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• Irina Markova
  ...ormer and trainer, Irina has since created a string of highly original dog acts—including a parody of the legendary Russian lion trainer, [[Irina Bug ...since settled in the U.S., where she has been featured at the [[Big Apple Circus]] in 2002-03 and 2007-08. In 2010, she was the subject of a documentary fil
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• Katja Schumann
  ...Denmark, to one of the circus world's oldest and most respected families. Circus lore attaches the Schumanns first to Berlin, then to Denmark. Although the ...horseback. She subsequently worked in her family's outstanding equestrian acts, notably in high school (dressage) presentations, along with her father, he
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• Virgile Peyramaure
  ...teen, entered the [[Centre National des Arts du Cirque]], the French state circus college in Châlons-en-Champagne. There, he developed a hand-to-hand balanc ...n]] in Paris. They first performed their remarkable act at the [[Big Apple Circus]] in the U.S. in 1996-97 and returned there in 2000-01 for their farewell s
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• Andrey Mantchev
  ...And so, in 1997, Andrey joined the award-winning troupe and discovered the circus world—and he never looked back. ...and several animal acts with [[Jenny Vidbel]]. After leaving the Big Apple Circus at the end of its 2012-2013 season, Andrey moved to Las Vegas.
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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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• Billy Smart Jr
  ==Circus Director and Animal Trainer== ...d Rajah, thus beginning a long career as an animal trainer in his family's circus.
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• Philip Astley
  ==Circus Owner, Equestrian== Philip Astley (1742-1814) is considered the creator of the modern circus. He was born January 8, 1742 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the West Midlands,
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• Paul Binder
  ==Juggler, Clown, Ringmaster, Circus Director== ...n after create the grassroots [[Pickle Family Circus]] and trigger the New Circus movement in the United States. Christensen and Pisoni, who had a comedy-jug
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• Huesca Brothers
  ...mother, Angela, was born [[The Fossett Family|Fossett]], a legendary Irish circus dynasty. ...nneweis]] in Denmark, the [[Big Apple Circus]] in the United States, and [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland. Sadly, their act was short-lived: in 2011, Giovanni
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• Duo Adamo
  ...or Circus and Variety Arts]], and Chimgee Haltarhu, of the Mongolian State Circus. He developed skills in aerial straps, Chinese pole, and juggling. ...et over the course of six years, while continuing to work for The Midnight Circus.
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• International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo
  ==Monte Carlo, Circus Capital of the World== ...ival was held from December 26 to 30, 1974 under the big top of the French circus [[The Bouglione Family|Bouglione]], installed on what was then the Esplanad
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• Miss Mara
  ...939, in Cartagena, where she performed a small trapeze act in her father's circus, Circo Florida. A very strong girl, both physically and psychologically, Ma ...Florida was performing. Three years later, when Miro Papadopoulos sold his circus to his brother, Cristóforo Cristo, Mara was free to strike out on her own.
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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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• Carrillo Brothers
  ...on of a vaquero, Pedro Carrillo was born in 1947 in Colombia. He began his circus career as a roustabout in traveling circuses. In his spare time, he practic ...Show On Earth''. That same year, they participated in the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]], where they became a sensation and won a Silver C
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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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• Wozniak Troupe
  ...graduation, they furthered their training at Moscow's [[State College for Circus and Variety Arts]], where Tady created his teeterboard act in 1975. His tr ...rsatile performers, Tady and Teresa Wozniak also appeared at the Big Apple Circus in a bareback riding act in 1984.
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• Dynamotion Jugglers
  ...later, he appeared for the first time in a circus ring, at the [[Big Apple Circus]]. He performed a juggling duet he had created with Jim Strinka, called Dyn ...ing career as a street performer. He honed his performance skills with the Circus Arts Troupe, a group with which he performed in schools and shopping malls
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• Flying Gaonas
  ...some legitimacy, the Flying Gaonas. And indeed, this has happened. To the circus world, however, there has been one and only one Flying Gaonas: the act in w Victor Gaona Murillo (1925-2016) was born to an old, prolific Mexican circus family that traces its roots to the Circo Gaona y León, created in 1891 by
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• Johnny Peers
  ...father who was a concessionaire at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus. His skills as a natural comedian let him to join Ringling Bros. and Barnum ...rcuses as [[Circus Krone]] in Germany, [[Circus Maximum]] in Sweden, and [[Circus Conelly]] in Switzerland.
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• Lou Jacobs
  ...hipyard. Until the outbreak of WWII, Germany was the epicenter of Europe's circus and variety shows, and Jacobs's parents created a song-and-dance act which ...d Davis, who had signed a contract with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for the 1925 season.
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• Dolly Jacobs
  Dolly Jacobs was born to a circus family: her father, the celebrated clown [[Lou Jacobs]] (1903-1992), was fo ...orate costumes, and participating in ensemble aerial presentations. Jean's circus career was short-lived. On May 5, 1948, a few days after her debut at Madis
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• Ben Williams
  ...arkably gifted Indian Woodlands elephant that Buckles had purchased from a circus in 1951 when she was five years old. By then, Anna May was thirteen, and Be ...arship for the University of South Florida, but he chose to go back to the circus instead, and to continue working with elephants.
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• Moscow Circus
  ...rcus troupes that traveled abroad, in shows produced by the Soviet central circus organization, [[SoyuzGosTsirk]]. ...ow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in 1927, the world's first circus university.
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• Dania Kaseeva
  ...ancing act with Ruben Manasarian has become the stuff of legend in Russian circus lore. ...later, she made her debut as an independent performer with the [[Big Apple Circus]] in its production of ''Greetings From Coney Island''.
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• Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain
  ...nization that had, until then, produced annually an important fund-raising circus gala in Paris. ...la Piste'', a black-tie gala featuring some of the world's greatest circus acts, which was produced by Dominique Mauclair and staged at Paris's [[Cirque d'
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• Liana Orfei
  ==Circus Director, Circus Performer, Singer, Actress== ...ngelo Piccinelli. Five years later, in 1959—without ever leaving the circus—she embarked upon a long movie career. She appeared in thirty-seven f
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• Paulina Schumann
  ...circus, ''Circo Reina Victoria''; Paulina was, therefore, thrown into the circus world from the very moment she first opened her eyes. In the 1930s, the Rivels toured Europe, appearing in virtually every circus and variety house on the Continent. Then Charlie Rivel, who had performed h
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• Moira Orfei
  ==Circus Owner, Animal Trainer, Actress== ...he golden age of Italian cinema. But it was also due to the quality of her circus.
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• Svetlana Gololobova
  ...ool closest to her hometown. Although she received general training in all circus disciplines, Svetlana demonstrated exceptional talent for hand-balancing. ...nd balancing acts in the history of the Soviet circus—indeed, of the circus anywhere.)
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• Glossary
  ...n:(Russian) A circus act that can occupy up to the entire second half of a circus performance. ...h) The line of uniformed artists and assistants who, in the old equestrian circus, stood at attention at the ring entrance to assist their fellow performers
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• Marie-Pierre Bénac
  ...exis Gruss]]Marie-Pierre Bénac was not born into the circus. Yet during a circus career that spanned twelve years and two continents, she proved herself a v ...xis Gruss]]. Founded in 1974, the Conservatoire was the first professional circus school in Western Europe.
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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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• Tunga
  ...public of Mongolia (Outer Mongolia) to a family that did not belong to the circus. Her father was a construction manager, her mother a housewife who raised t Tunga joined the State Circus School of Ulan-Bator when she was twelve years old. She specialized in the
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• Melinda Merlier
  ...ol, where she received her formal schooling as well as her training in all circus disciplines. ===Big Apple Circus Years===
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• The Togni Family
  ==Circus Owners, Equestrians, Animal Trainers, Acrobats, Aerialists== ...toured in about thirty countries. The Tognis have also always excelled in circus engineering: they are credited with several technical innovations, includin
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• Darix Togni
  ==Circus Owner, Animal Trainer== ...the most famous performer of the Togni dynasty, and the first true popular circus star in Italy. He entered the ring at age seven, as a young equestrian in a
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• Diana and Yury
  ...accepted into the State Circus College of Kiev, the second most important circus school in Soviet Russia (after the one in Moscow). He graduated in 1994 as ...which she joined in 1988. Four years later, she was accepted at the State Circus College of Kiev, where she graduated in 1994 as a hand-balancer and an acro
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• Les Casaly
  ...oned a promising career—in his case as an engineer—to join the circus. ...ts by introducing safety nets, an innovation that allowed the focus of the acts to shift away from the perception of danger to the intricacy and inherent i
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• Charlie Rivel
  ...nal clown character that stands as one of the twentieth century's greatest circus icons. ...s, the brothers began performing a trapeze act. Pedro later joined another circus, Circo Alegría, where he met—and later married—a French acroba
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• Cirkus Benneweis
  Cirkus Benneweis was, until 2015, Denmark's premier circus, and one of Europe's oldest circuses still in the hands of the same family: ...ed a license to perform as "artist and musician" and began to give outdoor circus performances in Denmark. Gottfried was the son of August Wilhelm Binneweitz
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• Aurelia Cats
  ...re Rampe]] in Monte Carlo, the youth circus version of the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]]. ...cus—from acrobatics to horse vaulting—by a series of brilliant circus instructors, including [[The Larible Brothers|Enzo Larible]], [[The Boginos
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• Anatoly Durov
  ...lias, and Terezas, all bearing the Durov name, they have given the Russian circus an impressive number of talented clowns, animal trainers, and entertainment In Soviet circus lore, Anatoly and Vladimir Durov are often associated with the Bolshevik re
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• Vladimir Durov
  In the Soviet era, Vladimir Durov was an iconic figure of the Russian circus. A street and a theater (which are still extant) were named after him. He w ...lias, and Terezas, all bearing the Durov name, they have given the Russian circus an impressive number of talented clowns, animal trainers, and entertainment
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• Yelena Larkina
  ...Moscow’s [[State College of Circus and Variety Arts]] (a.k.a. the Moscow Circus School) in 1987, where the famous Russian act director [[Valentin Gneushev] ...batic competition, which tends to overshadow specialties such as hula-hoop acts.
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• The Dancing Gauchos
  Martha Suarez was born into a circus family that had been active in Mexico since 1853 and had produced many rema ...rcussion instrument and a juggling prop, and it has became very popular in circus and variety shows.
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• Egorov Troupe
  ...rcus troupe, where he learned a wide range of circus disciplines. (Amateur Circus troupes are the Russian equivalents of Youth Circuses—albeit at a muc ...he performed for twelve years, both in Russia and abroad with the [[Moscow Circus]].
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• Pedro and Tatiana Carrillo
  ...|Pedro Carrillo]]. When he was eighteen, Pedro, Jr. began his professional circus career as a catcher for the [[Flying Españas]]. Two years later, he joined Tatiana Scetkovska was born in Dagupils, Latvia. She began training in circus acrobatics when she was thirteen, eventually becoming a hugely skilled hand
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• The Carrillos
  ...s|Pedro Carillo]]. When he was eighteen, Pedro, Jr. began his professional circus career as a catcher for the [[Flying Españas]]. Two years later, he joined Tatiana Scetkovska was born in Dagupils, Latvia. She began training in circus acrobatics when she was thirteen, eventually becoming a highly skilled hand
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• Picaso Jr.
  ...dary juggler [[El Gran Picaso]] (Francisco Tébar Picazo), who was a major circus star in Europe in the 1960s and '70s, and popularized "mouth juggling" with ...Realizing that he couldn't escape his circus heritage, he returned to the circus and made his debut at the Benidorm Palace Dinner-Show in Spain on May 5, 19
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• Guiming Meng
  ...Chinese troupes, he later participated in a variety of ensemble acrobatic acts in the shows staged by the the Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe. ...[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus, where they performed several acts from their vast repertoire. Guiming Meng was among the performers who made
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