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  • '''Circo del Sol '''[http://www.circodelsol.com.ar/ www.circodelsol.com.ar] Circo '''Hermanos Servian '''[http://www.circoservian.com/ www.circoservian.com]
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  • ...d the Swobodas parted ways. Moira and Walter went on to create their own [[Circo Moira Orfei]], which quickly drew attention, both for the elegance of its p Moira and Walter launched the monumental ''Circo sul Ghiaccio'' ("Circus on Ice") in 1969. It was easily the most sophistica
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  • ...headed by Giovanni De Bianchi. Like many Italian circuses at the time, the Circo Torinese performed on stage, in theaters. De Bianchi had married Maria de l ...t the King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III, awarded Circo Togni the title of Circo Nazionale in 1919.
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  • ...rothers began performing a trapeze act. Pedro later joined another circus, Circo Alegría, where he met—and later married—a French acrobat, Mari ...in their native Catalonia, at Barcelona's Tivoli, before opening their own Circo Reina Victoria in 1915. José performed his first clown entrée in the new
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  • ...When his act was ready, Hugo he made his professional debut in 1973, in [[Circo Tihany]], which was then performing in Lima, Peru, and then embarked on a c ...r]] as a good possibility for the [[Big Apple Circus]]. Zamoratte made his American debut in 1987, in the Big Apple Circus production of ''1001 Arabian Nights'
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  • Mark performed extensively in Europe, notably with [[The Togni Family|Circo Americano]] and [[Circus Krone]] in Munich. In 1993, he appeared on the Bri ...13, 2008. Although he had settled in Sarasota, Florida—home to many American circus performers—his funeral was held in Baraboo, at the Circus Worl
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  • Luigi Zoppé was Napoléon’s grandson. His circus, Circo Zoppé, which turned to motorized transportation before World War II, took ...g to ship the elephant to Italy at his own expense, he could keep it. Thus Circo Zoppé got its first elephant, which remained in the family for many years.
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  • ...scovered the great Spanish clowns [[Hermanos Tonetti|Tonetti]], in whose [[Circo Atlas]] his family was performing. They left a lasting impression on him. D ...e following year, he became part of the company of [[The Casartelli Family|Circo Casartelli]], which was then becoming one of Italy’s largest circuses and
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  • ...ing instructor at his alma mater, Clown College. In 1997, he was the first American clown to perform in Vietnam, in Hanoi’s first International Circus Festiv ...[[International Circus Festival of Budapest]] in Hungary in 2013, at the [[Circo Teatro Price]] in Madrid in 2014, and at [[Circus Krone|Circus Kronebau]] i
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  • ...(the year of Hortense’s birth), they created with [[Ricardo Bell]] the ''Circo Océano'', and rented [[Giuseppe Chiarini]]’s circus building in Mexico C ...9 and ventured sometimes across the border in the neighboring southeastern American states—where a talent scout might have spotted it: Alfredo was hired
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  • ...d Court made his circus debut in Bayonne (in the southwest of France) with Circo Cristiani in 1899. ===The Orpingtons And Circo Europeo===
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  • The 1974 season saw her at [[Circo Price]] in Spain. Then Ursula and Manfred packed their equipment and prepar ===American Years And Back To Europe===
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  • ...ich could become ''Royal Spanish Circus'' when needed—was in fact an American enterprise based in California. A true circus man, Chiarini was indubitably ...take a different direction: In 1852, Batty engaged into a venture with the American circus entrepreneur [[Seth B. Howes]] (1815-1901) to bring to New York what
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  • ...’s [[Tower Circus]] in England, [[Cirkus Schumann]] in Copenhagen, and [[Circo Americano-Castilla]] in Spain, among many other prestigious European venues ===American Years===
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  • ...family, owners of Mexico’s oldest, largest, and most celebrated circus, Circo Atayde Hermanos. ...Top Doo Wop''. He also occasionally worked in other circuses, notably with Circo Atayde in the summer of 2003, in an acrobatic break dance act, Los Primos.
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  • ...ags. They later worked in France with [[Cirque Pourtier]], in Spain with [[Circo Alegria]] in 1936, then at Cirque Medrano in Paris the following year. They ...orio (b.1955), who performed in blackface—a character reminiscent of American Minstrelsy. By then, ''Chocolate & Co.'' had become ''The Rastellis''. Fina
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  • ...us shows in Spain and abroad, managed the legendary [[Circo Price (Madrid)|Circo Price]] building in Madrid, organized circus festivals and congresses, and ...e legendary auguste [[Chocolat]]. The Hermanos Cape spent six seasons with Circo Feijóo, during which Arturo Castilla became good friends with Manuel FeijÃ
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  • ...sisters, Krimhilde (known as Tulli) was born July 17, 1935. She married an American, of whom little has been recorded. ...sful Italian circus director [[The Casartelli Family|Leonida Casartelli]]. Circo Medrano (now known in the business as Medrano-Casartelli), resumed its inte
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  • ...nd Juan began performing a trapeze act. Pedro later joined another circus, Circo Alegría, where he met—and later married—a French acrobat, Mari [[File:Circo_Andreu_Poster_(c.1916).jpg|thumb|left|310px|Circo Andreu's Company (c.1916)]]In 1896, they were traveling in a hand-drawn wag
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  • ...lege]] in Venice, Florida, where he was trained in the traditional ways of American clowning. Upon graduation, he toured for three years with [[Clyde Beatty-Co ...dy at the Celebration Barn Theatre in South Paris, Maine with the renowned American clown and teacher Avner Eisenberg. Then Rob went to Japan, where he worked
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  • ...io created a "Cuban" auguste character that he played in blackface, in the American old minstrel tradition. ...f, Thedy and family, who spoke and were excellent musicians, was closer to American vaudeville or burlesque comedy acts.)
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  • ...herself, and for the 1949 Christmas season, she performed in Valencia with Circo [[Hermanos Diaz]]. There she was spotted by one of [[John Ringling North]]â On April 5, 1950, Pinito del Oro made her American debut at Madison Square Garden in an aerial spectacle heralded as "The Inde
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  • ===The American Traveling Circus=== ...ng-term resident circuses. Furthermore, settlers were steadily pushing the American frontier westward, establishing new communities in a process of inexorable
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  • ...ded to establish a version of their [[Circo Americano (Feijóo y Castilla)|Circo Americano]] in Germany. At the time, Germany and Spain (then still under G ...of the circus, too, became very close to that of Feijóo and Castilla’s Circo Americano in Spain, and the tour was punctuated by diplomatic visits of pol
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  • ...y theaters, from Saint Petersburg’s [[Circus Ciniselli]] to Madrid’s [[Circo Parish]]. In 1893 Hans Stosch married twenty-year-old Anna Albertina August ...Adolph Friedländer (1851-1904), Sarrasani developed beautifully designed American-style posters, establishing a new standard in the European advertising busi
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  • ...om another family of Italian traveling entertainers. Together they created Circo Anastasini in 1877. The choice of that name, however, remains unclear since ...that it disappeared towards the end of the 19th century. However, another Circo Anastasini was created in 1910 by Luigi Biasini, and remained active until
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  • ...animal trainer and circus owner, third-generation of one of the few truly American circus dynasties. He was born on January 15, 1931 in St. Peter, Minnesota t ...the Miller Brothers’ [[101 Ranch Wild West Show]], the last of the great American Wild West shows, which toured the United States from 1907 to 1939.
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  • ...t the [[Cirque d’Hiver]]. A few months later, they embarked on a tour of American Army bases in Germany and Sweden. It is in that latter country, in Eda, a s ...n, and its one-ring, indoor format suited Rose Gold much better than other American tenting shows, including ''The Greatest Show On Earth'' itself.
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  • ...with an army of clowns: They were always in great numbers in British (and American) circuses, and they were all fending each other for a small place in the sp ..., who was then one of the star-clowns of Madrid’s [[Circo Price (Madrid)|Circo Price]], offered Rafael a job as his apprentice/assistant in exchange of ro
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  • ...ia Rizzoli, a Bolognese tight-wire dancer, and together they created the ''Circo Tea Arata'', which remained active until 1943. Amedeo and Claudia had five ...d to their country, where they worked for a time with [[The Gerardi Family|Circo Gerardi]]. Meanwhile, Guido began to put together a low-wire act for his ch
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  • ...cus Carré]] in Amsterdam, among other prestigious venues. They made their American debut in 2015 at [[Circus Sarasota]], in Sarasota, Florida.
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  • ...Family|Chiarini]] family, the dog and monkey trainer [[Jules Bugny]], the American equestrienne Jenny Visser, and the clowns Vallier & William were part of th ...the end of World War I, its programs ended with a short projection of the "American Vitograph" (''sic'')—which morphed into the "Medranograph." Other ack
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  • ...nd Franz went to work in Cyprus and Turkey before touring with the Italian Circo Coliseo in Austria. In Vienna, he met the Brazilian ambassador, who invited ===From Circo Magico Tihany To Tihany Spectacular===
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  • ...se troupes were the Soviet (and today, Russian) equivalent of European and American Youth Circuses, albeit at a much higher level of skills and training. ...rds, including the Pista de Bronzo at the [[Gran Premio Internazionale del Circo]] in Milano, Italy, in 1997; the second prize at the All-Russian Festival o
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  • ...e twentieth century in Europe, triggered by the European tour of the giant American circus [[Barnum & Bailey Circus|Barnum & Bailey]], which introduced Europea ...man itinerant circus to adopt the "sensational" and "giant" aspects of its American counterparts would be [[Circus Sarrasani]], which had been created in 1902.
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  • ===From the Trio Nones to Circo Hellas=== ...w company: November 10, 1962 saw the debut in Viareggio of the brand-new ''Circo Hellas''; Walter involved his brothers, Moira’s (Paolo, Mauro and Dea), a
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  • ...ble, with appearances at the Friedrichsbau Varieté in Stuttgart, [[Teatro Circo Price]] in Madrid, and as a finalist on NBC's television show ''America’s
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  • ...ld Medal. In December 1994, they won a Gold Medal at the [[Gran Premio del Circo di Genova]] in Italy. The following year (1995), they were featured at the ...re-settled in Los Angeles, following the men in their lives. Being in the American movie and television epicenter brought them new opportunities. They partici
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  • Flavio Togni and the [[The Togni Family|Circo Americano]] (or "American Circus") group of 15 elephants at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland (201
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  • ...is act. Then, in 1969, Boltini sent him with his lion act to the Spanish [[Circo Cristo]]. But he was soon called back to the Netherlands, after [[Barbara a ...a dance company that performed in fairs and circuses, and was appearing in Circo Cristo's show. Oftentimes, William had seen her by his lions' cage wagons,
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  • ...hat era to develop an acceptable compromise between the grandiosity of the American-style three-ring circus and the refinement and intimacy of the traditional ...well as his genial personality, helped him close important deals with the American movie industry. A remarkably gifted animal trainer, he created spectacular
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  • ...Circo Ecuestre]] and, starting in 1915, they went on tour regularly with [[Circo Feijóo]], a well-known and respected circus founded in 1885, which had a j ...drid’s famous [[Circo Parish]] (before it recovered its original name, [[Circo Price]], ten years later). The year 1920 also saw the debut of ''Los Albani
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  • ===A Long Association With Circo Americano=== ...n to assist [[Émilien Moustier]], who presented a group of lions at the [[Circo Americano]] of [[Manuel Feijóo]] and [[Arturo Castilla]].[[File:Pablo_Noel
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  • Between 1920 and 1935, the American trapeze and tightwire artist Barbette (1898-1973) was one of the greatest a It was a time when the American circus industry was still flourishing, and circus was still the country's m
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