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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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• Zamoratte
  ...pple Circus]]. Zamoratte made his American debut in 1987, in the Big Apple Circus production of ''1001 Arabian Nights'', in which he impersonated Aladdin's G ...Hugo_Zamoratte_BAC_Video_1987|Zamoratte, Contortionist]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''1001 Arabian Nights'' (1987)
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• Jeff Gordon
  ...e ring crew. He also appeared as a plant in the audience for the Big Apple Circus’s trio of clowns, [[Carlo Pellegrini]] (Carlo), [[Michael Christensen]] ...d be, for the following five years, the iconic clown trio of the Big Apple Circus.
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• Ricardo Sosa
  ...state circus school. There, he trained for four years to be a professional circus performer. He graduated in 1986 with a remarkable hand-balancing and contor ...ed to perform, appearing at the Tropicana in Havana and touring with Cuban circus companies in South America.
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• Olivier and Melinda
  ...nciennes, France, Olivier Merlier was not, it seemed, destined to become a circus performer. He worked as a welder on nuclear power plant construction sites, ...cepted the invitation. Thus, in 1985, he began training in all the classic circus disciplines. At the same time, he began to study Hungarian—and to pay
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• Circus Flora
  ...[[Sacha Pavlata|Alexandre Sacha Pavlata]], Ivor David Balding established Circus Flora in 1987 as a permanent performing arts organization in St. Louis. ...ica killed her mother. For fifteen years, Flora was a beloved star of the circus that bears her name. In 2000, she retired in the elephant sanctuary in Hohe
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• Cesare Togni
  ==Circus Owner and Performer== ...rcus director who made his mark on the history of the Italian and European circus.
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• David and Dania
  ...United States and appeared in various shows, notably the [[Royal Hanneford Circus]], where she met her future husband and partner, David Maas. ...aster for various shows in England and the United States, including Circus Circus Hotel and Casino in Reno, Nevada. While working as a ringmaster, David also
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• Sophie and Virgile
  ...om one to five days a week. Eventually she decided to pursue a career as a circus artist. ...e in 1986, at age fifteen. He came from the circus: His father ran a small circus company.
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• Mark David
  ...he was four. By the age of eleven, he was proficient in most of the basic circus disciplines and could hold his own in a flying-trapeze act. Most of Mark's subsequent training took place at the [[Circus World Museum]] in his hometown of Baraboo, studying under the performers wh
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• The Jokers
  In 1996, they met at Moscow's [[Circus Nikulin]] (the "Old Circus" on Tsvetnoi Boulevard) to create an original flying act under the guidance ...ses on the platform. Unlike the balletic classicism usually seen in flying acts, the Jokers' act was—as their name implies—humorous and light-h
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• Los Aregos
  ...e embarking on a European tour with an official company of the Cuban State Circus. While abroad, they defected and eventually immigrated to the United States ...rcus]] in the United States. In 2001, they won a bronze medal at the World Circus Festival in Brazil.
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• Val De Fun
  ...n Semferopol, Ukraine. While growing up, he was trained in a wide range of circus skills and learned even more by watching his grandfather and his father per ...parating. Ludwig returned to Russia, while Valery found an engagement at [[Circus Vargas]] in the United States and settled for a while in Los Angeles.
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• Kovgar Troupe
  ...s champion who, like many of his Russian counterparts, transitioned to the circus when his competition days were over. He learned his trade with the famous R ...'Freilix'' (Free). It immediately won a Golden Lion at the [[International Circus Festival of Wuqiao]], China, in 2001.
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• Serge Percelly
  ...ée De Jonghe, was a tight-wire dancer and heiress to a celebrated Belgian circus dynasty. His father, Bruno Chicky (Stutz), is one Europe's great whiteface ...me before an audience. It was an immediate success, and the Boswell-Wilkie Circus offered him a contract. In 1983, Serge won a Bronze Medal at the [[Festival
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• Alesya Goulevich
  ..., Alesya Goulevich (or Gulevich) is Belarusian. She comes from a family of circus performers: Her father is a famous clown, Fedor Goulevich (of the duo [[Gou Trained within the circus both by her parents and by other artists whom she met, Alesya became a prof
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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. ...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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• The Panteleenko Brothers
  ...]] (1908-1976), a famous Russian illusionist who worked exclusively in the circus ring and—like his predecessor, the legendary [[Emil Kio]]—used In 1969, during an engagement at the Circus of Rostov-on-Don, Vladivien Levshin, who was the Rubanov Company’s acroba
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• The Knie Dynasty
  ==Knie: The Swiss National Circus== ...d be at the origin of one of the world's most prestigious and long-lasting circus dynasties. Born in Erfurt and nineteen years old, the young Friedrich left
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• Diana Benneweis
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Benneweis, Diana]] [[Category:Circus Owners and Directors|Benneweis, Diana]]
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• Enis Togni
  [[Category:Circus Owners and Directors|Togni, Enis]][[Artists and Acts|Togni, Enis]][[Category:Equestrians|Togni, Enis]][[Category:Animal Trainers
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• Oleg Izossimov
  ...was twelve years old, he saw the Russian hand balancer Nikolai Kasse in a circus performance, and he was so impressed that he decided then and there that th ...te College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in Moscow, the celebrated "Moscow Circus School". He was refused three years in a row, and was finally accepted in 1
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• Roby Gasser
  ==Sea Lion Trainer, Circus Director== ...The Tongas]], had had a brilliant international run, left the family’s [[Circus Royal]] in Switzerland to create their own traveling dolphin and sea-lion s
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• The Qian Brothers
  ...[[Paul Binder]] and [[Michael Christensen]], the founders of the Big Apple Circus are former jugglers who can appreciate great juggling when they see it!) The Qian Brothers toured with the Big Apple Circus during its 1988-1989 season, during which the events of Tienanmen Square ha
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• Tangier Troupe
  ...8 in the [[Big Apple Circus]] production of ''1001 Nights At The Big Apple Circus''. ...rs]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''1001 Nights At The Big Apple Circus'' (1987)
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• Duo Mouvance
  ...f Quebec, Canada. Since her middle-class family had no connection with the circus world, Hélène went through a traditional schooling, graduating in 1982 wi ...still a fledging school—albeit already making its mark in the “New Circus” community. At the same time, she studied acrobatic dance with Michel Jod
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• Alberto Zoppé
  == Equestrian, Circus Owner == ...estrians and traveling entertainers whose origins predate the birth of the circus. His parents, Luigi and Emma Zoppé, owned one of the numerous small circus
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• Circus Nikulin
  == The Circus On Tsvetnoy Boulevard == ...cus, is another one. And in Moscow, there is Circus Nikulin—"the Old Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard."
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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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• Valentin Gneushev
  ...tury, and the creator of some of the most innovative and celebrated circus acts of the 1990s. ...g original acts for them, he eventually influenced the style of many young circus artists and companies, including [[Cirque du Soleil]].
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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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