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  • ...lities soon attracted other major European circuses such as [[Circus Krone|Krone]], [[Circus Sarrasani|Sarrasani]], [[Julius Gleich|Gleich]], [[The Hagenbec ...owners who converted to circus around the same period ([[Circus Krone|Carl Krone]] and [[Circus Sarrasani|Hans Stosch-Sarrasani]] among them), Karel’s ins
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  • ...or other circuses, notably for [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland and [[Circus Krone]] and [[Circus Hagenbeck]] in Germany. Eventually, Yasmine became a celebra ...e following year, she presented a group of horses "at liberty" from Circus Krone at a Royal Command Performance for Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee at W
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  • ...cian, an actor, and a puppeteer, before discovering the Ecole Nationale du Cirque (today the [[Académie Fratellini]], one of the western world's very first ...wer Circus]] in Blackpool, England; [[Circus Krone|Kronebau]] in Munich; [[Cirque d'Hiver]]-[[The Bouglione Family|Bouglione]] in Paris; [[Circus Carré]] in
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  • ...own solo act, a classic ballerina on horseback, which won her the Dame du Cirque award at the 1989 [[International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo]]. ...ed their acts all over Europe, notably at [[Circus Roncalli]] and [[Circus Krone]] in Germany and [[Cirkus Benneweis]] in Denmark, as well as on stage, in n
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  • ...at Giacomo go to Paris. There he was hired by the [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Cirque Medrano]] as a tumbler and an "auguste de reprise" (carpet clown). But Giac ...d an engagement with Circus Beketov and, the following year, with [[Circus Krone]] in Germany, where he performed for seven years. He retired from performin
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  • ...c'est que sa mère le laissa partir, encore très jeune, avec la troupe du Cirque Pulaiot. ...out comme Guillaume, il conseilla au jeune garçon de se faire engager au Cirque Pulaiot.
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  • ...began to turn the triple consistently. The Gaonas also worked at [[Circus Krone]] in Munich, and in the winter of 1965-66, they appeared with [[Bertram Mil ...the Ringling show, they starred in a Feld-produced show, the short-lived ''Cirque International de Monte-Carlo''. Then they went to work internationally, not
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  • ...he following year. In 1996, they participated in the [[Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris, where their act won them a Gold Medal. They were also ...e performed in all sorts of venues, from the large circus ring of [[Circus Krone]] in Munich to the small stages of varieté theaters. They have been featur
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  • ...peared in his father's Risley act. The following year, the family was with Cirque Caignac, where José performed both a solo parody of a strong-man act and a ...g, perch-pole balancing, and a hand-balancing act—before joining the Cirque Caron in Grenoble. There, José learned trick riding and began to play the
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  • In 1994, Yelena's act won a Bronze Medal at Paris’s [[Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain]]—a remarkable feat, considering the high level of the acro ...us Knie]] and [[Circus Conelli]] in Switzerland; and, in Germany, [[Circus Krone]], Frankfurt’s TigerPalast, Düsseldorf’s Apollo Varieté, and Berlinâ€
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  • ...ing Unicorn''. Then, in 1986, he participated in the [[Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris, where he won a Silver Medal. The many circus agents a ...in Europe, notably with [[The Togni Family|Circo Americano]] and [[Circus Krone]] in Munich. In 1993, he appeared on the British independent television cha
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  • ...d, David followed his parents in the top European circuses of the 1960s ([[Cirque Pinder|Pinder]], [[The Knie Dynasty|Knie]], [[The Schumann Family|Schumann] ...1981, another unexpected incident pushed David back into clowning: Circus Krone's longtime house auguste, [[Klein Helmut]], had left, and a three-minute re
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  • ...off. [[The Althoff Dynasty|Circus Franz Althoff]] was, along with [[Circus Krone]], Germany’s largest circus; Franz had a herd of thirteen elephants, whic In the winter of 1960-1961, the young couple performed at the [[Cirque d'Hiver]] in Paris, where Circus Williams had contracted its animal acts. T
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  • ...pool [[Tower Circus]] in England; [[Circus Scott]] in Sweden; and [[Circus Krone]] in Germany among others.
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  • ...in 2013, at the [[Circo Teatro Price]] in Madrid in 2014, and at [[Circus Krone|Circus Kronebau]] in Munich in 2015. Today, Tom and Pepe work either separa ..._Silva_Gruss_Video_(2012)|Tom Dougherty & Pepe Silva, clown reprises]], at Cirque Arlette Gruss (2012)
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  • ...me: Society amateur circuses were flourishing then—like the famous [[Cirque Molier]] in Paris—and these were also the times when another sports e ...perform successfully all over Europe and finally with the popular circus [[Cirque Pinder|Pinder]], with which they toured the French provinces from 1905 to19
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  • ...a similar job with Sarrasani’s main competitor, the three-ring [[Circus Krone]]—but there, he had to prepare 2,000 pounds of meat daily for the thi ...s, was then beginning his new performing career as a star cat trainer at [[Cirque Medrano]] in Paris, with ''La Paix dans la Jungle'', a mixed animal group c
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  • ...for its remarkable Chinese Pole act, which was also feratured at [[Circus Krone]] in Munich in 2011.
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  • ...ing European shows, including [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland, and [[Circus Krone]] and [[Circus Franz Althoff]] in Germany, in England at Blackpool's [[Towe [[File:Pinder-Rogana_Poster_1967.jpeg|thumb|right|250px|Rogana at Cirque Pinder (1967)]]In the winter of 1957-58, a young East-German performer, [[M
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  • ...who was born in Paris on December 2, 1923 when the family was working at [[Cirque Medrano]], soon showed a particular talent for music and a passion for clow ...them was [[Rolph Zavatta]] (who performed with the Rastellis at Paris’s Cirque Medrano in 1937). Zavatta would soon be replaced by José Gabastou.
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  • ...Game Boy'', with which he won a Bronze Medal at the [[Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris in 1995. He has since created another comedy act, ''Pi ...r Salomé, and Chamäleon in Berlin. He has also been featured at [[Circus Krone|Circus Kronebau]] in Munich, and with the [[Österreichischer National-Circ
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  • ...9, when Raimundo took him to see the colossal German circus [[Circus Krone|Krone]], which was visiting Bilbao. This visit triggered Arturo’s fascination w ...e for the audience, long before [[Circus Roncalli]], [[Circo Tihany]] or [[Cirque du Soleil]], and had a consistent themed decoration. Arturo Castilla had a
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  • ...had no connection (beside the use of its famous name) with the legendary [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Parisian circus]]. ...' and back. The latter title was designed to compete with that of [[Circus Krone]], the giant German circus, which often toured in Italy at the time. In Apr
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  • ...Cirque Bouglione]] in France; Paris’s [[Cirque d’Hiver]]; and [[Circus Krone]], [[Circus Barnum]] and [[Circus Willy Hagenbeck]] in Germany—among
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  • ...[[Sacha Houcke]] were long associated with such circuses as [[Circus Krone|Krone]] in Germany and [[The Knie Dynasty|Knie]] in Switzerland, and although he ...ircuses, including the [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Cirque Medrano]] and the [[Cirque d'Hiver]] in Paris, and three seasons with [[Circus Mullens]] in Holland.
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  • ...en Weppenaar, Freddy’s brother. Then, after a first season with circus [[Cirque Pinder|Pinder-Jean Richard]] in France, Freddy teamed-up with another group ...prestigious venues as [[Cirkus Benneweis]], [[Cikus Scott]], and [[Circus Krone]] in Munich. In 1980 Allen Weppenaar replaced catcher Naafi Louw, and the F
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  • ...s]] (Togni) in Italy; [[Circo Price]] in Madrid, [[Cirque Royal (Brussels)|Cirque Royal]] in Brussels; [[Bertram Mills Circus]] at Olympia and the [[Harringa
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  • The Häni family ran the ''Grand Cirque Bernois'' in Switzerland at the turn of 20th century; in the 1910s, it beca ...ppodrome" format. Julius Gleich was following in the footsteps of [[Circus Krone]], which, one year earlier, had adopted the American three-ring format. Gle
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  • ...till given in circus buildings; Sarrasani had its own building in Dresden, Krone in Münich, Hagenbeck in Stellingen, and Paris alone maintained four perman ...Jules Léotard]] (1838-70), presented at Paris's Cirque Napoléon (today [[Cirque d'Hiver]]) an act titled ''La Course aux Trapèzes'', in which he jumped fr
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  • ...circus and variety business. Yet if such giant circuses as [[Circus Krone|Krone]] and [[Circus Sarrasani|Sarrasani]] reached their apogee at that time, it ...in Nazi Germany. Yet whereas circus luminaries such as [[Circus Krone|Carl Krone]], [[Circus Sarrasani|Hans Stoch-Sarrasani, Jr.]], and Paula Busch, like ma
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  • ...orn during an engagement of his parents in his grandfather’s circus, the Cirque Alphonse Rancy, which was then showing in Grenoble, an important city south ...n act ''The Courier'' (or ''La Poste'') with nine horses in his father's ''Cirque des Cirques'' at the Grand Palais in Paris. Gilbert was good-looking (as we
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  • ...lso performed in circus, principally in buildings, such as circus [[Circus Krone|Kronebau]] in Munich. Live entertainment was flourishing then and the compe ...[[Kelvin Hall Circus]] in Glasgow, as well as the [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Cirque Medrano]] in Paris, the Tivoli in Copenhagen, and many other important venu
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  • ..., they also had for partner Claus Lehnert, who would later become [[Circus Krone]]’s operations manager. ...for his jockey act, during the Enders Brothers engagement with the ''Grand Cirque 57'', produced by [[Hibert de Malafosse]] and [[Jérôme Medrano]] at Paris
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  • ...n, Tini appeared with Knie’s lions at Paris’s [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Cirque Medrano]], where she was billed as Miss Tintye (the German spelling of her ...inally put an end to her career as a cat trainer. She remained with Circus Krone, though, where she worked for many years as Box Office Manager. Tini Berman
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  • ...istory of modern circus. His achievements influenced rivals such as [[Carl Krone]], colleagues and admirers such as [[Jérôme Medrano]] and [[John Ringling ...nageries into Europe’s largest tenting circuses: Charles ([[Circus Krone|Krone]]), [[Circus Barum|Barum]] (Kreiser), and [[The Hagenbeck Dynasty|Hagenbeck
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  • ...th contract with a solo trapeze act (her new act was not ready yet) at the Cirque Medrano, for the opening show of the 1945-46 season in September. ...g, in which they debuted their brand new act. (At the time, Medrano, the [[Cirque d’Hiver]] and Paris’s music-halls and cabarets, renewed their shows eve
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  • ...e Mikkenie-Strassburger’s featured acts at the [[Cirque Royal (Brussels)|Cirque Royal]] in Brussels. Then they went on to work with [[Cirkus Scott]] in Swe ...Oreste and Tamara had retired from performing, and went on to run [[Circus Krone]]’s food concessions and restaurant, a position they held for thirty-thre
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  • ...62 to 1965, Mendez & Seitz toured with Europe’s largest circus, [[Circus Krone]], followed by a tour with [[Cirkus Schumann]] in 1966. (While at Cirkus S ...broke a wrist and elbow, Gene Mendez joined the cast of [[Irvin Feld]]’s Cirque de Monte Carlo Spectacular, a one-ring show that toured the United States i
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  • ...roughout the years the standards of quality initiated by its founder, Carl Krone, as well as its original menagerie’s heritage. Its tours in many European ...e (1833-1900), then developed by his son, Carl Krone, Jr. (1870-1943), the Krone organization typically grew from a fairground menagerie to a giant circus,
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  • ...lly since it was followed by a three-year contract with the touring Circus Krone, Europe’s largest circus. Rudy Horn was only fifteen years old! ...n would soon do it on a unicycle, Mills agreed to hire Rudy as soon as his Krone contract was over. Rudy was the talk of the town and, after his winter seas
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  • ...ver]], then in a circus on the Spanish isle of Mallorca, and toured with [[Cirque Pinder]] in France. Back in England, he put together a mixed animal act con ...f his eight years of employment by Chipperfield, he worked at the French [[Cirque Amar]] (then owned by [[The Bouglione Family|Firmin Bouglione, Jr.]]), wher
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  • ...y circus—and, of course, would have given Oskar Hoppe control of the Krone empire. ...]]; then he spent the winter season at Brussels' [[Cirque Royal (Brussels)|Cirque Royal]] building. It had become clear by then that returning to Germany to
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  • ...it was sometimes referred to as a "bonbonniere"), but in time, the Nouveau Cirque’s limited capacity made it difficult to manage. It began to lose its prom ...use whose rich and often glorious life had lasted forty years, the Nouveau Cirque finally called it quits.
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  • In 1934, following a winter season at Paris' [[Cirque d'Hiver]] with his family’s equestrian acts, Dominik passed the direction ...d, in 1935, began to use a hippodrome format, clearly inspired by [[Circus Krone]], the German trendsetter of the period. Even if modest in size compared to
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  • ...hington Myers]] in England, and then at Paris’s [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Cirque Fernando]], where he revealed his outstanding abilities as a horse trainer ...Renz secured the lease of Brussel’s brand-new [[Cirque Royal (Brussels)|Cirque Royal]], on the rue de l’Université, for the 1878 season. The circus was
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  • ...arred from 1908 to 1914 at Paris’s posh [[Nouveau Cirque (Paris)|Nouveau Cirque]], where they had successfully supplanted its legendary stars, [[Foottit an ...redo, were born in Paris during their father’s engagement at the Nouveau Cirque—Umberto on December 12, 1909 and Alfredo on January 11, 1912. The you
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  • ...sons, Ivanoff went to work with the brand-new [[Radio-Circus]] (formerly [[Cirque Gruss-Jeannet]]), whose association with the popular radio network Radio-Lu ...prominent circuses—such as Munich's [[Circus Krone|Kronebau]], the [[Cirque Bouglione]] in Paris for its Holiday Season shows at the Porte de Versaille
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  • ...hey starred in the "Temple of Clowns", the famous [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Cirque Medrano]], for four consecutive years, from 1910 to 1914. They were acrobat ...ccess. In 1910, Rico & Alex arrived at the fabled [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Cirque Medrano]] in Paris, where they quickly became the French capital's favorite
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  • ...but their next engagement was in Paris, billed as "Les Fossetts," at the [[Cirque Pinder-Jean Richard]], where they flopped miserably. Nonetheless, in 1978, they did well at the [[Cirque de la Voix du Nord]] in Lille, near the French-Belgian border, and then the
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