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  ...recognized as one of the greatest horse trainers of his time, both in the circus world and in equestrian circles. ...own as Dédé (1919-2003), a talented bareback rider who became not only a circus director, but also a popular auguste. Alexis’s mother, Hélène Maud (191
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• Cirkus Kludsky
  ...ands, and two hundred wagons traveling by train were used to transport the circus equipment and house the personnel. ...I by Karel Kludský (Carl Kludsky, as he became known in the West-European circus business). From humble beginnings, Karel Kludský had managed to build one
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• Links
  ==Circus Websites== '''Eden Brothers''' Circus [http://www.edencircus.com/ www.edencircus.com]
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• Fumagalli
  ...ent that had settled in Italy, and was related to two other famous Italian circus families, [[The Canastrelli Family|Canestrelli]] and Larible. Gianni's uncl ...on. (Bernhard Paul, a great "discoverer" of clown talent, also launched at Circus Roncalli the careers of [[Pic]], [[Jean-Paul]], [[David Shiner]] and [[Pete
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• Bolshoi Circus
  == Moscow's "New Circus" == ...ого'' in Russian), better known as Moscow's ''Bolshoi Circus'' ("Grand Circus") was built under the tenure of Leonid Brezhnev as First Secretary of the C
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• Jean Richard
  ==Actor, Comedian, Circus Owner== His early encounters with circus performers (particularly [[Martha-la-Corse]], a cat trainer) triggered his
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• New York Circuses
  ...e end of the eighteenth century (see ''[[Short History of the Circus]]''), circus performances were originally presented in buildings, either permanent struc ...ofitable, and they quickly prevailed: From roughly 1870 to 1930, they made circus the most popular performing art in America.
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• Big Apple Circus
  ...cus Arts. Its enormous success soon put the school in the shadows, and the circus took over as the principal activity of the organization. It became one of t ...’s prestigious Lincoln Center for The Performing Arts. The new Big Apple Circus quickly abandoned its spring-summer tours of the northeast United States an
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• Pancracio
  ...a clown—an auguste to be specific—even before he saw his first circus. This dream was ingrained in him as a child; as he would say later, reflect ...e Southern tip of Spain—a city famous worldwide for its sherry wine. Circus in Spain, during Fernando’s childhood, was at a peak, and it produced an
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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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• 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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• Les Casaly
  ...oned a promising career—in his case as an engineer—to join the circus. ...ould remain until 1990, performing their cradle act and, as members of the circus's resident company, a short-distance flying trapeze act.
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• Elena Panova
  ...echnique, which she developed quite by accident at the [[State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in Moscow along with her teachers, [[The Durov Dynasty|T ...his wife, Klavdia, née Kazanskaya. Her parents had nothing to do with the circus: they came from peasant stock and both worked in a local factory.
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• Cirque d'Hiver
  ...e world’s oldest extant circus building. It is also the world’s oldest circus still in activity: It opened its doors in 1852. Its address, at 110 rue Ame ...e (Paris)|Cirque Olympique]], located some five hundred yards from his new circus, on the portion of the Boulevard du Temple that disappeared in 1862, during
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• David Larible
  ...Russia and Eastern Europe. His is by far the most famous (and most copied) circus clown in the world. David is the first traditional circus auguste to have brilliantly synthesized the virtuosity of old musical augus
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• 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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• Gunther Gebel-Williams
  ...alented and charismatic performer, he was also, for circus enthusiasts and circus professionals around the world, one of the greatest animal trainers of the [[File:Williamsbau_Koln.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Circus Williams in Cologne (1947)]]Max Gebel was drafted into the Wehrmacht and se
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• Elena Borodina
  === From Ballet Dreams To Circus Challenges === ...other, Martha Avdeeva, was a scion of the old [[The Avdeev Family|Avdeev]] circus family. Martha and her sister, Svetlana, had inherited the legendary "giant
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• Simon Chaban
  ...ault at age six. He learned a full range of circus skills at San Francisco Circus Center, under the dual tutelage of a Chinese instructor, Lu Yi, and a Russi ...and has been featured in the French hit television variety show, ''Le Plus Grand Cabaret du Monde'' in 2009.
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• Ursula Böttcher
  ...the huge polar bears she eventually chose to present, and which made her a circus star all over Europe and in the United States. ...p novels: She took a job as an usher and cleaning woman with [[Jakob Busch|Circus Busch]], which was visiting Dresden in 1952. She was twenty-five, living ri
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• The Indian Circus
  ...y where the level of extreme poverty is still fairly high, a few traveling circus entrepreneurs may have resorted to methods that have fortunately vanished m [[File:Rambo_Circus_(2011).jpeg|thumb|right|375px|Rambo Circus (2011)]]
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• Giuseppe Chiarini
  [[File:Chiarini_Utagawa_Masanobu.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Chiarini's Circus in Japan (1886)]] ==Equestrian, Circus Entrepreneur==
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• Les Bario
  ...no (Freddy, 1922-1988) was born in Brussels on December 18, 1922. Like all circus children, the two sons of Manrico Meschi, known as Bario (1888-1974), and L In 1938, the Dario-Barios were in England, at Blackpool’s [[Tower Circus]]. Nello took advantage of the occasion to learn tap-dancing, of which Engl
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• Long Twins
  ...ey have been featured on the French television hit variety show, ''Le plus grand cabaret du monde'', and in the U.S., on ''The Late Show with David Letterma ...award by ''Gaming Today''. In 2009, they were featured in the [[Big Apple Circus]] of ''Bello Is Back!''
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• David Rosaire
  ...side, and his father had worked on the fairgrounds. Freddy Ross created [[Circus Rosaire]] in England in 1904. David began working in the ring at age five, and received a complete circus education within his family, from horsemanship and tumbling to juggling and
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• Russia's First National Circus
  ..."stone theatre"). The Kamennyi was also known as the Bolshoi Theatre (the "grand" theatre), and like its homonym in Moscow, it housed the Imperial Ballet an ...in Rimini, Italy, Guerra (1782-1862) had started his career at Vienna's [[Circus Gymnasticus]], under the management of the Latvian equestrian [[Christoph d
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• 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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• 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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• Liazeed Trio
  ...time, he worked on a hand-balancing act, which he eventually debuted at [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland in 1973. Later, Omar partnered with his sisters, Aïs ...] in Milano, Italy, and the Golden Artist Award the Enschede International Circus Festival in the Netherlands in 2001. Zaida was also proud to be the first f
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• 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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• The Nikitin Brothers
  [[File:Circus_Nikitin_in_Moscow.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Circus Nikitin in Moscow (c.1915)]] ==Circus Entrepreneurs==
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• The Rastellis
  ...continents, performing in the most prestigious venues of the international circus and variety scene. ...ry thorough and complete training within his family—like all Italian circus kids—became a solo contortionist, and occasionally appeared as a bare
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• Guangdong Acrobatic Troupe
  ...including three ''Prix du Président de la République''), [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo|Monte Carlo]] (two Gold Clowns), Italy and Sweden, ...c adagio for ''Swan Lake'' won them a Gold Clown at the 26th International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo in 2002.
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• Shenyang Acrobatic Troupe
  ...International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] and the First Prize and the Grand Prize at the [[Circuba Festival]] in Cuba (as of 2011). It also won a host ..._Dance"_Video_(2016)|''Fan dance'', head-balancing]], at the International Circus Festival of Figueres (2016)
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• Emile Carey
  ...a and in Europe (including the French top-rated TV variety show, ''Le plus grand cabaret du monde''), in [[The Knie Dynasty|Rolf Knie]]’s ''Salto Natale'' * Video: [[Emile Carey Video 2001|Emile Carey, juggler]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Big Top Doo-Wop'' (2001)
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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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• Cirque Cassuli
  ...hich Delaume, who served as a Major in the French Cavalry, was killed. The circus had to cease its activities for the duration. ...862-1937), the son of Joseph II, succeeded his father in 1891, and ran the circus in association with the equestrian [[Eugène Vasserot]], who became his son
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• Tsodikovi Sisters
  ...ave also appeared in the popular French television variety show, ''Le plus grand cabaret du monde''. ...dikovi_Sisters_Video_2007|Marina & Svetlana Tsodikovi, foot juggling]], at Circus Roncalli (2007)
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• Jenny Vidbel
  ..._Animals_BAC_Video_2010|Jenny Vidbel, mixed animals act]] in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Dance On!'' (2010) ...e_Horses_BAC_Video_2010|Jenny Vidbel, miniature horses]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Dance On!'' (2010)
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• The Aragón Family
  ...has produced five generations of funnymen, some of whom have become major circus stars in Spain as well as abroad: Pompoff y Thedy, arguably the greatest Sp ...05, and her family had been playing the fairgrounds long before the modern circus was created by [[Philip Astley]] in 1770. Gabriel and Virginie had fifteen
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• Pinito del Oro
  ...d been a center-ring headliner with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus in the United States for seven consecutive seasons. She was also courageous ...troubles, and in an area also totally devoid of competition. (The Spanish circus scene at the time was particularly active.)
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• Jenda Smaha
  ...iners of his generation. Although he came from a well-established European circus family, he spent most of his career on stage in the United States, working ...enda, was the son of Antonin and Ingebord Vinicky. His father was a famous circus equestrian known in the business as [[Toni Smaha]] (1908-1986), and his mo
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• Julius Gleich
  ==Circus Owner== Circus Gleich had a relatively short existence (1928-1937), but it was, in the ear
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• Scott and Muriel
  ...to work together in a magic show they had created, and which they titled ''Grand Dellusions''. ...e month later in Portugal, they won the magic world’s highest award, the Grand Prix of the ''Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques'' (Intern
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• SHORT HISTORY OF THE CIRCUS
  ...common denominator between Roman and modern circuses is the word itself, ''circus'', which means in Latin as in English, "circle". ===Philip Astley: The Father Of The Modern Circus===
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• James Washington Myers
  ==Equestrian, Acrobat, Clown, Circus Owner== ...created there toured extensively, and where he even established a resident circus in Paris.
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• Dosov Troupe
  ...atic Festival]] in China (1999), and the Gold Clown at the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] (2000). ...stival in China. In 2004, the troupe won again Gold at the [[International Circus Festival of Budapest]] in Hungary.
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• Circus Williams
  ==Carola Williams And Her Circus== ...he Althoff Dynasty|Althoffs]], she ran from 1945 to 1968 a very successful circus, which presented elegant shows with excellent artists and outstanding eques
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• Gilbert Houcke
  ...have made his one of the great names of the twentieth century’s European circus. ...]], a French equestrian who had settled in Sweden, where he originated his circus dynasty in the 19th century.
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• Mayya Panfilova
  ...cats made their professional debuts in 2001 in an edition of the [[Moscow Circus]] On Ice. ...with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]]. She has also appeared at the Grand Country Music-Hall in Branson, Missouri, among many other venues, and on te
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