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• Anton Donnert Cage Act 1973
  Anton Donnert, Tiger and Horse act, at the [[Fővárosi Nagycirkusz (Budapest|Fővárosi Nagycirkusz]] in Buda
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• Zapashny Cage Act Video (2018)
  Askold & Edgard Zapashny, tiger & lion act, in Moscow's [[Bolshoi Circus]] production of ''Эпицентр Мира''
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• Jean Richard
  ...again at the Gala de l'Union des Artistes in 1963, this time with a tiger act. ...éon''. Ecstatic, he said to a newspaperman: "Each night, when I enter the cage with my cats, I am rewarded for all my efforts and worries." The Cirque Jea
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• Moira Orfei
  ...ted by Walter's brother, [[Massimiliano Nones]], and became the first cage-act to win a Gold Clown at the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] * Video: [[Moira_Orfei_Video_(1991)|Moira Orfei, elephant act]], in the RTI TV show ""Sabato al Circo'' (1991)
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• Glossary
  ;adagio:Acrobatic act, generally involving a man and a woman, presented in a slow or romantic moo ...:Pair of fabric or leather straps used as an apparatus for an aerial strap act.
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• The Togni Family
  ...allowed the presentation of the Tognis's spectacular cross-flying trapeze act, which had no less than two catchers and nine flyers. Among those, [[Cesare ...the circus world, such as collapsible seating wagons and the metallic-mesh cage. In 1963, after yet another disastrous fire, Darix and Wioris conceived a r
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• Darix Togni
  ...y and Angly. At age fourteen, he was included in the family’s perch-pole act. ...nting “liberty” horse acts, and acting as a whiteface clown in a clown act with his brother Wioris, and the circus's midget clown, Checco Medori: ''I
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• Valentin Gneushev
  ==Director, Act Designer== ...rs'', an extravagant, semi-ironic staging for Yury Odintsov’s perch pole act (an impressive but often boring Russian specialty), in which props and athl
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• Gunther Gebel-Williams
  ...noted as an outstanding elephant trainer, especially when he added to his act a teeterboard sequence, in which he was propelled by one elephant onto the ...n acrobats who will remain with Circus Williams for many years. The jockey act was relatively dangerous, however, and Carola asked Gunther to stop perform
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• Charly Baumann
  ...o drive Michon’s lions away from him, get the injured trainer out of the cage, and rush him to the hospital. ...ttention of [[Erie Klant]], [[Willy Hagenbeck]]’s stepson, who owned the act, and whose Walkenburg, Holland, zoological and training center provided man
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• Hans-Ludwig Suppmeier
  * Video: [[Hans-Ludwig_Suppmeier_BAC_2003_Video|Hans-Ludwig Suppmeier, Camel Act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Carnevale!'' (2003) ...Hans-Ludwig]][[Category:Exotic Animals|Suppmeier, Hans-Ludwig]][[Category:Cage Acts|Suppmeier, Hans-Ludwig]]
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• Walter Milde
  ...e stayed there until 1969. Meanwhile, in 1968, he had taken over the tiger act of [[Walter Cupial]], with which he went to [[Circus Krone]], in Germany, w Milde sold his tiger act in 1978 to the popular French trainer [[Tarass Boulba]] (Emilien Beautour),
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• Alfred Court
  The act of Lexton & Egelton was performed on three parallel horizontal bars, as was ...Germany. Court and Lexton parted ways amicably, and the Lexton and Egelton act ceased to exist. Without a partner, Alfred Court worked for a few months wi
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• Daniel Suskov
  ...chard]]’s ''Olympiades du Cirque'' in 1976. On this occasion, Suskov’s act was shown on French television. ...|Firmin Bouglione]]’s [[Cirque Amar]], where he also presented a liberty act. For the winter season, he was at the [[Cirque d’Hiver]] in Paris. Then h
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• Fritz Schulz
  ...Fritz took the job on the condition that he could also work with Ohrt as a cage assistant during his training sessions. Thus Fritz Schulz began his apprent ...s, two leopards, four polar bears and two black bears. Court presented the act during the evening shows, leaving Fritz Schulz perform during matinees (und
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• Ursula Böttcher
  ...[[Cirkus Trolle Rhodin|Trolle Rhodin]], which became her first polar bear act. ...white giant that became her favorite, and "kissed" her at the end of their act. Two more polar bears were added later, and when ''Charly'', the veteran br
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• Giuseppe Chiarini
  ...riguez, "Andalusian Jester;" Camillo in the "Zampilaerostation" (an aerial act); and Chiarini’s other apprentice, the young Theodora, dancing on the tig ...o Brothers, versatile performers who did a risley act as well as a musical act; Henry Dorr, gymnast on the horizontal bar; and the "trapezienne," Miss Gra
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• Angel Cristo
  ...rgy; it is up to the trainer to keep a certain amount of excitement in the cage. And Angel Cristo knew how to deliver: He was a born showman. ...became one of Spain’s major circuses, and a showcase for the spectacular cage acts of its flamboyant director. Cristo trained a lion to walk on two paral
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• Gerd Siemoneit
  * Video: [[Gerd Siemoneit Video (1965)|Gerd Siemoneit, mixed animals cage act]], in Thames Television's ''Hippodrome'' (1965) * Video: [[Gerd_Siemoneit_Lion_Act_Video_(1975)|Gerd Siemoneit, lion act]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (1975)
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• Christine Zerbini
  ...ini]], came to the United States in the 1950s with his lion and tiger cage act for an engagement with the [[Mills Bros. Circus]]. He never left: In time, ...th [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]]: Christine worked in a sway pole act, and Sultan was a member of a Cossack-riding troupe from Kazakhstan. Their
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• Sarvat Begbudi
  * Video: [[Begbudi_Elephants_Video_(1981)|Elya & Sarvat Begbudi, elephant act]], at the "Old Circus" in Moscow (1981) * Video: [[Begbudi_-_Tiger_Act_Video_(1990)|Olga & Sarvat Begbudi, Tiger Act]], Moscow Circus U.S. Tour (1990)
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• Erhard and Christiane Samel Video 1973
  Erhard & Christiane Samel, Mixed animals cage act, at [[Circus Busch|Zirkus Busch-Berlin]], in the former DDR (East Germany).
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• Erhard and Christiane Samel
  ...the care of their animals, until she eventually became part of Erhard’s act in 1968. ...the Eastern Bloc’s countries—before becoming the first East-German act to be featured in the United States with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bail
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• Anton Donnert
  * Video: [[Anton_Donnert_Cage_Act_1973|Anton Donnert, Tiger and Horse Act]], at the Fövárosi Nagycirkusz in Budapest (1973) ...Acts|Donnert, Anton]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Donnert, Anton]][[Category:Cage Acts|Donnert, Anton]]
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• The Bouglione Family
  * Video: [[Sampion_Bouglione_Horses_-_1948|Sampion Bouglione, liberty act]], at Cirque Bouglione (1948) * Video: [[Bouglione_Horses_Video_(1963)|Emilien Bouglione, liberty act]], at the Cirque d'Hiver (1963)
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• The Great Carmo
  ...and Varieties—where he performed his budding juggling and strongman act. He then continued to develop it in other shows. ...s parents. Eventually, Harry developed a successful variety career with an act that combined juggling, feats of strength, quick-changes, and impressions.
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• Martin Lacey, Jr.
  * Video: [[Martin_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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• The Casartelli Family
  ...icolodis]], and the [[Duo Larible|Larible]] brothers’ Washington trapeze act. A group of liberty horses was also added, and the circus’s interior furn ...ese, Anita and Wanda, had achieved considerable fame with their equestrian act, which they performed as the [[The Swoboda Family|Medrano Sisters]]. Circus
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• Nadia Houcke
  ...mdash;and a major circus star when he became the first "Tarzan" of the big cage in the 1940s, wearing only leopard-skin briefs. ...s]] in 1963-64, where she presented Mills’s liberty horses and a novelty act with ponies pulling sulkies.
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• Wolfgang Trunk Video 1973
  ...irque d'Hiver]] in Paris (1973). Harry Belli can be seen standing near the cage door.
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• Wolfgang Trunk
  * Video: [[Wolfgang_Trunk_Video_1973|Wolfgang Trunk, riding tger act]], at Paris's Cirque d'Hiver (1973) ...ts|Trunk, Wolfgang]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Trunk, Wolfgang]][[Category:Cage Acts|Trunk, Wolfgang]]
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• Pinito del Oro
  ...ly talented—she was featured with her outstanding Washington trapeze act in Europe’s most prestigious circuses, and had been a center-ring headlin ...scious and was ashamed to perform in front of an audience: She thought her act was not good. But she was not given a choice.
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• Isabella Nock
  ...trapeze bar, barefooted and scantily clad in a sparkling bikini, made her act memorable wherever she worked. ...he family not involved with it: [[The Nerveless Nocks]] and their swaypole act (who also performed with Ringling Bros.); the two star clowns of the family
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• Viktor Tikhonov
  ...orked the ''balagans'' (the Russian fairground booths) with a sharpshooter act. Viktor made his debut as a child performer with his father, beginning as a ...us, and Tikhonov warmed quickly to that idea. He added trained dogs to his act, who played various "characters" reflecting human emotions. Tikhonov proved
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• Jakob Busch
  ...a cyclist turning around the walls of a bottomless basket hanging above a cage filled with lions: this was a popular type of attraction then on the fairgr ...ring all WWII with Circus Busch, where they originated their popular clown act, [[The Francescos]], in 1939.
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• Trevor Bale Video 1955
  ...big top in Sarasota, Florida. [[Emmett Kelly]] is standing next to to the cage, and Charlton Heston is hosting with Trevor's kids, [[Elvin Bale|Elevin]],
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• Trevor Bale
  * Video: [[Trevor_Bale_Video_1955|Trevor Bale, tiger act]], at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1955) ...estrians|Bale, Trevor]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Bale, Trevor]][[Category:Cage Acts|Bale, Trevor]]
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• The Zapashny Dynasty
  * Video: [[Walter_Zapashny_Video_(1964)|Walter Zapashny, mixed cage act]], at the "Old Circus" in Moscow (1964) * Video: [[Irina_Zapashnaya_Video_(2000)|Irina Zapashnaya, sea lion act]], at Circus Nikulin in Moscow (2000)
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• Circus Williams
  ...931, would have a long circus career as an artist with a successful cowboy act.) ...brothers, who would remain with Circus Williams for many years. The jockey act was relatively dangerous, however, and Carola eventually forbade Gunther to
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• Gilbert Houcke
  ...ot races, and at twenty, he presented the classic and demanding equestrian act ''The Courier'' (or ''La Poste'') with nine horses in his father's ''Cirque ...an Houcke contacted his friend [[Alfred Court]], whose “ready-to-wear” cage acts worked all over Europe.
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• Skvirskiy Family
  * Video: [[Skvirskiy_Video_(2011)|Nikolai & Nadezhda Skvirskiy, lion act]], at the Gomel State Circus (2011) [[Category:Artists and Acts|Skvirskiy Family]][[Category:Cage Acts|Skvirskiy Family]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Skvirskiy Family]]
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• Werner Stiebner
  * Video: [[Werner_Stiebner_Video_(1973)|Werner Stiebner, leopard act]], at Circus Knie (1973) ...|Stiebner, Werner]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Stiebner, Werner]][[Category:Cage Acts|Stiebner, Werner]]
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• Nikolai Pavlenko
  ...of the time—an image that still survives today. His attitude in the cage was gentle with little or no use of his whip or other such accessories, let ...influenced by his teacher’s. Pavlenko made his debut with his new tiger act in Lvov, in Ukraine with Aleksandrov-Fedotov’s original group, which incl
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• Tini Berman
  ...he feeling was not reciprocated), and eventually took her place in the big cage for one performance—an experience that triggered his passion for big ...1962 to create the [[Spanischer National Circus]] (in which the first cage act was that of the famous Spanish lion trainer [[Pablo Noel]]), Tini Berman hi
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• Aleksandrov-Fedotov
  * Video: [[Aleksandrov-Fedotov_Video_(1965)|Aleksandrov-Fedotov, tiger act]] (excerpts), at the Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard (1965) ...androv-Fedotov]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Aleksandrov-Fedotov]][[Category:Cage Acts|Aleksandrov-Fedotov]]
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• Shirokalovi Video (2013)
  Andrey & Natalya Shirokalov, tigers and leopards cage act, at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2013)
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• Andrey Shirokalov
  ...[Shirokalovi_Video_(2013)|Andrey & Natalya Shirokalov, tigers and leopards act]], at Circus Nikulin in Moscow (2013) ...[[Shirokalov_Video_(2015)|Andrey & Natalya Shirokalov, tigers and leopards act]] (excerpts) from Gia Eradze's ''Baronets'' (2015)
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• Kio
  ...of 180 million worldwide, which arguably makes theirs the most widely seen act in the history of Magic. ...d by magician Emil Hirschfeld-Renard in 1932. After his death in 1965, the act was inherited by Emil's younger son and assistant, Igor (who presented it i
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• Alfred Beautour Video (1973)
  ...hours before the recording and were not yet used to the place or even the cage, which belonged to and was used by another trainer in the same show. In thi
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• Alfred Beautour
  ...fted with a great personality in the ring, created a very successful tiger act that he presented with a good dose of humor as [[Tarass Boulba]]. ...common than tigers, lions, and mixed animals acts, and Fredo Beautour’s act soon became in high demand. He left the family circus and was featured over
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• Philippe Gruss
  * Video: [[Philippe_Gruss_Video_(1965)|Philippe Gruss, leopard act]], at the Cirque Jean Richard (1965) ...ans|Gruss, Philippe]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Gruss Philippe]][[Category:Cage Acts|Gruss, Philippe]][[Category:Dog Acts|Gruss, Philippe]][[Category:Eleph
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• Philippe Gruss Video (1965)
  ...l Philippe Gruss went to him, took him in his arms, and carried him to the cage's door. On the day of this filming, ''Prince'', perhaps distracted by the c
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