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• New York Circuses
  ...ling Brothers, and finally Feld Entertainment, Inc., the parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey.
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• Big Apple Circus
  ...one that was different from both the gigantic corporate affair that was [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] and the pathetic remnants of the defunct golden The ''New York Times'', which up until then had only reviewed the Ringling show when it visited Madison Square Garden, finally noticed the Big Apple C
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• Miss Mara
  ...quero Canela. María was 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 res ...ing North]], and in October of the same year, she signed a contract with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus, ''The Greatest Show On Earth'', then in
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• Carrillo Brothers
  ...arized this style of frenetic high-wire daredevilry, but when the Carrillo Brothers began performing their act, it was still a novelty. ...aniel Acosta seriously injured himself in a fall during a performance with Ringling Bros. Luis Posso, who was born to a family of Colombian high-wire artists,
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• Flying Gaonas
  ...alacios]], with triple-somersaulter [[Lalo Palacio]], were starring in the Ringling show, and the triple, still a rarity at the time, became Tito's goal. He ca ...978, becoming the leading star act of the circus's Blue Unit. In 1974, the Ringling show featured two Flying Gaonas acts: the original one and a second troupe
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• Dolly Jacobs
  ...brated clown [[Lou Jacobs]] (1903-1992), was for decades associated with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]], where he performed from 1925 to 1985. Her moth In 1948, Jean ran away and joined the circus. She became a showgirl with the Ringling Bros. This was still the era of the giant traveling big tops and circus tra
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• The Togni Family
  ...perch-pole acrobat Romualdo Simili; together they spent two seasons with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] with their perch-pole act. Wally married artist ...nts (1964)]]Beginning in November 1963, to counteract a European tour of [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] (whose disastrous tour never went that far sout
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• Darix Togni
  ...x was already a star, they chose to call it ''Circo Darix Togni''. The two brothers revealed to be excellent circus directors, with a special talent for techni ...presented him with a group of horses; and circus luminaries such as [[John Ringling North]], [[Arturo Castilla]], [[Joseph Bouglione]], and [[Cyril Mills]] wer
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• Pedro and Tatiana Carrillo
  ...edro Carrillo, Jr. is the son of the legendary high-wire artist [[Carrillo Brothers|Pedro Carrillo]]. When he was eighteen, Pedro, Jr. began his professional c ...have performed all over the world, including a two-year engagement with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]], a season with [[Circo Mundial]] in Spain, and
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• The Carrillos
  ...Pedro Carillo, Jr. is the son of the legendary high-wire artist [[Carillo Brothers|Pedro Carillo]]. When he was eighteen, Pedro, Jr. began his professional ci ...r high wire act all over the world, including a two-year engagement with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]], a season with [[Circo Mundial]] in Spain, and
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• Mark David
  ...nd Barnum & Bailey]], still known in that part of the world as simply "the Ringling Show." ...swing act in the 112th edition of ''The Greatest Show On Earth''—the Ringling Show, in the historical shadow of which he had grown up and learned his tra
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• The Panteleenko Brothers
  ...vien Levshin, who was the Rubanov Company’s acrobatic coach, noticed the brothers’ athleticism and began to train them as acrobats. He created an original ...swinging, circular moves, and—of course—two-person tricks. The brothers’ elegance and their amazing resemblance added to the act's balletic beaut
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• Circus Nikulin
  ...sons. The transaction included a promise signed by Dmitri Nikitin that the brothers wouldn’t compete with Salamonsky in Moscow. (Salamonsky later sold the Pa ...r of agreement had been signed by Dmitri Nikitin, who had left by then his brothers to create his own enterprise, and consequently, they (Piotr and Akim Nikiti
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• Gunther Gebel-Williams
  ...ry Williams held a British passport, and the Althoffs—Carola and her brothers, [[Franz Althoff|Franz]] (1908-1987) and [[Adolf Althoff|Adolf]] (1913-1998 ...Gunther began to work as a jockey with the [[The Enders Brothers|Enders]] brothers, excellent equestrian acrobats who will remain with Circus Williams for man
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• Charly Baumann
  ...ssport, and the attitude of the Althoffs—Carola (1903-1987), and her brothers [[Franz Althoff|Franz]] (1908-1987) and [[Adolf Althoff|Adolf]] (1913-1998) ...er existing tiger groups, including one from [[John Ringling North]] for [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus, but Baumann’s asking price was to hig
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• Alfred Court
  At the same time, between engagements, the Court brothers tried their hand at producing, and presented their own ''Cirque Egelton'' s ...at the end of the 1908 season, and went on to create a talent agency. The brothers, however, had decided they would have their own traveling circus as soon as
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• Daniel Suskov
  ...fred Court]]’s assistant trainers, before entering in the service of the brothers [[Cirque Amar|Amar]] after WWII, in the circuses of whom he presented for m ..., and trained a group of exotic animals. It is during this engagement with Ringling that his daughter, Sandrine, debuted as an animal trainer in her own right.
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• Les Castors
  ...which they worked in their own Cirque Moustier. Toly was the first of the brothers to join the troupe in 1951, at age eight (his sister, Nora, had preceded hi The Castors have also worked with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] in Stuttgart, Germany, during its short-lived E
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• Flying Cortes
  The brothers also flew in other acts, and at various times appeared with such great flyi ...have performed in most of the United States’ major circuses, including [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]], [[Royal Hanneford Circus]], and St. Louis, Mis
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• Bertram Mills
  ...Pissiutis]]’ riding act; the clowns [[Gobert Belling]], the [[Benedetti Brothers]], and [[Theodore]] and Partners; [[Mona Connors]]’ equestrian act; the [ ...in the world returning to London after a long hiatus! Unfortunately, John Ringling was unable to arrange shipping space for such a huge undertaking so soon af
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• Cyril Mills
  ...tinent (following the disappointing news that [[The Ringling Brothers|John Ringling]] couldn’t bring over from America ''The Greatest Show On Earth'' to fill ...am Mills Circus became a model of modern tenting standards in Britain. The brothers ran it until 1964, when declining profits brought it to a sad end. They wer
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• Con Colleano
  ...his older brother Bonar, the ''Hillston Spectator'' remarked: "The Collino Brothers perform one of the most dangerous feats ever performed on the elastic rope, ...udonym of "Zeneto" early in his wirewalking career. In those days Con, his brothers and sisters donned special names for the circus bills, an expedient that wa
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• May Wirth
  ...(1868-1948), an equestrienne and a sister of the [[The Wirth Family|Wirth brothers]], proprietors of one of Australia’s largest circuses. ...al trick rider." In Melbourne in 1906, aged twelve, she was billed as "May Ringling," the "American fearless hurricane hurdle rider." Like the most ''adroit''
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• Norman Barrett
  ...ped Sue with her dog act. Then, in 1956 the Yeldings moved to the [[Robert Brothers Circus]], one of Britain’s larger tenting circuses, and Norman followed t It was for Robert Brothers Circus that Norman became ringmaster for the first time, in the winter of 1
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• Arturo Castilla
  ...been graced by such illustrious funny men as [[Rico & Alex]], the [[Albano Brothers]], [[Pompoff Thedy Family|Pompoff y Thedy]], the [[The Andreu-Rivels|Andreu ...c American circus posters (with the notable use of the attractive faces of Ringling’s iconic clowns [[Paul Jung]] and [[Lou Jacobs]])—developing a styl
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• Ali Hassani
  ...jpeg|thimb|right|300px|The Hassani Troupe (c.1960)]]In 1951 Tamara and her brothers Sascha and [[Michael Coco|Michael]] had left Mills, where the shadow of the ...ited States, at the Stardust Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, and later with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]]'s ''Greatest Show on Earth''.
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• Nadia Houcke
  In 1954, she was signed by [[John Ringling North]] to be featured in the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] show, where she remained until 1956—the l ...ther equestrian acts until 1963—at the end of which season the Mills brothers ended their touring show. Her last assignment for Mills was at the [[Belle
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• Paul Jung
  ...lowns (albeit as an anonymous face), coming second only after his famous [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] colleague, [[Lou Jacobs]]. During and after Jun ...r the Ringling organization, with ''The Greatest Show On Earth'' and other Ringling-owned circuses, for nearly half a century.
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• Rob Torres
  ...1973 to Marguerite and Efrein Torres. He had one sister, Allison, and two brothers, Thomas and Andrew. His parents later moved to Hillsdale, New Jersey, where ...juggling and magic and developed a love for the circus. In 1992 he joined Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s [[Clown College]] in Venice, Florida, where h
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• Pinito del Oro
  ...s most prestigious circuses, and had been a center-ring headliner with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus in the United States for seven consecuti ...books. She was a pretty child, albeit tiny and of delicate appearance; her brothers made fun of her, and nicknamed their pampered little sister ''Shirley Templ
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• Jenda Smaha
  ...08-1986), and his mother was also a remarkable equestrienne. Jenda had two brothers, Antonin Joszi, known as [[Tony Smaha, Jr.]] (1949-2008), and [[Pero Smaha| ...'' at the [[Circus World Museum]] in Baraboo, Wisconsin—in the old [[Ringling Bros. Circus]] winter quarters—and they settled in this history-rich
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• William Woodcock, Jr.
  ...eisty Babe would often say, "My family was in the circus when the Ringling brothers were still wearing wooden shoes." ...dler with another elephant trainer, Eugene "Arky" Scott, who worked with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]].
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• SHORT HISTORY OF THE CIRCUS
  [[File:Ringling_Program_Cover_1940.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus on tour (1940)]]In 1825, [[Joshuah Purdy B ...ailey, which they combined with their own circus in 1919 under the title [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Combined Shows.
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• Circus Williams
  ...r’s tutelage, and being the eldest, Carola had to set an example for her brothers and sisters. She made her circus debut at the tender age of three as an equ ...a talented cat trainer and, like Gunther, a center-ring attraction with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus in the United States. Baumann found his
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• Gilbert Houcke
  ...t city southeast of Lyon at the foot of the French Alps. Like his talented brothers and sisters, Gilbert was trained at an early age in all circus basics, from ...is young uncles, [[The Rancy Dynasty|André and Albert Rancy]]. The Houcke brothers were soon performing together a jockey act and riding in high school in the
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• Lola Dobritch
  ...wing year, 1947, the Goetschis signed a contract for their two acts with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus, and went to the United States. ...g their American debut. Lola and the Goetschis remained three seasons with Ringling Bros., playing dates in Europe or in America during the winter.
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• Circus Sarrasani
  ...l Krone]], colleagues and admirers such as [[Jérôme Medrano]] and [[John Ringling North]], and even, four generations later, [[Bernhard Paul]]. ...: Marie Louise Albertine Walpurgis, known as Wally, born in 1868; two twin brothers, of whom little is known, born in 1869; Therese Edwig, born in 1971, who di
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• Struppi Hanneford
  ...os. Circus]] was a big importer of European acts after the War. (The Mills brothers, Jake, Jack, and Harry, were themselves Russian immigrants.) Going to Ameri ..., who had just replaced the legendary [[Merle Evans]] at the helm of the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus’s band. Finally, Struppi chose "Tatjan
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• The Lorch Family
  ...rttemberg, on July 14, 1847. Before the turn of the twentieth century, the brothers worked in partnership, and their ''Circus Gebrüder Lorch'' traveled princi ...ly troupe sailed to the New World, where their act was featured with the [[Ringling Bros. Circus]]; it remained there until 1912, working in American vaudevill
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• Anastasini Family
  ...Sidonia and Antonia, the daughters of an Italian circus owner, married the brothers Luigi and Girolamo [[The Biasini Family|Biasini]]—from another family ...creating a rambunctious dog act, with which he was featured notably with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] and the [[Big Apple Circus]], and Giovanni crea
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• John Herriott
  ...that traveled with a full Dining Department. Pike started with the Miller Brothers’ [[101 Ranch Wild West Show]], the last of the great American Wild West s ...arked on a long and rich career that would take them from "mud shows" to [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] and everything in-between, and eventually to th
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• Cirque Medrano (Paris)
  ...lown trio (which would form after Louis’s death in 1909), the Fratellini brothers had nonetheless sowed the seeds of a long association with the Cirque Medra ...ng year, Louis Fratellini died in Warsaw from a smallpox epidemic, and his brothers, François, Paul and Albert joined forces and formed a clown trio to help s
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• Kannan Bombayo
  ...z]], who was taking over the circus from the ailing and cash-strapped John Ringling. ...rk. After a twelve-day crossing, they arrived in Manhattan in time for the Ringling opening at [[Madison Square Garden]], scheduled on April 13, 1932.
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• Gene Mendez
  ...nd did some bodybuilding. In 1951, after seeing [[Harold Alzana]] in the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Baily]] show at [[Madison Square Garden]] in New York, G ...Harold Alzana]], the artist Mendez had emulated, and a major star of the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus, was victim of a fall during the opening
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• Circus Krone
  ...a sealion trainer. (Their son, Adolf Frohn, Jr. (1904-1955), joined the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus in 1945 before settling in Marineland, F ...ent that housed three rings interspersed with two stages, like the giant [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] in the United States. But the show format began
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• Franz Althoff
  ...the name of ''Hagenbeck & Althoff'' and incorporated some of the Hagenbeck brothers’ animal acts in his show. Among the members of the new company were the [ ...were provided by the double human cannonball of the [[Raluy Family|Raluy]] brothers and the rotating airplane act of the Flying Constellations ([[The Bronleys|
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• Sarah Chapman
  ...ing Brothers|Charles]]. After the Florida land-boom collapse of 1927, John Ringling brought to the city his giant circus’s winter-quarters. As a result, Sara ...ademy, part of the Circus Arts Conservatory), and became a showgirl on the Ringling show.
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• Circus Ring of Fame
  ...significant number of circuses and circus performers since [[The Ringling Brothers|John and Charles Ringing]] moved their winter quarters there in 1927. ...hoto of the Inductees (2022)|400px|left]]Sarasota was the winter home of [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum Bailey]] Circus, as well as home to several other circuses
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• Ethel Jennier
  ...ican circuses took on to present themselves as family organizations run by brothers—although few of them genuinely were!) ...ging trapeze act as Miss Aerialetta. In 1964, her two acts were hired by [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey]].
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