. ...mir Skrinichenko, Valery Larin, Artur Ishkulov and Oleg Kasatkin (flyers), and Aleksey Voytenko (second catcher).
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• Fumagalli
  ...her famous Italian circus families, [[The Canastrelli Family|Canestrelli]] and Larible. Gianni's uncle, [[Francesco "Nené" Huesca]], was himself a renown ...reer. Gianni, however, had a knack for comedy and performed clown reprises and comic acrobatic routines from time to time with Daris.
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• Luisita Leers
  ...d with the [[Leers-Arvello Troupe]]; their act, which combined Roman Rings and acrobatic pyramids, was mostly an aerial display of strength. ...oss," which were then supposed to belong exclusively to a male repertoire, and she even held with one arm her hanging stepfather. Meanwhile, she was build
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• Bolshoi Circus
  == Moscow's "New Circus" == ...y Prospect (avenue), which separates it from the Moscow University campus, and Nikolai Kopernik (Copernic) Street; Lomonosov Avenue joins them on the sout
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• Francesco
  ...trained in acrobatics, ballet, wire walking, bareback riding and juggling, and graduated in 1978 as a clown. ...ernational Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo]], in 1990 (Tristan Rémy award) and 1996 (Junior Jury's award).
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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. ...becoming a television director, but the social turmoil of the late sixties and early seventies led to a period of self-questioning—as indeed it did
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• The Svensons
  ...seback, which won her the Dame du Cirque award at the 1989 [[International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo]]. ...y and [[Cirkus Benneweis]] in Denmark, as well as on stage, in nightclubs, and on television.
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• John Bill Ricketts
  == THE FIRST CIRCUS IN AMERICA== ...oxes) surrounding a circular riding space filled in with a mixture of soil and sawdust, forty-two feet in diameter—the ring.
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• Jean Richard
  ==Actor, Comedian, Circus Owner== ...farm named "La Ménagerie." His father was Pierre Richard, a horse dealer, and his mother a homemaker, née Suzanne Boinot.
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• New York Circuses
  ..., or wooden constructions that were erected in a town, and then dismantled and transported to the next—or simply sold at wood value at the end of th ...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
  ...m 1979 to 1984 – gathering gold, silver and bronze medals along the way, and several Russian championships titles. ...ed by [[Natalia Makovskaya]]. Regina participated in both acts (flying act and Russian barre).
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• Giacomino
  ''By Alessandro Cervelatti — Translated and edited by Dominique Jando'' ...stables who had suffered from a bad fall in England during a race in 1890 and had died soon after. What is certain is that Giacomo's mother let him join,
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• Valdis Yanovskis
  ...arnaval'', which included [[Elena Drogaleva]], Andrey Ivanko, Kyril Balan, and Alek Novosolov. ...] from 1995-97, and appeared for the last time together at the [[Big Apple Circus]] in 1999, before parting ways.
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• Irina Markova
  ...iner. Her first professional act involved a lion, a bear, an African goat, and a boar, who all performed together with dogs. She created her first all-dog ...rainer, [[Irina Bugrimova]], in which her dogs were dressed in lion manes, and a juggling act in which her son, juggler [[Andrey Markov]], uses dogs as pa
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• Katja Schumann
  ...of Copenhagen were in actuality Swedish, as is Katja, who held both Danish and Swedish nationalities. ...nt [[Paulina Schumann|Paulina]], and her cousins, [[Benny Schumann|Benny]] and Jacques.
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• Virgile Peyramaure
  ...teen, entered the [[Centre National des Arts du Cirque]], the French state circus college in Châlons-en-Champagne. There, he developed a hand-to-hand balanc ...ed their remarkable act at the [[Big Apple Circus]] in the U.S. in 1996-97 and returned there in 2000-01 for their farewell season—after which Sophi
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• Andrey Mantchev
  ...drey joined the award-winning troupe and discovered the circus world—and he never looked back. ...and several animal acts with [[Jenny Vidbel]]. After leaving the Big Apple Circus at the end of its 2012-2013 season, Andrey moved to Las Vegas.
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• Big Apple Circus
  ...ctivity of the organization. It became one of the world’s most respected and successful circuses—until the economic crisis of 2008, which dramatic ...andoned its spring-summer tours of the northeast United States and beyond, and limited its activity to its Lincoln Center four-month winter season. Howeve
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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== ...Edward Astley, a veneer-cutter and cabinet-maker. Edward had a short-fuse and a passion for horses, traits he passed on to his son. Philip Astley was nin
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• Paul Binder
  ==Juggler, Clown, Ringmaster, Circus Director== ...rtmouth College, where he performed as an actor with the Dartmouth Players and the Hopkins Center Repertory Theatre.
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• Huesca Brothers
  ...mother, Angela, was born [[The Fossett Family|Fossett]], a legendary Irish circus dynasty. ...nneweis]] in Denmark, the [[Big Apple Circus]] in the United States, and [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland. Sadly, their act was short-lived: in 2011, Giovanni
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• Duo Adamo
  ...ongolian State Circus. He developed skills in aerial straps, Chinese pole, and juggling. ...with whom she toured in Mexico and Uruguay, and taught at various colleges and universities where they were in residency. 
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• International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo
  ==Monte Carlo, Circus Capital of the World== ...ival was held from December 26 to 30, 1974 under the big top of the French circus [[The Bouglione Family|Bouglione]], installed on what was then the Esplanad
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• Miss Mara
  ...the firstborn of a very large family: She had six brothers and one sister, and all her life she would assume a sort of matriarchal responsibility for her ...on presentation at the time. Her tricks included heel-catches, neck-hangs, and a slide to heel-catch in full swing, which had been a specialty of the grea
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• Pancracio
  ...ingrained in him as a child; as he would say later, reflecting on his long and successful career, "''El payaso nace, no se hace''" (“One doesn’t becom ...herry wine. Circus in Spain, during Fernando’s childhood, was at a peak, and it produced an array of extremely talented clowns who were stars in their o
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• Carrillo Brothers
  ...1967, the troupe came to the United States, where they performed in fairs and traveling circuses. ...arold Alzana]], [[The Great Doval]] (Manfred Fritsch), and [[Gene Mendez]] and Joe Seitz had popularized this style of frenetic high-wire daredevilry, but
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• Michael Christensen
  ==Clown, Juggler, Circus Director== ...he San Francisco Mime Troupe, a political street-theater company that used circus techniques to create visual metaphors. As a member of the Mime Troupe, Mich
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• Dynamotion Jugglers
  ...d a solo career in 1980. He toured the world with the Harlem Globetrotters and was featured in numerous European nightclubs until 1984. ...later, he appeared for the first time in a circus ring, at the [[Big Apple Circus]]. He performed a juggling duet he had created with Jim Strinka, called Dyn
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• Flying Gaonas
  ...rs, Tito Gaona caught flawless triple somersaults with extraordinary grace and astonishing consistency. ...former military officer (whose brother, Rodolfo, was a well-known torero), and Carlos León, a trapeze artist. Victor's father, also named Bernabé, was a
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• Johnny Peers
  ...]] Circus. His skills as a natural comedian let him to join Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's [[Clown College]], where he graduated in 1969. He became ...rcuses as [[Circus Krone]] in Germany, [[Circus Maximum]] in Sweden, and [[Circus Conelly]] in Switzerland.
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• Lou Jacobs
  ...of Europe's circus and variety shows, and Jacobs's parents created a song-and-dance act which they performed in local "varieté" theaters. ...ely seen today, but quite popular then, especially in Germany and Russia), and—since Ludwig had a natural ability for it—contortion. By then,
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• Dolly Jacobs
  ...woman, she was a photographer, a published writer, a model and cover girl, and even held a pilot's license—all this at a time when women were suppos ...ecovered, they married. They had two daughters, [[Lou Ann Jacobs|Lou Ann]] and Dolly Jean.
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• Ben Williams
  ...ircus in 1951 when she was five years old. By then, Anna May was thirteen, and Ben, six. ...niversity 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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• Dania Kaseeva
  ...ancing act with Ruben Manasarian has become the stuff of legend in Russian circus lore. ...val Mondial du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris and won a Gold Medal, the first and only time this highest honor has been awarded to a hula-hoop act.
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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. ...to Cirque [[Napoléon Rancy]], [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Cirque Medrano]], and [[Cirque Jean Richard]]).
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• Liana Orfei
  ==Circus Director, Circus Performer, Singer, Actress== ...-seven films, including Fellini's ''I Clowns'' (1972) and dozens of peplum and adventure movies. She also acted onstage under the direction of legendary p
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• Paulina Schumann
  ==Acrobat and Equestrienne== ...circus, ''Circo Reina Victoria''; Paulina was, therefore, thrown into the circus world from the very moment she first opened her eyes.
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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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• Svetlana Gololobova
  ...ool closest to her hometown. Although she received general training in all circus disciplines, Svetlana demonstrated exceptional talent for hand-balancing. ...nd balancing acts in the history of the Soviet circus—indeed, of the circus anywhere.)
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• Glossary
  ;adagio:Acrobatic act, generally involving a man and a woman, presented in a slow or romantic mood. ...n:(Russian) A circus act that can occupy up to the entire second half of a circus performance.
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• Marie-Pierre Bénac
  ...spanned twelve years and two continents, she proved herself a very gifted and extremely versatile performer. ...xis Gruss]]. Founded in 1974, the Conservatoire was the first professional circus school in Western Europe.
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• David Dimitri
  ==Wire Dancer, Acrobat, Circus Director and Producer== ...ather, who was starring in the show. David worked again with his father at Circus Knie in 1973.
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• Melinda Merlier
  ...ol, where she received her formal schooling as well as her training in all circus disciplines. ...agio. In April 1988—two months before their graduation—Olivier and Melinda were married in Budapest. A few months later, they made their profe
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• The Togni Family
  ==Circus Owners, Equestrians, Animal Trainers, Acrobats, Aerialists== ...g cupola (in the 1970s), the quarterpole-free big top (also in the 1970s), and the round-cupola, quarterpole-free "Florilegio" big top (in the 1990s).
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• Darix Togni
  ==Circus Owner, Animal Trainer== ...and Doly, and then appeared in a Russian dance act with his cousins Wally and Angly. At age fourteen, he was included in the family’s perch-pole act.
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• Diana and Yury
  ...accepted into the State Circus College of Kiev, the second most important circus school in Soviet Russia (after the one in Moscow). He graduated in 1994 as ...ate Circus College of Kiev, where she graduated in 1994 as a hand-balancer and an acrobat on unicycle. While studying in Kiev, she met Yury.
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• Les Casaly
  ...oned a promising career—in his case as an engineer—to join the circus. ...ompany of Alexis Gruss’s [[Cirque à l’ancienne]] in Paris. An acrobat and aerialist, she performed a trampoline act that mixed these two disciplines.
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• Charlie Rivel
  ...e was used for dolls and other souvenir items; and he received every honor and accolade open to a performer. ...nal clown character that stands as one of the twentieth century's greatest circus icons.
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• Cirkus Benneweis
  ...nds of the same family: It celebrated its first one-hundred years in 1987, and was still going strong after more than 130 years of uninterrupted activity& ...ntury—following the example of many North-German traveling merchants and performers who crossed the border at that time.
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• Aurelia Cats
  ...re Rampe]] in Monte Carlo, the youth circus version of the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]]. ...he Caroli Troupe]|Domenico Caroli]]. It was [[The Palacys|Pauline Palacy]] and Sacha Dubrovsky, however, who made her an aerialist.
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• Anatoly Durov
  ...of talented clowns, animal trainers, and entertainment entrepreneurs—and a few actors too. In Soviet circus lore, Anatoly and Vladimir Durov are often associated with the Bolshevik revolution. As clown
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• Vladimir Durov
  ...ed as a clown-satirist whose anarchistic stance against an autocratic Tsar and his government had helped bring about the Soviet revolution. ...of talented clowns, animal trainers, and entertainment entrepreneurs—and a few actors too.
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• Yelena Larkina
  ...Moscow’s [[State College of Circus and Variety Arts]] (a.k.a. the Moscow Circus School) in 1987, where the famous Russian act director [[Valentin Gneushev] ...pless under a light veil that her dancing movements made teasingly move to and fro.
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• The Dancing Gauchos
  ...ars later, he was discovered by the National Folkloric Ballet of Argentina and was invited to join the company. He eventually became the Ballet's principa ...e equestrians, including Martha’s father, [[The Suarez Troupe|Enrique]], and her brother, [[Enrique Suarez, Jr.|Enrique, Jr]]. Martha’s maternal grand
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• Egorov Troupe
  ...ivalents of Youth Circuses—albeit at a much higher level of training and skills.) ...he performed for twelve years, both in Russia and abroad with the [[Moscow Circus]].
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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 ...a trapeze act, taking advantage of both Pedro’s experience as a catcher and Tatiana’s experience as an aerialist.
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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 ...a trapeze act, taking advantage of both Pedro’s experience as a catcher and Tatiana’s experience as an aerialist.
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• Picaso Jr.
  ...t he was too shy to be a performer. Therefore, he chose to attend college, and earned a degree in economics. He later spent some time in the military&mdas ...ing that he couldn't escape his circus heritage, he returned to the circus and made his debut at the Benidorm Palace Dinner-Show in Spain on May 5, 1996,
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• Guiming Meng
  ...Chinese troupes, he later participated in a variety of ensemble acrobatic acts in the shows staged by the the Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe. ...[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus, where they performed several acts from their vast repertoire. Guiming Meng was among the performers who made
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• Jeff Gordon
  ...owns, [[Carlo Pellegrini]] (Carlo), [[Michael Christensen]] (Mr. Stubbs), and [[Barry Lubin]] (Grandma). ...d be, for the following five years, the iconic clown trio of the Big Apple Circus.
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• Ricardo Sosa
  ...al circus performer. He graduated in 1986 with a remarkable hand-balancing and contortion act. ...ed to perform, appearing at the Tropicana in Havana and touring with Cuban circus companies in South America.
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• Olivier and Melinda
  ...wer plant construction sites, and, in his spare time, practiced kickboxing and karate. ...ic circus disciplines. At the same time, he began to study Hungarian—and to pay increasing amounts of attention to a certain fellow student, [[Melin
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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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• Cesare Togni
  ==Circus Owner and Performer== ...rcus director who made his mark on the history of the Italian and European circus.
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• David and Dania
  ==DAVID MAAS AND DANIA KASEEVA — Quick-Change Act== ...ssional debut at age fifteen. Her amazing technique, dynamic choreography, and magnetic stage presence won her a Gold Medal at the 1988 [[Festival Mondial
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• Sophie and Virgile
  ...om one to five days a week. Eventually she decided to pursue a career as a circus artist. ...e in 1986, at age fifteen. He came from the circus: His father ran a small circus company.
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• Val De Fun
  ...the legendary [[Valery Serebryakov]], who for many years delighted Soviet and international audiences with his partner, [[Stanislav Shchukin]]. ...while Valery found an engagement at [[Circus Vargas]] in the United States and settled for a while in Los Angeles.
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• Kovgar Troupe
  ...s champion who, like many of his Russian counterparts, transitioned to the circus when his competition days were over. He learned his trade with the famous R ...'Freilix'' (Free). It immediately won a Golden Lion at the [[International Circus Festival of Wuqiao]], China, in 2001.
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• Alesya Goulevich
  ..., Alesya Goulevich (or Gulevich) is Belarusian. She comes from a family of circus performers: Her father is a famous clown, Fedor Goulevich (of the duo [[Gou ...icient unicyclist, worked as a clown, and eventually created her energetic and unusually elegant hula-hoop act.
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• Elena Panova
  ...sensation that triggered the creation of a string of new swinging trapeze acts in a similar style, notably in Canada. ...er parents had nothing to do with the circus: they came from peasant stock and both worked in a local factory.
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• The Knie Dynasty
  ==Knie: The Swiss National Circus== ...n years old, the young Friedrich left his studies without a second thought and went on to roam the country with a small company of traveling performers.
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• Enis Togni
  [[Category:Circus Owners and Directors|Togni, Enis]][[Artists and Acts|Togni, Enis]][[Category:Equestrians|Togni, Enis]][[Category:Animal Trainers
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• Oleg Izossimov
  ...asse in a circus performance, and he was so impressed that he decided then and there that this was what he would do. He would never forget Kasse's act. ...he celebrated "Moscow Circus School". He was refused three years in a row, and was finally accepted in 1986—in the nick of time, since 21 was the ag
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• Roby Gasser
  ==Sea Lion Trainer, Circus Director== ...rteen, Roby was in charge of the technical aspects of the show—sound and lighting.
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• The Qian Brothers
  Qian Jian Ping and his brothers, Qian Jian Hua and Qian Jian Wen, came from an old family of Chinese entertainers. They practi ...du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris, where their juggling trio won a Gold Medal and the Prize of the President of the Republc—the Festival's top award. B
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• Tangier Troupe
  ...roupes may disappear and reappear with different leaders. There have been, and will be, many troupes working under that name. ...holding the largest possible number of his partners on and around himself, and a display of tumbling by each member of the troupe, whose quality depends o
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• Duo Mouvance
  ...l’s Collège Ahunstic. But the previous year, her interest in gymnastics and physical activities had led her to join Le Nœud d’Ersault, a trapeze sch ...still a fledging school—albeit already making its mark in the “New Circus” community. At the same time, she studied acrobatic dance with Michel Jod
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• Alberto Zoppé
  == Equestrian, Circus Owner == ...ei]] families, for example. Yet their companies often contained true gems, and Alberto Zoppé was to be one of these.
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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
  ...tury, and the creator of some of the most innovative and celebrated circus acts of the 1990s. ...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. ...re with new trends such as the Russian lyrical interpretation of clowning, and the street-rooted audience participation that appeared in Europe in the ear
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• Festival International du Cirque de Massy
  ...[[Achille Zavatta]] to celebrate his seventy-five birthday under Zavatta's circus big top in Massy—a small town in the southern outer boroughs of Paris ...ation was to celebrate traditional circus, and notably to highlight animal acts.
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• Vladimir Tsarkov
  ...scow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]]—the famous "Moscow Circus School"—where he was accepted in 1978, at age fifteen. ...nicycle. Meanwhile, he was experimenting with new bouncing juggling rings, and decided to put together a solo-juggling act for himself. He developed his c
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• The Rios Brothers
  ...fter World War II, and the Rios Brothers are generally perceived as French circus artists. ...decided to combine their talents into a risley act, a particularly arduous circus discipline.
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• Svetlana Shamsheeva
  ...ing a youth program at the local zoo, working closely with Himalayan bears and other animals. ...ana for his company, with which she worked from 1979 to 1985 with her bear and dove act.
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• Harold Alzana
  ...he Wallendas]], that had preceded him—inspired many of the high wire acts that are seen today. ...training his children (Harold, his brother Edgar, and their sisters Hilda and Elsie) in his backyard, where he had installed a tight wire two feet off th
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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 ...local bars. Needless to say, Gunther's early childhood was far from happy, and the advent of World War II would further tear apart his already dysfunction
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• Circus Oz
  ...stralian performance and brought to the company attitudes that were forged and developed during that time. === From "New Circus" To "Circus Oz" ===
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• Elena Borodina
  ...had ambitions of a very different order: She wanted to be a ballet dancer and, at a very young age, she began to take ballet lessons. === From Ballet Dreams To Circus Challenges ===
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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 ...ther was interned in Ravensbrück, and Heinz was sent to a Nazi orphanage, and then to work on a farm.
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• Elena Serafimovich
  ...arted training at age six. She participated in many national competitions, and eventually obtained a Master degree in Rhythmic-Gymnastics. ...ymnasts there did: she enrolled in Kiev’s State Institute of Variety and Circus Arts in Ukraine (still part of the Soviet Union at the time). The year was
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• Kuznetsov Troupe
  ...hort-lived. It was dissolved in 1997, after just a few years of existence, and not long after winning a Gold Medal at the [[Festival Mondial du Cirque de ...oscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]]—the famous Moscow Circus School.
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• Nathalie Enterline
  ...d by her parents. She also became a baton twirler, and competed nationally and internationally in the 1970s, winning the World Championships in 1978. ...Francis Brunn]] (1922-2004). This was the beginning of a life-long romance and collaboration that lasted until Brunn’s death, in 2004.
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• César Aedo
  ...real, he went on to perform on street corners as a mime throughout Central and South America to pay his way to Europe, where he intended to study Politica ...series of events prevented him from enrolling immediately in a university, and he continued to earn his living on street corners. At the end of 1979, he w
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• Alexis Brothers
  ...nd balancing]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Ballerinas, Horses and Clowns...'' (1990) ...(2006)|The Alexis Brothers, hand-to-hand balancing]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (2006)
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• Tom Dougherty
  ...ings Bank building, taught him drawing and oil painting from an early age, and is also credited with teaching him how to amuse others. This gave Tom an ar ...asked Tom if he wanted to replace the missing actor: “We had a rehearsal and they offered me a contract at the end of the day.”
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• Simon Chaban
  ...also trained in Taiko drumming, martial arts, ballet, stage combat, magic, and break dancing. ...eared in many variety and nightclub shows in Europe and the United States, and has been featured in the French hit television variety show, ''Le Plus Gran
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• The Codonas
  ...rei Codonas'' (1940)—a very rare occurrence for circus artists—and two romanticized biographies. ...duardo also had a half-brother, William). When and for which purpose Henry and Victorine immigrated to Mexico is not known.
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• Flying Vazquez
  ...deo: [[Flying_Vazquez_BAC_1991_Video|The Flying Vazquez]] in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Greetings From Coney Island'' (1991) File:Flying_Trapeze_Greats.jpeg|Juan and Miguel Vazquez with other trapeze legends (2010)
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• Violetta Ignatova
  ...tta_Ignatova_BAC_Video_1999|Violetta Ignatova, Dog Act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Bello & Friends'' (1999) ...a, Violetta]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Ignatova, Violetta]][[Category:Dog Acts|Ignatova, Violetta]]
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• Andrey Markov
  ...[[Andrey_Markov_BAC_2003_Video|Andrey Markov, Dog Act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Carnevale!'' (2003) ...|Markov, Andrey]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Markov, Andrey]][[Category:Dog Acts|Markov, Andrey]]
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• Chy Mei Ling
  ...l Mondial du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris in 1988. She was eight years old, and she became an immediate sensation! ...hand balancers of her generation. She soon was in high demand in circuses and "varieté" shows all over Europe; in 1995, she returned to the Festival Mon
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• The Mongolian Angels
  ...AC_2004_Video|The Mongolian Angels, Double Trapeze Act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Picturesque'' (2004). [[Category:Artists and Acts|Mongolian Angels, The]][[Category:Aerialists|Mongolian Angels, The]][[Categ
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• Bello Nock
  ..._Inflatable_Man_(1997)|Bello Nock's ''Inflatable Man'']], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Twenty Years!'' (1997) ..._Video_1998|Bello Nock and William Woodcock'e elephants]] in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Happy On!'' (1998)
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• Mike Sanger
  ...rone, Mike Sanger, Alexander Bohnstedt, and Adi Enders, haute-école]], at Circus Krone (1969) ...BAC_Video_2000|Mike and Pascale Sanger, Comedy Dog Act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Clown Around Town'' (2000)
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• The Sudarchikovi
  ...95)|Anatoly & Liubov Sudarchikov, quick-change act]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (1995) ...6_Video|Anatoly & Liubov Surdachikov, quick-change act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''The Medicine Show'' (1996)
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• Hans-Ludwig Suppmeier
  ...us Company, with Hans Suppmeier, pyramids on horseback]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Dreams of a City'' (2002) ...pmeier_BAC_2003_Video|Hans-Ludwig Suppmeier, Camel Act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Carnevale!'' (2003)
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• Nanjing Acrobatic Troupe
  ...y form of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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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 ...ntertainers—their craft has evolved separately, with its own history and traditions.
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• Walter Milde
  ..., in 1950. There, he developed a passion for big cats, which led him to go and train at [[Erie Klant]]’s wild animal training center in Valkenburg, Holl ...l-fledged wild animal trainer, presenting himself lions and polar bears at Circus [[Adolf Fisher]] in Germany. From 1962 to 1965, he worked in Italy at [[The
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• Alfred Court
  ==Acrobat, Circus Owner, Animal Trainer== ...mal trainers of all times—and as such, a major circus star in Europe and America.
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• Nikolai Chelnokov
  ...aerialist under the legendary team of [[The Durov Dynasty|Tereza Durova]] and [[Victor Fomine|Viktor Fomin]]. ...ttract men to a specialty usually reserved to women. His back flip catches and his rolls-down will also become classic tricks of the specialty's repertoir
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• Pieric
  ...than three decades, in addition to being a talented auguste on more solid and stable ground! ...t in horses. In his late teens, he had worked both as a sailing instructor and an accompanist for equestrian tourist groups. His ultimate goal, however, w
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• Armand Gruss
  ...o encompass Alexis Gruss's circus as well as the first French professional circus school. ...hant act—which included hand-balancing on the pachyderm's head—and then a Bronze Medal in 1987, as a clown with his cousin, Eddy Ringenbach
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• Daniel Suskov
  ...WII, in the circuses of whom he presented for many years all sorts of wild and domestic animals. Daniel grew up in the circus. He was still a teenager when he was hired by [[Jo Clavel]] to work in [[Je
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• Simeon Krachinov
  ..._(2007)|Simeon Krachinov, juggler]], at Moscow's International Festival of Circus Arts (2007) [[Category:Artists and Acts|Krachinov, Simeon]][[Category:Jugglers|Krachinov, Simeon]]
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• Laci Endresz Jr
  ...uste [[Charlie Cairoli]] (1910-1980) at the [[Tower Circus]] in Blackpool, and he has become a household name in the famous Lancashire seaside resort on E ...esz, Sr.]] is sixth generation of a Hungarian family of circus performers, and his mother, Maureen, was born [[The Roberts Family|Roberts]]—one of E
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• Fritz Schulz
  ...the legendary [[Alfred Court]]. Court had described Schulz as a “honest and courageous guy, who had what it takes to become a great trainer.” ...s a butcher. But he shared with his uncle a passion for wild animals—and not particularly dead ones!
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• Ursula Böttcher
  ''By Dominique Jando and Christian Hamel'' ...ntually chose to present, and which made her a circus star all over Europe and in the United States.
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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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• Collins Brothers
  ...d in all basic circus disciplines, including acrobatics, juggling, ballet, and trapeze. ...ddenly found themselves in a wall-free Berlin, and in a country where West and East didn't mean anything anymore.
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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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• Hernán
  ...age seven, in a performance given for inmates in a jail, with the Mexican circus for which his parents worked at the time. ...rida in the United States. He also won a Bronze Medal at the International Circus Festival of Mexico City in 1993.
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• Angel Cristo
  ==Animal Trainer, Circus Owner== ...s born Angel Cristo Dordi in Huelva, Spain, on October 17, 1944, to an old circus family.
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• Reggie Armor
  Reggie Armor (1929-2010) was one of the great flyers of the 1960s and 1970s, a triple somersaulter at a time when only a few flying trapeze artis ...board act and a risley act, and then participated in a few other acrobatic acts.
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• Les Castors
  ...decades, it has remained the same in form—a mixture of foot juggling and risley act, which, over the years, has been increasingly interspersed with ...Nona, their mother, was born [[The Bedinis|Bedini]], a celebrated Russian circus family of Italian origins.
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• Franco Knie
  ...|Knie, Franco]][[Category:Exotic Animals|Knie, Franco]][[Category:Elephant Acts|Knie, Franco]]
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• Johnny Hutch
  ...sic halls and circuses, but he also became universally famous, in 1988-89 (and for years thereafter on reruns), as a sidekick of comedian Benny Hill in Th ...Johnny was rather short for his age (in adulthood, he was five feet tall), and the jobs available around were not for him. So, his father suggested that J
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• Maryse Begary
  ...the trapeze bar—which she could hold for more than one minute—and her spectacular series of rotating one-arm planches (also known as "disloca ...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
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• Gerd Siemoneit
  ==Animal Trainer, Circus Owner== ...eit_Lion_Act_Video_(1975)|Gerd Siemoneit, lion act]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (1975)
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• Les Bario
  ...which included their uncle Dario (Dario Meschi, 1880-1962), their father, and a third partner that changed over the years: [[Félix Gontard]], [[Rhum]], ...ourteen, Nello began to develop a threadlike hobo character named Siméon, and embarked in earnest on his clown apprenticeship, while Freddy, dressed as a
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• Los Quiros
  ...Quiros Video (2002)|Los Quiros, high wire act]] at the 26th International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (2002) ...o_(2005)|Los Quiros, high wire act]], at the 2nd International Festival of Circus Arts in Moscow (2005)
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• Borzovi Troupe
  ...ovative flying act that includes upright, traditional, and Korean cradles, and Russian Barre. The act was created by the legendary Russian act director, [ ...act was very complex, and even included the setting of the full apparatus and the net in view of the audience, as part of its choreography—a true t
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• Sarah Schwarz
  ...vacations training in circus arts, and performing on tour with the circus. Circus quickly became Sarah’s true passion. ...ie]], at [[Circo da Madrugada]] in Brazil, [[Circus Roncalli]] in Germany, and Berlin’s WinterGarten varieté, among other venues.
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• Flying Cortes
  ...their high wire and flying trapeze acts. Young Robinson performed in both acts; brother Alex was only six months old then. ...retired from performing, Robinson replaced him as the catcher of the act, and Alex became the main flyer.
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• Flying Zuniga
  ...iga_Video_(2012)|The Flying Zuniga, flying trapeze]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (2012) ...s|Zuniga, Flying]][[Category:Aerialists||Zuniga, Flying]][[Category:Flying Acts|Zuniga, Trapeze]]
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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 ...ion; one of them, [[Sylvia Zerbini|Sylvia]], is a world-renowned aerialist and equestrienne.
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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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• Crystalle
  ...nthroposophy, her 
younger sister became an artist and costume designer, and her brother, a scientist: An interesting family mix. ...er, Gabriella Hogendorf, was by far the most beautiful woman in town—and she still wonders if this was because of her looks or the grace of her move
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• Pedro Reis
  ==Aerialist, Circus Director== ..._Video_(1985)|The Survivors, aerial casting cradle]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (1985)
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• Les Frères Taquin
  ...ime technique of Olivier Taquin, serving an act that has become a classic, and has often been copied but—as the saying goes—never equaled. ...ith his pupils. His instructors thought he had good dispositions for mime, and suggested he furthered his training in that discipline.
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• David Rosaire
  ...side, and his father had worked on the fairgrounds. Freddy Ross created [[Circus Rosaire]] in England in 1904. ...|Kay]], [[The Rosaire Family|Derrick, Jr.]], [[The Rosaire Family|Linda]], and [[The Rosaire Family|Pamela]], who settled in the United States, are also f
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• Vince Bruce
  ...neteen, Vince ran away from the circus and hit the international nightclub and variety circuit. ...raying Will Rogers on the silver screen in Hollywood. The show ran for two and a half years.
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• Loyal-Suarez Troupe
  ...by [[The Suarez Troupe|Enrique Suarez]] and two of his children, Magdalena and Enrique, Jr. ...(1879-1956), who had married Giuseppina Travaglia, scion of an old Italian circus family.
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• Camilla Mayer
  ...1934. Fearless and talented, she soon became the troupe's star attraction, and Camilio gave her as a "nom-de-scène" not only his family name, but also hi ...] in Berlin. Already famous by then, the name of Camilla Mayer entered the circus pantheon through Lotte—a honor often bestowed upon celebrated artists
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• Russia's First National Circus
  ...but the presence of the theater had since redeemed the square's prestige, and Guerra found himself in ideal surroundings. ...s aggressive manner in the ring (which he also displayed in private life), and which got him a nickname: ''Il Furioso''.
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• Maria Andreeva
  ...o: [[Maria_Andreeva_Video_(2002)|Maria Andreeva, cloud swing Act]], at the Circus Prinsessan Festival, Stockolm (2002) [[Category:Artists and Acts|Andreeva, Maria]][[Category:Aerialists|Andreeva, Maria]][[Category:Spanish
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• The Buffalos
  ==Equestrian and Animal Act== ...e in East Germany, the State Circus organization privatized their circuses and sold their assets, which included their animals.
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• Anhui Acrobatic Troupe
  ...forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• Christian Stoinev
  ...Atayde]] family, owners of Mexico’s oldest, largest, and most celebrated circus, Circo Atayde Hermanos. ...od at the [[Big Apple Circus]], where his father was Performance Director, and his mother worked in an administrative capacity.
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• Olate Family
  ...very member of the family had to chip in. Richard learned the true meaning and value of hard work at the tender age of six—laboring sometimes simply ...mother, to cash on her son’s unexpected talents, booked in school shows and street fairs. Richard was twelve.
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• Willer Nicolodi
  ...Nicolodi BAC Video 2005|Willer Nicolodi, ventriloquist]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Grandma Goes To Hollywood'' (2005) [[Category:Artists and Acts|Nicolodi, Willer]][[Category:Novelty Acts|Nicolodi, Willer]][[Category:Ventriloquists|Nicolodi, Willer]]
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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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• Greg and Karen DeSanto
  ...Santo, with Barry Lubin and Todd Robbins, Soap Entrée]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''The Medicine Show'' (1996) ...anto_Soap_BAC_Video|Greg & Karen DeSanto, Soap Entrée]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Grandma Goes To Hollywood'' (2005)
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• Garamov Troupe
  ...and upright catcher, a presentation that later inspired the Korean flying acts. ...’s wife), Boris Degtiarev, Viktor Zorin, Igor Shielkov, Ruslan Yakovlev, and one of the first female triple-somersaulters, [[Margarita Egorova]], who al
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• Sergey Akimov
  ...a hand-to-hand balancing act with his father. Later, while rehearsing at [[Circus Nikulin]]’s training studio, Yury discovered that Sergey had a natural ab ...ls, culminating with a Silver Elephant at [[Moscow’s International Youth Circus Festival]] in 2004.
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• Elena Drogaleva
  ...he group was composed of [[Valdis Yanovskis]], Andrey Ivanko, Kyril Balan, and Alek Novosolov. ...medal at the All-Union Circus Competition—the old USSR’s ultimate circus competition. But in the turmoil of the post-Soviet era, it was not easy to
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• The Filatov Family
  ..._Filatov_Video_(c1980)|Tatiana & Aleksandr Filatov, Bear Act]], at the Old Circus, Moscow (c.1980) ...ana_Filatova_Video_(c1985)|Tatiana Filatova, Elephant Act]] at the Bolshoi Circus, Moscow (c.1985)
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• Cyril Mills
  ==Circus Owner and Director== ...he Royal Air Force. After the Bertram Mills Circus closed down in 1967, he and Cyril Mills remained close friends.''
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• Françoise Rochais
  ...passion. She continued training by herself, improving her skills by trial and error. In 1984, her juggling mentor invited her to spend a vacation in Aust ...her juggling act at the [[Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris, and a "Silver K" at the [[Festival Première Rampe]] in Monte Carlo. In 1990, s
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• Antoschka
  ...ted to perform, and when she recovered, friends suggested that she try the circus. ...region of Novosibirsk. There, she learned a variety of circus disciplines, and partnered with another student, Anatoly Evgenevich Lotishev (b. March 10, 1
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• Raissa and Grant Ibragimovi
  ...Ibragimovi_Bear_Act_(1990)|Raissa & Grant Ibragimovi, Bear Act]], ''Moscow Circus'''s 1990 U.S. Tour (1990) ...va, Raissa]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Ibragimova, Raissa]][[Category:Bear Acts|Ibragimova, Raissa]]
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• Con Colleano
  ...d took them away to the bush to stand on his line-up boards to take on all and any challengers. ...he island of St Thomas in the West Indies (now one of the Virgin Islands), and Julia Robertson, née Saunders, aged thirty-three years, a half-caste Abori
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• May Wirth
  ..., May was adopted by Marizles ("Rill") Martin (1868-1948), an equestrienne and a sister of the [[The Wirth Family|Wirth brothers]], proprietors of one of ...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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• Sarvat Begbudi
  ...[[Begbudi_Video_(1981)|Sarvat Begbudi, juggler on horseback]], at the "OLd Circus" in Moscow (1981) ..._Elephants_Video_(1981)|Elya & Sarvat Begbudi, elephant act]], at the "Old Circus" in Moscow (1981)
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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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• The Cristiani Family
  ==Equestrians, Acrobats, Circus Owners== ..._Video_(1978)|The Cristianis, trampoline act]], at Billy Smart's Christmas Circus (1978)
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• Valery Serebryakov
  ...o_(1976)|Shchukin & Serebryakov, Jump Rope reprise]], in the film ''Clowns and Children'' (1976) ..._Video_(1976)|Valery Serebryakov, "Stairs" reprise]], in the film ''Clowns and Children'' (1976)
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• Grock
  File:Circus_Grock_Poster.jpg|Circus Grock Poster (1953) [[Category:Artists and Acts|Grock]][[Category:Clowns|Grock]]
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• Leonid Engibarov
  ...Russian pop music—among others. And Leonid Engibarov for the Russian circus. ...ds of a new Soviet youth, which danced the twist, listened to the Beatles, and tried to erase three decades of Stalinist tyranny.
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• Carrie Harvey
  ...n musical theatre, played theatre classics, appeared on television, radio, and did many TV commercial voice-overs. ...k singers in ''The Stage'', the British trade newspaper, Carrie auditioned and got the classy part of "Belinda, the Bearded Wonder."
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• Zhang Fan
  ...of Wuhan, in China, in 2000, and another Gold award at the [[International Circus Festival of Budapest]], Hungary, in 2001. He then improved on his already e ...in the United States. He has also appeared on television shows in Europe, and in China for CCTV's ''Chinese New Year's Eve Special''.
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• Glen Nicolodi
  ..., who was part, with Glen’s other siblings, of the famous hand-balancing and acrobatic act of [[The Nicolodis]]. ...eer as an acrobat in 1989, at age sixteen, and then joined the [[Big Apple Circus]]’s resident company, in the United States, in 1992—when his father
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• Anatoly Zalievsky
  ...dal. The following year, Anatoly won the Gold Clown at the [[International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo]]. ...iginality, is the performer himself—his unique artistry, sensibility and charisma; luckily, these attributes cannot be duplicated.
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• Grigory Popovich
  ...[[Popovich_Video_(1981)|Grigory Popovich, juggler on free ladder]], at the Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard in Moscow (1981) ...ch_Video_(1983)|Grigory Popovich, juggler on free ladder]], at the Bolshoi Circus in Moscow (1983)
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• Justin Case
  ..._Volunteer_Video_2001|Justin Case, unicycle comedy act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Big Top Doo-Wop'' (2001) ...ase_Bicycle_Video_2001|Justin Case, Comedy Bicycle Act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Big Top Doo-Wop'' (2001)
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• Duo Perfilyev
  ...erest in physical activities; he regularly practiced sports, mostly karate and boxing. ...cus and Variety Arts (Moscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]], and she convinced Andrey to come with her. But if Irina, with her background, e
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• Denis Lacombe
  ...p'' with Bill Woodcock]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Carnival and Mardi Gras'' (1986) ...combe, ''The Maestro'']], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Carnival and Mardi Gras'' (1986)
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• Natalia Yakubova
  ...tate College for Circus and Variety Arts (Moscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in Moscow, where he graduated in 1970 as an acrobat on perch ...nasty of animal trainers. Yakubov worked with Durov until the early 1980s, and then created his own trained baboon act. His wife, Natalia Yakubova worked
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• Zhengzhou Acrobatic Troupe
  ...y form of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• Norman Barrett
  ...-up comedian: "A smashing bloke and a very very nice man… A loyal friend and a very very very nice man." Quite an amazing epitaph for anybody! ===Barrett’s Canadian Circus===
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• Ella Levitskaya
  ...became a juggler, and was then for many years the Ringmaster of Tashkent's circus. ...atyr, and Ella’s sister, Evgenia (b. 1965) soon joined into Ella’s act and became her assistants.
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• The Kurziamovi
  ...an acrobat and a clown, before becoming ringmaster of Moscow’s [[Bolshoi Circus]] from 1971 to 1986. ...in Moscow (the Russian Academy of Theatrical Arts), where he graduated as circus "regisseur" (director) in 1995. It is at that time that he met his wife, Ol
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• The Kozjaks
  ...he Polish State Circus (when Poland was a country of the Communist block), and were active in the 1970s/1980s. ...ks_Video_1980|The Kozjaks, Perch-Pole Balancing]], at Billy Smart's Easter Circus (1980)
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• Alexis Gruss, Sr.
  ==Equestrian, Circus Director== ..._Liberty_Act_(1975)|Alexis Gruss, Sr., Liberty Act]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (1975)
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• Annie Fratellini
  ==Singer, Actress, Clown, Circus Director, Circus Teacher== ...s school in 1975, which has become one of France’s major state-sponsored circus schools, the [[Académie Fratellini]].
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• Beijing Acrobatic Troupe
  ...forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• Erhard and Christiane Samel
  ...ould add two ligers (a cross between a lion and a tiger), a black leopard, and finally, a boa to this rather varied jungle family. ...t [[Circus Busch|Zirkus Busch-Berlin]], where she and her husband, worked, and became increasingly involved with the care of their animals, until she even
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• Charlie Cairoli
  ...at Blackpool’s [[Tower Circus]], of which he became the undisputed star and, without a doubt, the most popular attraction. ...r. As a matter of fact, Jean-Marie Cairoli became a clown against his will and by accident.
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• Tamerlan Nugzarov
  ...f Monte Carlo]] in 1984, and the great respect in which he was held in the circus world at large are a testimony to his immense talent. ===Family and Apprenticeship===
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• The Nikitin Brothers
  [[File:Circus_Nikitin_in_Moscow.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Circus Nikitin in Moscow (c.1915)]] ==Circus Entrepreneurs==
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• Rogana
  ...ved 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
  ''By Raffaele de Ritis and Dominique Jando'' ...nts, performing in the most prestigious venues of the international circus and variety scene.
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• The Valla Family
  ...: [[Bertis_Troupe_Video_1977|The Bertis Troupe, Acrobats on Unicycle]], at Circus Centrum, Prague (1977) ..._Video_(1980)|The Valla-Bertinis, Acrobats on Unicycle]], at Billy Smart's Circus (1980)
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• Michael Korthaus
  ...of [[Picaso|El Gran Picaso]] and plays music spitting them on a keyboard, and a stage show, ''Green Gift'', with his partner, Stefanie Bonse. ...rcus Louis Knie]] in Austria, and in many variety shows, television shows, and special events around the world.
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• Guangdong Acrobatic Troupe
  ...forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• The Rogge Sisters
  ...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 Bouglione Family
  ==Menagerie and Circus Owners, Animal Trainers, Artists== * Video: [[Gipsy_Bouglione_Video_(1966)|Gipsy Bouglione, tight and slack wire]], at the Cirque d'Hiver (1966)
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• Ahmed Ben Ali Zinati
  ...ling troupes have been part of the circus practically since its inception, and are still seen in circuses all over the world to this day. ...members amidst other troupes), but some of them have had a leader talented and enterprising enough to strongly establish their name in the business. In th
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• Les Fratellini
  File:Soeurs_Peres.jpg|Jeanne and Rosalie Pérès (1903) File:Nikitin_Fratelini.jpeg|Les Fratellini at Circus Nikitin in Moscow (1913)
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• Johnny Gasser
  ...eer, Johnny Gasser and Kirill Ivanov]], ''Dandies'', Russian barre act, at Circus Nikulin in Moscow (2018) ...minique_jando_(2018).png|Johnny Gasser (r.) with Kirill Ivanov, Yury Kreer and Dominique Jando (2018)
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• Yury Kreer
  * Video: [[Gasser and Kreer Video 1995|Johnny Gasser & Yury Kreer, Hand-to-Hand]], at the Festiva ...Kreer, Johnny Gasser & Kirill Ivanov]], ''Dandies'', Russian barre act, at Circus Nikulin in Moscow (2018)
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• Emmerich Ankner
  ''By Don Stacey and Dominique Jando'' ...y with the rank of Captain, and he would be often billed in his subsequent circus career as "Captain Ankner."
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• Sylvia Teron
  ...ron Video (1975)| Sylvia Teron, hand balancing act]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (1975). [[Category:Artists and Acts|Teron, Sylvia]][[Category:Acrobats|Teron, Sylvia]][[Category:Hand Balancers
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• The Great Carmo
  ==Juggler, Magician, Circus Owner== ...our, having had a short connection with [[Bertram Mills|Bertram W. Mills]] and his two sons in 1929, prior to the appearance of the full-fledged Mills ten
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• Wolfgang Krenzola
  ...a_Video_(1975)|Wolfgang Krenzola, mixed animal act]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (1975) ...g]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Krenzola, Wolfgang]][[Category:Mixed Animals Acts|Krenzola, Wolfgang]]
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• Pyongyang State Circus
  ..._Nam_Video_(1984)|Choe Bok Nam Trouype, Flying Act]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (1984) ...eo_(1987)|Lum Moon Hok, sword balancing on trapeze]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (1987)
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• Errani Brothers
  ...rrani_Video_(2004)|The Errani Brothers, Risley act]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (2004) * Video: [[Errani_Brothers_Video_(2004)|The Errani Brothers, Risley act]], at Circus Kronebau, Munich (2004)
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• Martin Lacey, Jr.
  ...tin_Lacey_Video_(2000)|Martin Lacey, Jr., lion act]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (2000) * Video: [[Martin_Lacey_Jr_Video_(2004)|Martin Lacey, Jr., lion act]], at Circus Kronebau (2004)
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• China Acrobatic Troupe
  ...forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• Shenyang Acrobatic Troupe
  ...forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• Zhang Gongli
  ...ng_Gongli_Video_(2015)|Zhang Gongli, chair balancing act]], at the Bolshoi Circus in Moscow (2015) [[Category:Artists and Acts|Zhang Gongli]][[Category:Acrobats|Zhang Gongli]][[Category:Chinese Acrobati
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• Angélina
  ...Art. The next natural step would have been to continue her art education, and she applied for the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. Unfortunately, ...the Lido, which had shown over the years a remarkable talent for creating acts with a strong touch of humor.
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• Stephanie Gasparoli
  ...evident that Stephanie could have a good career as a professional artist, and in 1993, she joined the [[Ecole Nationale de Cirque]] in Montreal. ...er: Immediately afterwards, in 1999, she was featured at the prestigious [[Circus Knie]], in her native Switzerland.
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• Hugh Forgie
  ...rom 1941 through 1952. He was born in Brantford, Ontario (Canada) in 1912, and moved to New York in the early 1930s. By then, the sport of badminton, inve ...ingdom, whose highlight was a Royal Command Performance for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
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• Lilly Yokoi
  ...r act can be regarded as the greatest solo bicycle act that ever was—and it is universally acknowledged as such by all those who were lucky enough t ...he act was featuring only three of the the four Yokoi Sisters, Mary, Olga, and Lilly. The Trio Yokoi, as they were billed, appeared on CBS's ''The Talk of
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• The Mascotts
  * Video: [[The_Mascotts_Video_1964|The Mascotts, balancing act]], at Circus Scott (1964) [[Category:Artists and Acts|Mascotts]][[Category:Acrobats|Mascotts]][[Category:Hand Balancers|Mascotts]
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• Emile Carey
  ...Competitor, he had already been awarded two consecutive Gold Medals (1999 and 2000) for his juggling technique by the International Juggling Association; ...''Salto Natale'' in Switzerland, and has worked with [[Cirque du Soleil]] and [[Cirque Eloize]], among many others. In 2009, he created with his partner,
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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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• Igor Maïorov
  ...[[Maiorov Video 2001|The Maïorov Troupe, tumbling act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Big Top Doo-Wop'' (2001) ...ts|Maïorov, Igor]][[Category:Acrobats|Maïorov, Igor]][[Category:Tumbling Acts|Maïorov, Igor]]
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• Arturo Castilla
  ==Circus Director and Impresario== ...ns and marketing, his foresight of the emerging sport arenas’ potential, and the pioneering of trans-national synergies between major European circuses.
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• The Casartelli Family
  ...e of its famous name) with the legendary [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Parisian circus]]. ...sartelli family managed to become in just a few decades one of the largest circus families in Europe; it counts today about one hundred members.
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• Circus Medrano-Swoboda
  ...he other Medrano”—and still is today, since the title has survived and belongs now (2011) to the Italian [[The Casartelli Family|Casartelli]] fami ...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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• Ali Hassani
  ==Acrobat, Circus Owner== ''By Dominique Jando and Donald Stacey''
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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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• Cirque Léonce
  ...meone with a high school education was enough of a rarity in the traveling circus world to be useful in a large range of administrative chores. ...ournées Baret," a famous theatrical touring company. But this was not the circus.
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• Nadia Houcke
  ...[[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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• Wang Lixin
  ...ited States, she has been featured as a solo performer in the [[Big Apple Circus]] production of ''Happy On!'' (1998). ...xin_BAC_Video_1998|Wang Lixin, cup and saucer juggling]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Happy On!'' (1998)
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• Changchun Acrobatic Troupe
  ...forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• Liaoning Acrobatic Troupe
  ...forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• Espiral Troupe
  ...que d'Hiver]] in Paris, where they were awarded a Gold Medal for their two acts. [[Category:Artists and Acts|Espiral Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats|Espiral Troupe]][[Category:Teeterboard|
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• Oliver Groszer
  ...r, Gert, developed radically opposite views in matters of politics, and he and Franziska eventually divorced when Oliver was four years old. ...eave the GDR. She, Oliver, and his sister Josefine crossed the Berlin Wall and moved to West Berlin; Oliver was ten. It was an entirely new life for them;
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• Udarma
  ...contortion: In this remote Asian country (located between Russian Siberia and China), contortionists endowed with spiritual significance their unique abi Udarma went to work with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] in the United States in 1988. In 1990, she participated i
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• Inner Mongolia Acrobatic Troupe
  ...forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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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. ...working for the Ringling organization, with ''The Greatest Show On Earth'' and other Ringling-owned circuses, for nearly half a century.
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• Marinoff Troupe
  ...Festival of Monte-Carlo]] in 1996 and a Gold Medal at the [[International Circus festival of Budapest]] in 1997 for the Evelyn Marinoff Troupe (teeterboard) ...[[Marinoff_Troupe_Video_1992|The Evelyn Marinoff Troupe, teeterboard]], at Circus Kronebau in Munich (1992)
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• Gérard Edon
  File:Edon_-_Blackpool.jpg|Gérard Edon at Blackpool Tower Circus (1970) [[Category:Artists and Acts|Edon, Gérard]][[Category:Aerialists|Edon, Gérard]][[Category:Washington T
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• Tokar and Hyobagy
  ...r and Zoltan Hyobagy won the Circus Academy award at the 1st International Circus Arts in Moscow in 1996. ...96|Magdalena Tokar & Zoltan Hyobagy, aerial cradle]], at the International Circus Festival of Moscow (1996)
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• Vorobiev Troupe
  ...oupe_Video_2007|Vorobiev Troupe, Russian swing act]], at the International Circus Arts Festival of Moscow (2007) [[Category:Artists and Acts|Vorobiev Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats|Vorobiev Troupe]][[Category:Russian Sw
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• Italo Medini
  ...r of [[Pierre Périé]], the owner of a highly respected French provincial circus before WWII. ...irschke]] (1920-2001), with whom the Medinis shared a bill at Vienna’s [[Circus Renz]]. From then on, Italo began training in a specialty for which he show
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