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• Cesare Togni
  ==Circus Owner and Performer== ...a beloved circus director who made his mark on the history of the Italian and European circus.
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• Sophie and Virgile
  ...to five days a week. Eventually she decided to pursue a career as a circus artist. She auditioned for, and was accepted by, the French state circus college, the [[Centre National des
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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
  ...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. ...ich abducted the object of his flame on a night of lightnings and thunder, and the two lovers got married that same year.
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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
  ...rteen, Roby was in charge of the technical aspects of the show—sound and lighting. ...a true comedy act involving in parts of equal importance both the animals and their trainer.
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• Circus Nikulin
  ...s Ciniselli]] in St. Petersburg, Russia’s oldest circus, is another one. And in Moscow, there is Circus Nikulin—"the Old Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulev ...eded for their reconstruction. Yet, for the Muscovites, they have been one and the same—their circus, just wearing different coats.
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• David Larible
  ...t appearances in 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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• Gunther Gebel-Williams
  ...ly talented and charismatic performer, he was also, for circus enthusiasts and circus professionals around the world, one of the greatest animal trainers ...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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• Charly Baumann
  ...in, Germany, on September 14, 1928, in a family connected to show business and animals, albeit not to the circus: Heinz’s father was a movie stuntman wh ...ther was interned in Ravensbrück, and Heinz was sent to a Nazi orphanage, and then to work on a farm.
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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 ...tate College for Circus and Variety Arts (Moscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]]—the famous Moscow Circus School.
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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
  ...ucted or bought and forced into bondage, training in horrifying conditions and performing to enrich their "owner"—the circus proprietor—have s ...d to the dubious reputation of an industry that is often seen as marginal, and not well adapted to the modern world. Today (2010), the traditional Indian
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• Angel Cristo
  ...onality, although in spite of his holy-sounding name, he fame as an artist and a circus director was eventually tainted by notoriety. He was born Angel Cr ...s brother, Miro, was the father of the legendary aerialist [[Miss Mara]], and of the wire dancer [[Tonito]]. Angel’s mother, Margareta Dordi, had perfo
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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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• 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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• The Samwell Family
  ...Philip Astley]], [[Charles Hughes]], [[Andrew Ducrow]], [[George Sanger]], and other luminaries of the British circus, they still hold an important place ...ing for their line of work, and the Samwells turned into circus performers and entrepreneurs, thus establishing one of the very first circus dynasties.''
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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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• 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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• 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 Stedten an der Ilm (near Weimar in Germany); Annemarie became his wife and she performed with him around the world as Camilla Mayer from 1946 to 1961.
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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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• 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 ...os. Circus]] in balancing and tumbling acts, and as a tight wire performer and contortionist. From the Wirths, May also learned equestrian skills. At the
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• Leonid Engibarov
  ...ench theater, Vladimir Visotskiy for 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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• Annie Fratellini
  ...one of France’s most celebrated clowns with her husband, Pierre Étaix (and, later, with her daughter, Valérie)—before creating a circus school ...-1979), son of Paul (Paolo) Fratellini (1877-1940) and nephew of François and Albert, of the illustrious [[Les Fratellini|trio Fratellini]]; her mother,
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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
  ...old Clown at the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in 1984, and the great respect in which he was held in the circus world at large are a t ===Family and Apprenticeship===
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• The Nikitin Brothers
  ...846-1921), who became the first true Russian circus entrepreneurs of note, and would remain so until the Bolshevik revolution. They were born to Aleksandr and Alina Ivanovna Nikitin, who were serfs attachd to one of the vast lands bel
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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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• 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. ...nted her new act at the [[Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris, and at the [[Circus Prinsessan Festival]] in Sweden, each time winning a Silver
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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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• The Flying Caceres
  ...t an easy life, and when he was about thirteen years old, Miguel "ran away and joined the circus," as they say. ...e confusing), and within a few months, they were hired by [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]]. The Flying Segreras, with Miguel as their main flyer, pa
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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
  ...they purchased from the [[The Swoboda Family|Swoboda]] family of Austria, and which had no connection (beside the use of its famous name) with the legend ...to three units touring simultaneously. They are also active in the safari and theme park business. In contrast to typical century-old Italian circus dyna
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• Ali Hassani
  ''By Dominique Jando and Donald Stacey'' ...ghly respected artist and impresario came to the circus quite by accident, and in very unusual circumstances.
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• Cirque Léonce
  ...amily, who left his sedentary life to follow a circus—the well-known and highly reputable [[Cirque Bureau]], one of France’s oldest traveling circ ...e circus and became a journalist, and then, probably missing show business and touring, he went on to work with the "Tournées Baret," a famous theatrical
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• Liubov Pisarenkova
  ...She graduated four years later, in 1965, as an "estrade" (variety) artist, and went on to work with the Moskovsky Music-Hall Troupe, a traveling variety c ...made her a star of the Soviet circus. She married the acrobat [[Borisenko and Burdetsky|Viacheslav Borisenko]].
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• Pinito del Oro
  ...as also courageous and resilient: she survived three near-fatal accidents, and each time resumed her precarious career on the trapeze. ...circus company to the Canary Islands, far from the mainland’s troubles, and in an area also totally devoid of competition. (The Spanish circus scene at
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• Viktor Tikhonov
  ...field. His son, [[Vitaly Tikhonov]], followed in his father’s footsteps and matched his accomplishments with great success. Viktor Tikhonov also mentor ...de his debut as a child performer with his father, beginning as an acrobat and developing in time his own sharpshooting skills.
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• The Durov Dynasty
  ...s dynasties. Their name still resonates today in Russian lore and culture, and Moscow has even a street named after them. ...mdash;two of whom never officially married their common-law husbands—and therefore many Durovs were given, or adopted, the famous moniker even thoug
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• Julius Gleich
  ...existence (1928-1937), but it was, in the early 1930s, one of the largest and most popular traveling circuses in Europe. It was emblematic of an era when ...ng circuses, and then returned to Europe, purchased a cart and two horses, and started his own business.
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• Anna Volodko
  ...ws and festivals, winning awards in the process at the festivals of Moscow and Sochi. Meanwhile, Anna studied Social Culture Management at the University ...performed her rope act all over Russia, for Club Med in Bali and Morocco, and in the United States in the [[Big Apple Circus]] production of ''Dream Big'
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• Dmitry Chernov
  ...with a Washington trapeze act, and as an acrobat with her brothers, Viktor and [[Yury Aleksandrov]]. Dmitry's father, [[Valentin Chernov]], was himself a ...kulin]] in Moscow: At age thirteen, Dmitry was a full-fledged professional artist.
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• Kirill Rebkovets
  ...the United States in theaters, casinos, theme parks, and corporate events, and in several [[Cirque du Soleil]] productions. ...inetic cube, juggling and roue Cyr. He is married to Olga Lukina, a former artist of the Russian "Circus on Ice", with whom he has a son, Ivan.
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• Nazi Shiraï
  ...made her a household name in the former USSR was directed by K. Kulieshov and choreographed by E. Grikurova; it premiered in 1944. ...and was a member of the Armenian circus collective of Erevan. She was made Artist Emeritus of the Armenian Socialist Republic in 1956.
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• Camillio Mayer
  ==High Wire Artist== ...—among whom the most notable were undoubtedly [[The Triska Troupe]], and ''The Napoléon of The Skies'', Camillio Mayer.
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• Circus Williams
  ==Carola Williams And Her Circus== ...of the twentieth century: [[Charly Baumann]], [[Gunther Gebel-Williams]], and [[Gerd Siemoneit]].
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• Nikolai Pavlenko
  ...sheer artistry of his presentations make him indeed an outstanding circus artist. ...for the Zoo-Circus (Зоо-Цирк), an ensemble of traveling menageries and trained-animal exhibitions created in 1957 by [[SoyuzGosTsirk]], the USSR c
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• Eliza Khachatryan
  ...troupes, before creating his own high wire act; her mother, also a circus artist, presented trained pigeons. ...ace in her life, as it generally does with those who are born in the fold, and Eliza chose to leave the Academy.
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