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• Cirkus Kludsky
  ...dred wagons traveling by train were used to transport the circus equipment and house the personnel. ...the biggest traveling circuses in Europe, which was subsequently continued and improved by his sons.
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• Yasmine Smart
  ...d Circus, with a group of twelve Shetland ponies. She was tutored in horse and animal training by [[John Gindl]], who was at the time Billy Smart's Circus ...circuses, notably for [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland and [[Circus Krone]] and [[Circus Hagenbeck]] in Germany. Eventually, Yasmine became a celebrated "R
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• Kris Kremo
  ...Kremo]], a former icarist whose "Gentleman Juggler" act was world famous, and his wife Marianne, née Kalbitz, both Swiss citizens. Kris went to school i ...cent of his father's, but significantly improved—notably with triple and quadruple pirouettes while juggling his cigar boxes.
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• Béla Kremo
  ...ged to distance himself from the oft-imitated style of the juggling master and to create a style of his own. He debuted his solo-juggling act in 1931 at t ...three balls, three hats, and three cigar boxes, and a bowler hat, a cigar, and a pair of gloves rolled together. His act was known as the "Gentleman Juggl
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• Trenton
  [[Category:Artists and Acts]]
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• Kremo Family
  ...cus and variety stars in Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and Kris Kremo, who also became a celebrated international star in America as w ...business), an Austrian family of talented acrobats who performed the best and most celebrated Risley act of the late 19th century.
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• Anthony Gatto
  ...ick Gatto]], a former acrobat who had a brilliant career on the vaudeville and nightclub circuits with his act, The 3 Gatos. ...rformed in front of all the major circus and variety directors and agents, and won the coveted Gold Medal.
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• Aniskin Troupe
  ...in 2003-2004. Oleg's wife, Yana, also a graduate of Moscow's State Circus and Variety College, appeared with [[The Firebirds]]. ...mir Skrinichenko, Valery Larin, Artur Ishkulov and Oleg Kasatkin (flyers), and Aleksey Voytenko (second catcher).
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• Fumagalli
  ...her famous Italian circus families, [[The Canastrelli Family|Canestrelli]] and Larible. Gianni's uncle, [[Francesco "Nené" Huesca]], was himself a renown ...reer. Gianni, however, had a knack for comedy and performed clown reprises and comic acrobatic routines from time to time with Daris.
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• Luisita Leers
  ...d with the [[Leers-Arvello Troupe]]; their act, which combined Roman Rings and acrobatic pyramids, was mostly an aerial display of strength. ...oss," which were then supposed to belong exclusively to a male repertoire, and she even held with one arm her hanging stepfather. Meanwhile, she was build
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• Bolshoi Circus
  ...y Prospect (avenue), which separates it from the Moscow University campus, and Nikolai Kopernik (Copernic) Street; Lomonosov Avenue joins them on the sout ...ts numerous specialized features and facilities, it is the world's largest and technically most advanced circus building.
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• Francesco
  ...trained in acrobatics, ballet, wire walking, bareback riding and juggling, and graduated in 1978 as a clown. ...ernational Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo]], in 1990 (Tristan Rémy award) and 1996 (Junior Jury's award).
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• Barry Lubin
  ...ces in 2012: They had laughed at Grandma's antics when they were children, and in turn, their own children were growing up laughing with Lubin's beloved c ...becoming a television director, but the social turmoil of the late sixties and early seventies led to a period of self-questioning—as indeed it did
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• The Svensons
  ...de-deux on horseback was a favorite of many European circuses in the 1960s and '70s. When his parents retired, Carlos took over their act with Susanne Lin ...y and [[Cirkus Benneweis]] in Denmark, as well as on stage, in nightclubs, and on television.
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• John Bill Ricketts
  ...oxes) surrounding a circular riding space filled in with a mixture of soil and sawdust, forty-two feet in diameter—the ring. ...etts, a British equestrian who had arrived from Scotland the previous year and had quickly established a riding school in Philadelphia, then the capital o
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• Jean Richard
  ...farm named "La Ménagerie." His father was Pierre Richard, a horse dealer, and his mother a homemaker, née Suzanne Boinot. ...ol. He also began to work as an actor—in the movies, in the theatre, and in comedies that were sometimes a little cheap. During his long career, he
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• Regina Dobrovitskaya
  ...m 1979 to 1984 – gathering gold, silver and bronze medals along the way, and several Russian championships titles. ...ed by [[Natalia Makovskaya]]. Regina participated in both acts (flying act and Russian barre).
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• Giacomino
  ''By Alessandro Cervelatti — Translated and edited by Dominique Jando'' ...stables who had suffered from a bad fall in England during a race in 1890 and had died soon after. What is certain is that Giacomo's mother let him join,
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• Valdis Yanovskis
  ...arnaval'', which included [[Elena Drogaleva]], Andrey Ivanko, Kyril Balan, and Alek Novosolov. ...rmed in the U.S. with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] from 1995-97, and appeared for the last time together at the [[Big Apple Circus]] in 1999, be
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• Irina Markova
  ...iner. Her first professional act involved a lion, a bear, an African goat, and a boar, who all performed together with dogs. She created her first all-dog ...rainer, [[Irina Bugrimova]], in which her dogs were dressed in lion manes, and a juggling act in which her son, juggler [[Andrey Markov]], uses dogs as pa
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• Katja Schumann
  ...of Copenhagen were in actuality Swedish, as is Katja, who held both Danish and Swedish nationalities. ...nt [[Paulina Schumann|Paulina]], and her cousins, [[Benny Schumann|Benny]] and Jacques.
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• Virgile Peyramaure
  ...Virgile considered a ballet career, but he eventually opted for the circus and, at age fifteen, entered the [[Centre National des Arts du Cirque]], the Fr ...ed their remarkable act at the [[Big Apple Circus]] in the U.S. in 1996-97 and returned there in 2000-01 for their farewell season—after which Sophi
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• Andrey Mantchev
  ...drey joined the award-winning troupe and discovered the circus world—and he never looked back. ...'s dogs, solo hand-balancing and swinging trapeze acts, and several animal acts with [[Jenny Vidbel]]. After leaving the Big Apple Circus at the end of its
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• Big Apple Circus
  ...ctivity of the organization. It became one of the world’s most respected and successful circuses—until the economic crisis of 2008, which dramatic ...andoned its spring-summer tours of the northeast United States and beyond, and limited its activity to its Lincoln Center four-month winter season. Howeve
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• Billy Smart Jr
  ==Circus Director and Animal Trainer== ...art, Jr. (1934-2005) was the youngest son of the legendary British funfair and circus entrepreneur [[Billy Smart]]. Billy Junior made his debut in show bu
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• Philip Astley
  ...Edward Astley, a veneer-cutter and cabinet-maker. Edward had a short-fuse and a passion for horses, traits he passed on to his son. Philip Astley was nin ...For at age 17, Philip left home after one of many disputes with his father and enrolled in the 15th Light Dragoons, a cavalry regiment newly formed by Col
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• Paul Binder
  ...rtmouth College, where he performed as an actor with the Dartmouth Players and the Hopkins Center Repertory Theatre. ...a University, where he earned an MBA. But by then it was the late sixties, and like many young people of his generation, Paul had grown restless.
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• Huesca Brothers
  ...ies as Larible and [[The Casartelli Family|Casartelli]]. Finally, Giovanni and Nikoloai's mother, Angela, was born [[The Fossett Family|Fossett]], a legen ...kus Benneweis]] in Denmark, the [[Big Apple Circus]] in the United States, and [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland. Sadly, their act was short-lived: in 2011,
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• Duo Adamo
  ...ongolian State Circus. He developed skills in aerial straps, Chinese pole, and juggling. ...with whom she toured in Mexico and Uruguay, and taught at various colleges and universities where they were in residency. 
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• Miss Mara
  ...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 responsibility for her ...on presentation at the time. Her tricks included heel-catches, neck-hangs, and a slide to heel-catch in full swing, which had been a specialty of the grea
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• Pancracio
  ...ingrained in him as a child; as he would say later, reflecting on his long and successful career, "''El payaso nace, no se hace''" (“One doesn’t becom ...herry wine. Circus in Spain, during Fernando’s childhood, was at a peak, and it produced an array of extremely talented clowns who were stars in their o
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• Carrillo Brothers
  ...1967, the troupe came to the United States, where they performed in fairs and traveling circuses. ...arold Alzana]], [[The Great Doval]] (Manfred Fritsch), and [[Gene Mendez]] and Joe Seitz had popularized this style of frenetic high-wire daredevilry, but
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• Michael Christensen
  ...at home were mercifully offset by generally pleasant experiences at school and elsewhere. In his late teens, Michael enrolled in the University of Washing ...while passing clubs. Eager to see the world, they decided to go to England and perform their act on street corners to finance a European "grand tour." As
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• Dynamotion Jugglers
  ...d a solo career in 1980. He toured the world with the Harlem Globetrotters and was featured in numerous European nightclubs until 1984. In 1983, Felker saw a performance of [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland and began to consider working in the circus. Three years later, he appeared for
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• Flying Gaonas
  ...rs, Tito Gaona caught flawless triple somersaults with extraordinary grace and astonishing consistency. ...former military officer (whose brother, Rodolfo, was a well-known torero), and Carlos León, a trapeze artist. Victor's father, also named Bernabé, was a
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• Johnny Peers
  ...]] Circus. His skills as a natural comedian let him to join Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's [[Clown College]], where he graduated in 1969. He became ...uch circuses as [[Circus Krone]] in Germany, [[Circus Maximum]] in Sweden, and [[Circus Conelly]] in Switzerland.
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• Lou Jacobs
  ...of Europe's circus and variety shows, and Jacobs's parents created a song-and-dance act which they performed in local "varieté" theaters. ...ely seen today, but quite popular then, especially in Germany and Russia), and—since Ludwig had a natural ability for it—contortion. By then,
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• Dolly Jacobs
  ...woman, she was a photographer, a published writer, a model and cover girl, and even held a pilot's license—all this at a time when women were suppos ...ecovered, they married. They had two daughters, [[Lou Ann Jacobs|Lou Ann]] and Dolly Jean.
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• Ben Williams
  ...ircus in 1951 when she was five years old. By then, Anna May was thirteen, and Ben, six. ...niversity 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
  ...ses, [[Circus Nikulin]]—the "Old Circus" on Tsvetnoy Boulevard—and the [[Bolshoi Circus]] on Vernadsky Avenue, the title "Moscow Circus" was o ...tate College for Circus and Variety Arts (Moscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in 1927, the world's first circus university.
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• Dania Kaseeva
  ...") was born on March 21, 1966 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, to Nelly (b. 1937) and [[Rustam Kaseev]] (1929-97), two celebrated bear trainers. Before working w ...val Mondial du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris and won a Gold Medal, the first and only time this highest honor has been awarded to a hula-hoop act.
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• Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain
  ...e de Demain ("The World Festival of the Circus of Tomorrow") was conceived and brought to life in 1977 by [[Dominique Mauclair]] (1929-2017) for ''La Pist ...to Cirque [[Napoléon Rancy]], [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Cirque Medrano]], and [[Cirque Jean Richard]]).
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• Liana Orfei
  ...-seven films, including Fellini's ''I Clowns'' (1972) and dozens of peplum and adventure movies. She also acted onstage under the direction of legendary p ...ephants, three rings of liberty horses, and a remarkable menagerie of wild and exotic animals.
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• Paulina Schumann
  ==Acrobat and Equestrienne== The daughter of [[Charlie Rivel]] (José Andreu), the famous Catalan clown, and Carmen Busto, herself the daughter of a clown, Paulina Luisa Andreu i Busto
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• Moira Orfei
  ...ing her circus using posters that prominently displayed only her head shot and her first name. Much of her reputation was due to her long movie career, wh ...uctions based on mythological themes, such as the ''Hercules'', ''Ursus'', and ''Samson'' series.
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• Svetlana Gololobova
  ...ioletta had performed one of the most extraordinary juggling and balancing acts in the history of the Soviet circus—indeed, of the circus anywhere.) ...t Union as well as with touring units of the [[Moscow Circus]] in Bulgaria and Austria.
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• Glossary
  ;adagio:Acrobatic act, generally involving a man and a woman, presented in a slow or romantic mood. ;ballerina on Horseback:Acrobatic and dance figures performed by an equestrienne, often wearing a tutu, standing
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• Marie-Pierre Bénac
  ...spanned twelve years and two continents, she proved herself a very gifted and extremely versatile performer. ...en credited with spearheading the European circus renaissance of the 1970s and the "new circus" movement. It would become, in the 1980s, the French Nation
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• David Dimitri
  ==Wire Dancer, Acrobat, Circus Director and Producer== ...debut in the ring of [[Circus Knie]], along with his siblings, all dressed and made-up as miniature versions of their father, who was starring in the show
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• Melinda Merlier
  ...agio. In April 1988—two months before their graduation—Olivier and Melinda were married in Budapest. A few months later, they made their profe ...ident company until 1998, appearing in an astonishing variety of acrobatic acts, from floor acrobatics to flying trapeze, contortion to dancing with elepha
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• The Togni Family
  ...g cupola (in the 1970s), the quarterpole-free big top (also in the 1970s), and the round-cupola, quarterpole-free "Florilegio" big top (in the 1990s). ...istide Togni (1853-1924), a university student who, in the 1870s, ran away and joined the Circo Torinese, a circus company headed by Giovanni De Bianchi.
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• Darix Togni
  ...and Doly, and then appeared in a Russian dance act with his cousins Wally and Angly. At age fourteen, he was included in the family’s perch-pole act. ...s, and acting as a whiteface clown in a clown act with his brother Wioris, and the circus's midget clown, Checco Medori: ''I Sorellini''.
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• Diana and Yury
  ...called—trained their students at a level quite unheard of in Europe and North America. He remained at the Youth Circus until 1989. The follwing yea ...ate Circus College of Kiev, where she graduated in 1994 as a hand-balancer and an acrobat on unicycle. While studying in Kiev, she met Yury.
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• Les Casaly
  ...le Fenwick studied Latin before realizing her childhood dream: To run away and join the circus. In 1977, she enrolled in [[Alexis Gruss]]’s Conservatoir ...ompany of Alexis Gruss’s [[Cirque à l’ancienne]] in Paris. An acrobat and aerialist, she performed a trampoline act that mixed these two disciplines.
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• Charlie Rivel
  ...e was used for dolls and other souvenir items; and he received every honor and accolade open to a performer. ...to riches. Deftly blending superb artistic skills, a talent for pantomime, and a flair for public relations, he developed a totally original clown charact
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• Aurelia Cats
  ...he Caroli Troupe]|Domenico Caroli]]. It was [[The Palacys|Pauline Palacy]] and Sacha Dubrovsky, however, who made her an aerialist. ...in the ''Cirque de l’Avenir'' category (for performers sixteen years old and under); she also won the Silver Medal at the Festival of Riva del Garda in
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• Anatoly Durov
  ...of talented clowns, animal trainers, and entertainment entrepreneurs—and a few actors too. In Soviet circus lore, Anatoly and Vladimir Durov are often associated with the Bolshevik revolution. As clown
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• Vladimir Durov
  ...ed as a clown-satirist whose anarchistic stance against an autocratic Tsar and his government had helped bring about the Soviet revolution. ...of talented clowns, animal trainers, and entertainment entrepreneurs—and a few actors too.
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• Yelena Larkina
  ...ips, Yelena (or Elena) Larkina joined Moscow’s [[State College of Circus and Variety Arts]] (a.k.a. the Moscow Circus School) in 1987, where the famous ...pless under a light veil that her dancing movements made teasingly move to and fro.
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• The Dancing Gauchos
  ...ars later, he was discovered by the National Folkloric Ballet of Argentina and was invited to join the company. He eventually became the Ballet's principa ...e equestrians, including Martha’s father, [[The Suarez Troupe|Enrique]], and her brother, [[Enrique Suarez, Jr.|Enrique, Jr]]. Martha’s maternal grand
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• Egorov Troupe
  ...ivalents of Youth Circuses—albeit at a much higher level of training and skills.) ...imir Volzhansky]], with whom he performed for twelve years, both in Russia and abroad with the [[Moscow Circus]].
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• Pedro and Tatiana Carrillo
  Born in Cali, Colombia and raised in Joliet, Illinois, Pedro Carrillo, Jr. is the son of the legendary ...a trapeze act, taking advantage of both Pedro’s experience as a catcher and Tatiana’s experience as an aerialist.
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• The Carrillos
  Born in Cali, Colombia and raised in Joliet, Illinois, Pedro Carillo, Jr. is the son of the legendary ...a trapeze act, taking advantage of both Pedro’s experience as a catcher and Tatiana’s experience as an aerialist.
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• Picaso Jr.
  ...t he was too shy to be a performer. Therefore, he chose to attend college, and earned a degree in economics. He later spent some time in the military&mdas ...ing 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, 1996,
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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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• Jeff Gordon
  ...owns, [[Carlo Pellegrini]] (Carlo), [[Michael Christensen]] (Mr. Stubbs), and [[Barry Lubin]] (Grandma). ...wn Alley as "Gordoon," a newly created clown persona. Mr. Stubbs, Gordoon, and Grandma would be, for the following five years, the iconic clown trio of th
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• Ricardo Sosa
  ...al circus performer. He graduated in 1986 with a remarkable hand-balancing and contortion act. ...rnment. He also continued to perform, appearing at the Tropicana in Havana and touring with Cuban circus companies in South America.
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• Olivier and Melinda
  ...wer plant construction sites, and, in his spare time, practiced kickboxing and karate. ...ic circus disciplines. At the same time, he began to study Hungarian—and to pay increasing amounts of attention to a certain fellow student, [[Melin
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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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• David and Dania
  ==DAVID MAAS AND DANIA KASEEVA — Quick-Change Act== ...ssional debut at age fifteen. Her amazing technique, dynamic choreography, and magnetic stage presence won her a Gold Medal at the 1988 [[Festival Mondial
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• Sophie and Virgile
  She auditioned for, and was accepted by, the French state circus college, the [[Centre National des ...Berlin's WinterGarten and Friedrichstadt Palast, TigerPalast in Frankfurt, and the Lido of Paris.
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• Val De Fun
  ...the legendary [[Valery Serebryakov]], who for many years delighted Soviet and international audiences with his partner, [[Stanislav Shchukin]]. ...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
  ...in the style of Marc Chagall's paintings of old Russia's Jewish heritage, and the choreography was redone to add a distinctly Jewish tone. ...rcus Carré]] in Amsterdam, the [[Big Apple Circus]] in the United States, and of course, [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow. As a "second act," the Kovgar Trou
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• Freilix
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Freilix]][[Category:Teeterboard|Freilix]]
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• Vallery Serebryakov Jr
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Serebriakov Jr., Valery]][[Category:Clowns|Serebriakov Jr., Valery]]
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• Alesya Goulevich
  ...icient unicyclist, worked as a clown, and eventually created her energetic and unusually elegant hula-hoop act. ...ami, Florida, Alesya has worked in major circuses all across Europe, Asia, and the United States.
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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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• Sonny Benneweis
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Benneweis, Sonny]]
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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
  ...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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• The Qian Brothers
  Qian Jian Ping and his brothers, Qian Jian Hua and Qian Jian Wen, came from an old family of Chinese entertainers. They practi ...du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris, where their juggling trio won a Gold Medal and the Prize of the President of the Republc—the Festival's top award. B
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• Tangier Troupe
  ...roupes may disappear and reappear with different leaders. There have been, and will be, many troupes working under that name. ...holding the largest possible number of his partners on and around himself, and a display of tumbling by each member of the troupe, whose quality depends o
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• Yury and Diana
  #REDIRECT [[Diana and Yury]] [[Category:Artists and Acts|Yury & Diana]][[Category:Unicycle|Yury & Diana]]
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• Duo Mouvance
  ...l’s Collège Ahunstic. But the previous year, her interest in gymnastics and physical activities had led her to join Le Nœud d’Ersault, a trapeze sch There she began learning aerial arts, and met Luc Martin. After a short stint at [[Annie Fratellini]]’s Ecole Natio
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• Alberto Zoppé
  ...ei]] families, for example. Yet their companies often contained true gems, and Alberto Zoppé was to be one of these. ...he attention of Orson Welles, who was working then at Cinecittà, in Rome, and the actor-director suggested that Alberto came to London to appear in a sma
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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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• Cirque d'Hiver
  Located in the heart of Paris, between the Place de la République and the Place de la Bastille, at the edge of the historical Marais, the Cirque ...on, it had been designed with both a circus ring and a full theater stage, and consequently, it was easy for its new owners to transform it into a legitim
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• Valentin Gneushev
  ...tury, and the creator of some of the most innovative and celebrated circus acts of the 1990s. ...for them, he eventually influenced the style of many young circus artists and companies, including [[Cirque du Soleil]].
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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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• Festival International du Cirque de Massy
  ...ation was to celebrate traditional circus, and notably to highlight animal acts. ...professionals. The top awards are the ''Piste de Cristal'' (Crystal Ring) and the ''Chapiteau de Cristal'' (Crystal Big Top). Special Prizes are also awa
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• Vladimir Tsarkov
  ...tate College for Circus and Variety Arts (Moscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]]—the famous "Moscow Circus School"—where he was a ...nicycle. Meanwhile, he was experimenting with new bouncing juggling rings, and decided to put together a solo-juggling act for himself. He developed his c
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• The Rios Brothers
  ...rld War II, and the Rios Brothers are generally perceived as French circus artists. ...Mehdi was 11, their father carefully analyzed their respective aptitudes, and decided to combine their talents into a risley act, a particularly arduous
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• Svetlana Shamsheeva
  ...ing a youth program at the local zoo, working closely with Himalayan bears and other animals. ...ana for his company, with which she worked from 1979 to 1985 with her bear and dove act.
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• Harold Alzana
  ...he Wallendas]], that had preceded him—inspired many of the high wire acts that are seen today. ...training his children (Harold, his brother Edgar, and their sisters Hilda and Elsie) in his backyard, where he had installed a tight wire two feet off th
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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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• Elena Borodina
  ...had ambitions of a very different order: She wanted to be a ballet dancer and, at a very young age, she began to take ballet lessons. ...be nine years old, not eight, nor ten: It was a one-shot-only opportunity, and young Elena was devastated.
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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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• Elena Serafimovich
  ...arted training at age six. She participated in many national competitions, and eventually obtained a Master degree in Rhythmic-Gymnastics. ...er gymnasts there did: she enrolled in Kiev’s State Institute of Variety and Circus Arts in Ukraine (still part of the Soviet Union at the time). The ye
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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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• Nathalie Enterline
  ...d by her parents. She also became a baton twirler, and competed nationally and internationally in the 1970s, winning the World Championships in 1978. ...Francis Brunn]] (1922-2004). This was the beginning of a life-long romance and collaboration that lasted until Brunn’s death, in 2004.
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• César Aedo
  ...real, he went on to perform on street corners as a mime throughout Central and South America to pay his way to Europe, where he intended to study Politica ...series of events prevented him from enrolling immediately in a university, and he continued to earn his living on street corners. At the end of 1979, he w
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• Alexis Brothers
  ...nd balancing]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Ballerinas, Horses and Clowns...'' (1990) [[Category:Artists and Acts|Alexis Brothers]][[Category:Acrobats|Alexis Brothers]][[Category:Hand-to-Ha
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• Tom Dougherty
  ...ings Bank building, taught him drawing and oil painting from an early age, and is also credited with teaching him how to amuse others. This gave Tom an ar ...asked Tom if he wanted to replace the missing actor: “We had a rehearsal and they offered me a contract at the end of the day.”
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• Simon Chaban
  ...also trained in Taiko drumming, martial arts, ballet, stage combat, magic, and break dancing. ...eared in many variety and nightclub shows in Europe and the United States, and has been featured in the French hit television variety show, ''Le Plus Gran
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• The Codonas
  ...rei Codonas'' (1940)—a very rare occurrence for circus artists—and two romanticized biographies. ...duardo also had a half-brother, William). When and for which purpose Henry and Victorine immigrated to Mexico is not known.
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• Flying Vazquez
  File:Flying_Trapeze_Greats.jpeg|Juan and Miguel Vazquez with other trapeze legends (2010) [[Category:Artists and Acts|Vazquez, Flying]][[Category:Flying Acts|Vazquez, Flying]]
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• Violetta Ignatova
  ...a, Violetta]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Ignatova, Violetta]][[Category:Dog Acts|Ignatova, Violetta]]
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• Andrey Markov
  ...|Markov, Andrey]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Markov, Andrey]][[Category:Dog Acts|Markov, Andrey]]
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• Mei Ling
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Mei Ling]][[Category:Acrobats|Mei Ling]][[Category:Hand Balancers|Mei Ling]
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• Chy Mei Ling
  ...l Mondial du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris in 1988. She was eight years old, and she became an immediate sensation! ...hand balancers of her generation. She soon was in high demand in circuses and "varieté" shows all over Europe; in 1995, she returned to the Festival Mon
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• The Mongolian Angels
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Mongolian Angels, The]][[Category:Aerialists|Mongolian Angels, The]][[Categ
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• Bello Nock
  * Video: [[Bill_Woodcock_Elephants_BAC_Video_1998|Bello Nock and William Woodcock'e elephants]] in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Happ * Video: [[Bello_Nock_and_Amy_BAC_Video_1999|Bello Nock and Amy, with Bill Woodcock]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Bello &
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• Mike Sanger
  ...lle_Video_(1969)|Christel Sembach-Krone, Mike Sanger, Alexander Bohnstedt, and Adi Enders, haute-école]], at Circus Krone (1969) * Video: [[Mike_and_Pascal_Sanger_BAC_Video_2000|Mike and Pascale Sanger, Comedy Dog Act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''C
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• The Sudarchikovi
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Sudarchikovi, The]][[Category:Magic|Sudarchikovi, The]]
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• Hans-Ludwig Suppmeier
  ...-Ludwig]][[Category:Exotic Animals|Suppmeier, Hans-Ludwig]][[Category:Cage Acts|Suppmeier, Hans-Ludwig]]
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• Nanjing Acrobatic Troupe
  ...y form of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• The Chinese Acrobatic Theater
  ...of the former Soviet Union have been the most inventive and skilled circus artists of the twentieth century, the Chinese, who come from a different, albeit pa ...ntertainers—their craft has evolved separately, with its own history and traditions.
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• The Five Orlandos
  ...dos, The Five]][[Category:Acrobats|Orlandos, The Five]][[Category:Tumbling Acts|Orlandos, The Five]]
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• Walter Milde
  ..., in 1950. There, he developed a passion for big cats, which led him to go and train at [[Erie Klant]]’s wild animal training center in Valkenburg, Holl ...his debut as a full-fledged wild animal trainer, presenting himself lions and polar bears at Circus [[Adolf Fisher]] in Germany. From 1962 to 1965, he wo
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• Bob Markworth & Mayana
  ==Bow and Arrow Sharpshooting== * Video: [[Bob_Markworth_Video_(1966)|Bob Markworth & Mayana, Bow and Arrow]], in Thames Television's ''Hippodrome'' (1966)
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• Alfred Court
  ...mal trainers of all times—and as such, a major circus star in Europe and America. ...oap business (Marseille was then the capital of France’s soap industry), and his mother was the daughter of the Marquis de Clapier, a rich aristocrat we
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• Los Albaracines
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Albaracines, Los]][[Category:Aerialists|Albaracines, Los]][[Category:Trapez
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• Nikolai Chelnokov
  ...aerialist under the legendary team of [[The Durov Dynasty|Tereza Durova]] and [[Victor Fomine|Viktor Fomin]]. ...ttract men to a specialty usually reserved to women. His back flip catches and his rolls-down will also become classic tricks of the specialty's repertoir
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• Pieric
  ...than three decades, in addition to being a talented auguste on more solid and stable ground! ...t in horses. In his late teens, he had worked both as a sailing instructor and an accompanist for equestrian tourist groups. His ultimate goal, however, w
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• Armand Gruss
  ...lies, Armand Gruss (1974-1994) was the son of [[Alexis Gruss, Jr.|Alexis]] and [[Gipsy Gruss]] (née [[The Bouglione Family|Bouglione]]). His birth (Janua ...hant act—which included hand-balancing on the pachyderm's head—and then a Bronze Medal in 1987, as a clown with his cousin, Eddy Ringenbach
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• Daniel Suskov
  ...WII, in the circuses of whom he presented for many years all sorts of wild and domestic animals. ...s circus debut with that group at [[Cirque Amar]], and then spent the 1972 and 1973 seasons at [[Cirque Jean Richard]].
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• Simeon Krachinov
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Krachinov, Simeon]][[Category:Jugglers|Krachinov, Simeon]]
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• Laci Endresz Jr
  ...uste [[Charlie Cairoli]] (1910-1980) at the [[Tower Circus]] in Blackpool, and he has become a household name in the famous Lancashire seaside resort on E ...esz, Sr.]] is sixth generation of a Hungarian family of circus performers, and his mother, Maureen, was born [[The Roberts Family|Roberts]]—one of E
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• Frederic Olsen
  ...lsen, Frederic]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Olsen Frederic]][[Category:Cage Acts|Olsen, Frederic]]
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• Fritz Schulz
  ...the legendary [[Alfred Court]]. Court had described Schulz as a “honest and courageous guy, who had what it takes to become a great trainer.” ...s a butcher. But he shared with his uncle a passion for wild animals—and not particularly dead ones!
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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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• Manfred Horn
  ...s|Horn, Manfred]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Horn, Manfred]][[Category:Bear Acts|Horn, Manfred]]
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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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• Collins Brothers
  ...d in all basic circus disciplines, including acrobatics, juggling, ballet, and trapeze. ...ddenly found themselves in a wall-free Berlin, and in a country where West and East didn't mean anything anymore.
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• Los Maravillas
  Image:Gino_Maravilla.jpg|Gino Maravilla and Los Maravillas (c.2008) [[Category:Artists and Acts|Maravillas, Los]][[Category:Flying Acts|Maravillas, Los]]
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• Giuseppe Chiarini
  ...e circus, Chiarini’s was the first circus the locals had ever seen—and this exposure sometimes triggered there the creation of an indigenous circu ...Siam, an assortment of Indian Rajahs, and for various government officials and politicians. His ''Royal Italian Circus''—which could become ''Royal
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• Hernán
  ...ther performed a bird act. Hernán's father trained him in hand-balancing, and he made his debut at age seven, in a performance given for inmates in a jai ...rrero World]] Circus in Brazil, in variety theaters in France and Germany, and at Busch Gardens in Florida in the United States. He also won a Bronze Meda
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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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• Reggie Armor
  ...and 1970s, a triple somersaulter at a time when only a few flying trapeze artists were able to master the triple somersault from the fly-bar to the catcher. ...board act and a risley act, and then participated in a few other acrobatic acts.
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• Les Castors
  ...decades, it has remained the same in form—a mixture of foot juggling and risley act, which, over the years, has been increasingly interspersed with Toly (Anatole, b. 1943), Charly (Charles, b. 1945), and Eddy (Edouard, b. 1949) were all born in Paris, France: In spite of incessa
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• Franco Knie
  ...|Knie, Franco]][[Category:Exotic Animals|Knie, Franco]][[Category:Elephant Acts|Knie, Franco]]
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• Alma Piaïa
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Piaïa, Alma]][[Category:Aerialists, Piaïa, Alma]]
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• Joseph Van Been
  * Video: [[Joseph_Van_Been_Video_(1966)|Joseph Van Been and his tigers]] in ''Live From The Hippodrome'' (1966) ...Been, Joseph]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Van Been, Joseph]][[Category:Cage Acts|Van Beeen, Joseph]]
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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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• The Herculeans
  ...sts and Acts|Herculeans]][[Category:Acrobats|Herculeans]][[Category:Comedy Acts|Herculeans]]
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• The Halfwits
  ...Artists and Acts|Halfwits]][[Category:Acrobats|Halfwits]][[Category:Comedy Acts|Halfwits]]
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• Maryse Begary
  ...the trapeze bar—which she could hold for more than one minute—and her spectacular series of rotating one-arm planches (also known as "disloca ...trapeze bar didn’t fail to impress circus professionals and aficionados, and her act continued to improve over the years. [[Image:Maryse_Begary_(Promoti
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• Andrée Marcoud
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Marcoud, Andrée]][[Category:Aerialists|Marcoud Andrée]][[Category:Trapeze
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• Gerd Siemoneit
  ...neit, Gerd]][[Category:Cage Acts|Siemoneit, Gerd]][[Category:Circus Owners and Directors|Siemoneit, Gerd]]
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• Les Bario
  ...of the bill of the most important European circuses for such a long time. Artists of great virtuosity, particularly loved by the public—they had their ...which included their uncle Dario (Dario Meschi, 1880-1962), their father, and a third partner that changed over the years: [[Félix Gontard]], [[Rhum]],
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• Los Quiros
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Quiros, Los]][[Category:High Wire|Quiros, Los]]
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• Borzovi Troupe
  ...ovative flying act that includes upright, traditional, and Korean cradles, and Russian Barre. The act was created by the legendary Russian act director, [ ...act was very complex, and even included the setting of the full apparatus and the net in view of the audience, as part of its choreography—a true t
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• Les Clérans
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Clérans, Les]][[Category:Aerialists|Clérans, Les]][[Category:Aerial Cradl
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• Sarah Schwarz
  ...ars, Sarah and her siblings spent their vacations training in circus arts, and performing on tour with the circus. Circus quickly became Sarah’s true pa ...ie]], at [[Circo da Madrugada]] in Brazil, [[Circus Roncalli]] in Germany, and Berlin’s WinterGarten varieté, among other venues.
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• Miss Fillis
  Miss Fillis was one of the greatest trapeze artists of the first half of the twentieth century. Like many of her most talented ...rcoud and the brothers Banola) had an act that was a mixture of flying act and horizontal bars: Nicolas flew from his bars to the hands of one of the Bano
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• Aimée Marcoud
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Marcoud, Aimée]][[Category:Aerialists|Marcoud, Aimée]][[Category:Trapeze|
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• Flying Cortes
  ...their high wire and flying trapeze acts. Young Robinson performed in both acts; brother Alex was only six months old then. ...retired from performing, Robinson replaced him as the catcher of the act, and Alex became the main flyer.
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• Luciano Anastasini
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Anastasini, Luciano]][[Category:Acrobats|Anastasini, Luciano]][[Category:An
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• Flying Zuniga
  ...s|Zuniga, Flying]][[Category:Aerialists||Zuniga, Flying]][[Category:Flying Acts|Zuniga, Trapeze]]
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• Emmett Kelly
  * Emmett Kelly, with F. Beverly Kelley, ''Clown — My Life in Tatters and Smiles'' (Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall Inc., 1954) — Reprinted [[Category:Artists and Acts|Kelly, Emmett]][[Category:Clowns|Kelly, Emmett]]
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• Christine Zerbini
  [[Image:Christine_Zerbini.jpg|right|400px|]]Although she was born and raised in the United States, Christine Zerbini comes from an old French cir ...ion; one of them, [[Sylvia Zerbini|Sylvia]], is a world-renowned aerialist and equestrienne.
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• Sultan Kumisbayev
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Kumisbayev, Sultan]][[Category: Equestrians|Kumisbayev, Sultan]][[Category:
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• Rodion Troupe
  Russian-born Valery Rodion holds a master degree in Sports Gymnastics, and participated in international gymnastics competitions before switching to t ...t at the root of Valery Rodion’s act. After Nikolai Zemskov’s untimely and sudden death during the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in
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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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• Pedro Reis
  ...|Reis, Pedro]][[Category:Cloud Swing|Reis, Pedro]][[Category:Circus Owners and Directors|Reis, Pedro]]
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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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• David Rosaire
  ...ire]]. Ross himself came from an old circus family on his mother’s side, and his father had worked on the fairgrounds. Freddy Ross created [[Circus Rosa ...|Kay]], [[The Rosaire Family|Derrick, Jr.]], [[The Rosaire Family|Linda]], and [[The Rosaire Family|Pamela]], who settled in the United States, are also f
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• Vince Bruce
  ...neteen, Vince ran away from the circus and hit the international nightclub and variety circuit. ...raying Will Rogers on the silver screen in Hollywood. The show ran for two and a half years.
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• Loyal-Suarez Troupe
  ...by [[The Suarez Troupe|Enrique Suarez]] and two of his children, Magdalena and Enrique, Jr. ...rs. Then and there, Timi realized the importance of his artistic heritage, and decided to carry on the family tradition. Under the guidance of his father,
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• Uwe Schwichtenberg
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Schwichtenberg, Uwe]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Schwichtenberg, Uwe]][[Cate
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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 ...circus pantheon through Lotte—a honor often bestowed upon celebrated artists who have left the field much too early.
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• Russia's First National Circus
  ...but the presence of the theater had since redeemed the square's prestige, and Guerra found himself in ideal surroundings. ...s aggressive manner in the ring (which he also displayed in private life), and which got him a nickname: ''Il Furioso''.
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• Maria Andreeva
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Andreeva, Maria]][[Category:Aerialists|Andreeva, Maria]][[Category:Spanish
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• The Buffalos
  ==Equestrian and Animal Act== ...e in East Germany, the State Circus organization privatized their circuses and sold their assets, which included their animals.
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• Anhui Acrobatic Troupe
  ...forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• Christian Stoinev
  ...[The Atayde Dynasty|Atayde]] family, owners of Mexico’s oldest, largest, and most celebrated circus, Circo Atayde Hermanos. ...od at the [[Big Apple Circus]], where his father was Performance Director, and his mother worked in an administrative capacity.
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• Olate Family
  ...very member of the family had to chip in. Richard learned the true meaning and value of hard work at the tender age of six—laboring sometimes simply ...mother, to cash on her son’s unexpected talents, booked in school shows and street fairs. Richard was twelve.
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• Willer Nicolodi
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Nicolodi, Willer]][[Category:Novelty Acts|Nicolodi, Willer]][[Category:Ventriloquists|Nicolodi, Willer]]
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• Greg and Karen DeSanto
  ...[[Grandma_Doc_Pitchum_Lucky_BAC_1996_Video|Greg DeSanto, with Barry Lubin and Todd Robbins, Soap Entrée]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''The M [[Category:Artists and Acts|De Santo, Greg]][[Category:Clowns|DeSanto, Greg]]
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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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• Sergey Akimov
  ...]] in Monte-Carlo, where he won a Bronze Medal. He continued participating and winning prizes in various youth circus festivals, culminating with a Silver ...New York—where his father had worked for several years in the 1990s, and Sergey had spent part of his childood&mdashwhich launched Sergey’s intern
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• Elena Drogaleva
  ...he group was composed of [[Valdis Yanovskis]], Andrey Ivanko, Kyril Balan, and Alek Novosolov. ...''Musical Circus'', a short-lived show conceived by [[Valentin Gneushev]] and directed by [[Tandy Beal]]. By then, the old USSR was falling apart. In 199
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• Tatiana Filatova
  ...Tatiana]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Filatova, Tatiana]][[Category:Elephant Acts|Filatova, Tatiana]]
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• Aleksandr Filatov
  ..., Aleksandr]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Filatov Aleksandr]][[Category:Bear Acts|Filatov, Aleksandr]]
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• The Filatov Family
  ...s|Filatov Family]][[Category:Bear Acts|Filatov Family]][[Category:Elephant Acts|Filatov Family]]
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• Françoise Rochais
  ...passion. She continued training by herself, improving her skills by trial and error. In 1984, her juggling mentor invited her to spend a vacation in Aust ...her juggling act at the [[Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris, and a "Silver K" at the [[Festival Première Rampe]] in Monte Carlo. In 1990, s
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• Antoschka
  ...e for which training starts at an early age. Still, she wanted to perform, and when she recovered, friends suggested that she try the circus. ...region of Novosibirsk. There, she learned a variety of circus disciplines, and partnered with another student, Anatoly Evgenevich Lotishev (b. March 10, 1
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• Raissa and Grant Ibragimovi
  ...va, Raissa]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Ibragimova, Raissa]][[Category:Bear Acts|Ibragimova, Raissa]]
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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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• Sarvat Begbudi
  ...Begbudi, Sarvat]][[Category:Cage Acts|Begbudi, Sarvat]][[Category:Elephant Acts|Begbudi, Sarvat]]
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• The España Family
  ...anas_Video_(1983)|The Flying Españas, flying trapeze]], at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1983) ...Family, The]][[Category:Aerialists|España Family, The]][[Category:Flying Acts|España Family, The]][[Category:Jugglers|España Family, The]]
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• The Cristiani Family
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Cristiani]][[Category:Circus Owners and Directors|Critiani]][[Category:Acrobats|Cristiani]][[Category:Equestrians|C
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• Valery Serebryakov
  ...o_(1976)|Shchukin & Serebryakov, Jump Rope reprise]], in the film ''Clowns and Children'' (1976) ..._Video_(1976)|Valery Serebryakov, "Stairs" reprise]], in the film ''Clowns and Children'' (1976)
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• Grock
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Grock]][[Category:Clowns|Grock]]
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• Feller Boys
  ...is troupe, Gerhard Gudopp. Gudopp had joined the Feller Troupe as a child, and therefore Feller was his mentor. ...ried on the act for many years with his brothers in law, [[Fumagalli|Daris and Gianni Huesca]].
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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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• Carrie Harvey
  ...n musical theatre, played theatre classics, appeared on television, radio, and did many TV commercial voice-overs. ...k singers in ''The Stage'', the British trade newspaper, Carrie auditioned and got the classy part of "Belinda, the Bearded Wonder."
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• Zhang Fan
  ...is first Gold award at the Acrobatic Festival of Wuhan, in China, in 2000, and another Gold award at the [[International Circus Festival of Budapest]], Hu ...in the United States. He has also appeared on television shows in Europe, and in China for CCTV's ''Chinese New Year's Eve Special''.
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• Konakov Troupe
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Konakov Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats|Konakov Troupe]][[Category:Russian Barr
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• Glen Nicolodi
  ..., who was part, with Glen’s other siblings, of the famous hand-balancing and acrobatic act of [[The Nicolodis]]. ...y. He began his professional career as an acrobat in 1989, at age sixteen, and then joined the [[Big Apple Circus]]’s resident company, in the United St
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• Anatoly Zalievsky
  ...ondial du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris, where he was an immediate sensation and won the Gold Medal. The following year, Anatoly won the Gold Clown at the [ ...iginality, is the performer himself—his unique artistry, sensibility and charisma; luckily, these attributes cannot be duplicated.
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• Sdobnin and Ilyushin
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Sdobdin & Ilyushin]][[Category:Acrobats|Sdobdin & Ilyushin]][[Category:Hand
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• Grigory Popovich
  ...rigory]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Popovich, Grigory]][[Category:House Cat Acts|Popovich, Grigory]]
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• Stephan Gruss
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Gruss, Stephan]][[Category:Equestrians|Gruss, Stephan]][[Category:Jugglers|
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• Justin Case
  ...Acts|Case, Justin]][[Category:Comedy Acts|Case Justin]][[Category:Bicycle Acts|Case Justin]]
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• Duo Perfilyev
  ...erest in physical activities; he regularly practiced sports, mostly karate and boxing. ...cus and Variety Arts (Moscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]], and she convinced Andrey to come with her. But if Irina, with her background, e
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• Denis Lacombe
  ...p'' with Bill Woodcock]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Carnival and Mardi Gras'' (1986) ...combe, ''The Maestro'']], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Carnival and Mardi Gras'' (1986)
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• Natalia Yakubova
  ...tate College for Circus and Variety Arts (Moscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in Moscow, where he graduated in 1970 as an acrobat on perch ...nasty of animal trainers. Yakubov worked with Durov until the early 1980s, and then created his own trained baboon act. His wife, Natalia Yakubova worked
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• Vildan Yakubov
  ...bov, Vildan]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Yakubov, Vildan]][[Category:Monkey Acts|Yakubov, Vildan]]
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• Farid Yakubov
  ...kubov, Farid]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Yakubov, Farid]][[Category:Monkey Acts|Yakubov, Farid]]
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• Zhengzhou Acrobatic Troupe
  ...y form of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• Norman Barrett
  ...-up comedian: "A smashing bloke and a very very nice man… A loyal friend and a very very very nice man." Quite an amazing epitaph for anybody! ...n’s grandfather, also George Barrett, had been the owner of a small iron and steel works in Bradford, West Yorkshire; it was there that Norman’s fathe
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• Ella Levitskaya
  ...tsteps: His son, [[Rudolf Levitsky|Rudolf]] (1927-1981), became a juggler, and was then for many years the Ringmaster of Tashkent's circus. ...atyr, and Ella’s sister, Evgenia (b. 1965) soon joined into Ella’s act and became her assistants.
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• The Kurziamovi
  ...ame a Russian circus family. His father, Gennady Kurziamov, was an acrobat and a clown, before becoming ringmaster of Moscow’s [[Bolshoi Circus]] from 1 ...tate College for Circus and Variety Arts (Moscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]], where he graduated as an aerialist in 1982 with his first s
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• The Kozjaks
  ...he Polish State Circus (when Poland was a country of the Communist block), and were active in the 1970s/1980s. [[Category:Artists and Acts|Kozjaks, The]][[Category:Acrobats|Kozjaks, The]][[Category:Perch-Pole Balan
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• Alexis Gruss, Sr.
  ...exis Sr]][[Category:Equestrians|Gruss, Alexis Sr]][[Category:Circus Owners and Directors|Gruss, Alexis Sr]]
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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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• Beijing Acrobatic Troupe
  ...forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• Erhard and Christiane Samel
  ...ould add two ligers (a cross between a lion and a tiger), a black leopard, and finally, a boa to this rather varied jungle family. ...t [[Circus Busch|Zirkus Busch-Berlin]], where she and her husband, worked, and became increasingly involved with the care of their animals, until she even
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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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• Rogana
  ...ved a specialty that had not been seen for a long time in the circus—and their act was subsequently widely copied by other artistes. ...Althoff]] in Germany, in England at Blackpool's [[Tower Circus]] in 1952, and at the [[Kelvin Hall Circus]] in Glasgow, Scotlamd, for the 1952-53 winter
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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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• The Valla Family
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Valla-Bertini]][[Category:Acrobats|Valla-Bertini]][[Category:Unicycle|Valla
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• Michael Korthaus
  ...of [[Picaso|El Gran Picaso]] and plays music spitting them on a keyboard, and a stage show, ''Green Gift'', with his partner, Stefanie Bonse. ...rcus Louis Knie]] in Austria, and in many variety shows, television shows, and special events around the world.
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• Guangdong Acrobatic Troupe
  ...forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• The Rogge Sisters
  ...revived a specialty that had not been seen for a long time in the circus—and their act was subsequently widely copied by other artistes. ...Althoff]] in Germany, in England at Blackpool's [[Tower Circus]] in 1952, and at the [[Kelvin Hall Circus]] in Glasgow, Scotlamd, for the 1952-53 winter
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• Anton Donnert
  * Video: [[Anton_Donnert_Cage_Act_1973|Anton Donnert, Tiger and Horse Act]], at the Fövárosi Nagycirkusz in Budapest (1973) ...Donnert, Anton]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Donnert, Anton]][[Category:Cage Acts|Donnert, Anton]]
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• The Bouglione Family
  ==Menagerie and Circus Owners, Animal Trainers, Artists== * Video: [[Gipsy_Bouglione_Video_(1966)|Gipsy Bouglione, tight and slack wire]], at the Cirque d'Hiver (1966)
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• Ahmed Ben Ali Zinati
  ...ling troupes have been part of the circus practically since its inception, and are still seen in circuses all over the world to this day. ...members amidst other troupes), but some of them have had a leader talented and enterprising enough to strongly establish their name in the business. In th
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• Les Fratellini
  File:Soeurs_Peres.jpg|Jeanne and Rosalie Pérès (1903) File:Fratellinis_in_Berlin_(1930).jpg|Albert, François, and Paul Fratellini (1930)
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• Isabelle Vaudelle
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Vaudelle, Isabelle]][[Category:Aerialists|Vaudelle, Isabelle]][[Category:Ti
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• Johnny Gasser
  * Video: [[Dandies_Video_(2018)|Yury Kreer, Johnny Gasser and Kirill Ivanov]], ''Dandies'', Russian barre act, at Circus Nikulin in Mosco ...minique_jando_(2018).png|Johnny Gasser (r.) with Kirill Ivanov, Yury Kreer and Dominique Jando (2018)
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• Yury Kreer
  * Video: [[Gasser and Kreer Video 1995|Johnny Gasser & Yury Kreer, Hand-to-Hand]], at the Festiva ...with_Dominique_jando_(2018).png|Kirill Ivanov, Yury Kreer, Dominique Jando and Johnny Gasser (2018)
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• Emmerich Ankner
  ''By Don Stacey and Dominique Jando'' ...dinand in Sarajevo in 1914. Ankner left the army with the rank of Captain, and he would be often billed in his subsequent circus career as "Captain Ankner
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• Sylvia Teron
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Teron, Sylvia]][[Category:Acrobats|Teron, Sylvia]][[Category:Hand Balancers
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• Roman Tomanov
  ...cts|Tomanov, Roman]][[Category:Aerialists|Tomanov, Roman]][[Category:Strap Acts|Tomanov, Roman]]
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• The Great Carmo
  ...our, having had a short connection with [[Bertram Mills|Bertram W. Mills]] and his two sons in 1929, prior to the appearance of the full-fledged Mills ten ...eats" of his era: Lafayette, Chung Ling Soo, Lyle, Dante, Murray, Chefalo, and Kalanag, whose huge stage presentations were among the finest in theatrical
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• Wolfgang Krenzola
  ...g]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Krenzola, Wolfgang]][[Category:Mixed Animals Acts|Krenzola, Wolfgang]]
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• Errani Brothers
  * Video: [[Knie_Errani_Video_2020|Worris Errani and Ivan Frederick Knie, double Courier]], at the International Circus Festival ...s|Errani Brothers]][[Category:Acrobats|Errani Brothers]][[Category: Risley Acts (Icarists)|Errani Brothers]]
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• Martin Lacey, Jr.
  File:Lacey_%2B_Tsavo.jpg|Martin Lacey, Jr. and Tsavo (c.2018) ...s|Lacey, Martin]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Lacey, Martin]][[Category:Cage Acts|Lacey, Martin]]
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• China Acrobatic Troupe
  ...forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• Soldier Acrobatic Troupe of Guangzhou
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Soldier Acrobatic Troupe of Guangzhou]][[Category:Chinese Acrobatics|Soldie
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• Marina Papazova
  ...azova, Marina]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Papazova, Marina]][[Category:Dog Acts|Papazova, Marina]]
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• Shenyang Acrobatic Troupe
  ...forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• Zhang Gongli
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Zhang Gongli]][[Category:Acrobats|Zhang Gongli]][[Category:Chinese Acrobati
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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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• Marie-Aude Jauze
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Jauze, Marie-Aude]][[Category:Comedy Acts|Jauze, Marie-Aude]]
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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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• Lilly Yokoi
  ...r act can be regarded as the greatest solo bicycle act that ever was—and it is universally acknowledged as such by all those who were lucky enough t ...he act was featuring only three of the the four Yokoi Sisters, Mary, Olga, and Lilly. The Trio Yokoi, as they were billed, appeared on CBS's ''The Talk of
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• The Mascotts
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Mascotts]][[Category:Acrobats|Mascotts]][[Category:Hand Balancers|Mascotts]
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• Emile Carey
  ...Competitor, he had already been awarded two consecutive Gold Medals (1999 and 2000) for his juggling technique by the International Juggling Association; ...''Salto Natale'' in Switzerland, and has worked with [[Cirque du Soleil]] and [[Cirque Eloize]], among many others. In 2009, he created with his partner,
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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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• Igor Maïorov
  ...ts|Maïorov, Igor]][[Category:Acrobats|Maïorov, Igor]][[Category:Tumbling Acts|Maïorov, Igor]]
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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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• Melanie Chy
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Chy, Melanie]][[Category:Acrobats|Chy, Melanie]][[Category:Hand Balancers|C
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• Valla-Bertini Troupe
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Valla-Bertini Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats|Valla-Bertini Troupe]][[Category:
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• Bertis Troupe
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Bertis Troupe]][[Category:Unicycle|Bertis Troupe]]
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• Circus Medrano-Swoboda
  ...he other Medrano”—and still is today, since the title has survived and belongs now (2011) to the Italian [[The Casartelli Family|Casartelli]] fami ...came part of Austria in 1918). His parents were of Czechoslovakian descent and although they didn’t come from a circus family, they owned a small circus
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• The Medrano Sisters
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Medrano Sisters]][[Category:Equestrians|Medrano Sisters]]
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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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• Hassani Troupe
  ...Artists and Acts|Hassani]][[Category:Acrobats|Hassani]][[Category:Tumbling Acts|Hassani]]
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• Marthe and Juliette Vesque
  ...nted the Parisian circus scene in meticulously precise paintings of circus artists in performance—about whom they often added fascinating information in ...passions. Marthe was born in 1879 in Joinville-le-Pont, a suburb of Paris, and Juliette, who was born in Paris, followed her in 1881.
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• Nadia Houcke
  ...[[Alphonse Rancy]] (1861-1933). She belonged to genuine circus aristocracy and, not surprisingly, she was an equestrienne of great talent. ...ilbert Houcke]] eventually turned into a unforgettable tiger trainer—and a major circus star when he became the first "Tarzan" of the big cage in th
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• Wang Lixin
  ...crobatic Troupe in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Japan, North Korea, and the United Kingdom. In the United States, she has been featured as a solo * Video: [[Wang_Lixin_BAC_Video_1998|Wang Lixin, cup and saucer juggling]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Happy On!'' (199
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• Changchun Acrobatic Troupe
  ...forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• Liaoning Acrobatic Troupe
  ...forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• Shindu Love
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Shindu Love]][[Category:Aerialists|Shindu Love]][[Category:Tissu|Shindu Lov
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• Espiral Troupe
  ...que d'Hiver]] in Paris, where they were awarded a Gold Medal for their two acts. [[Category:Artists and Acts|Espiral Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats|Espiral Troupe]][[Category:Teeterboard|
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• Oliver Groszer
  ...r, Gert, developed radically opposite views in matters of politics, and he and Franziska eventually divorced when Oliver was four years old. ...eave the GDR. She, Oliver, and his sister Josefine crossed the Berlin Wall and moved to West Berlin; Oliver was ten. It was an entirely new life for them;
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• Fujian Acrobatic Troupe
  ...forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• Fang Yuan and He Ying
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Fang Yuan]][[Category:Chinese Acrobatics|Fang Yuan]][[Category:Hand Balance
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• Uwe Neitzel
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Neitzel, Uwe]][[Category:Aerialists|Neitzel, Uwe]][[Category:Washington Tra
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• Udarma
  ...contortion: In this remote Asian country (located between Russian Siberia and China), contortionists endowed with spiritual significance their unique abi Udarma went to work with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] in the United States in 1988. In 1990, she participated i
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• Inner Mongolia Acrobatic Troupe
  ...forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• Paul Jung
  ...cial ads—most notably on the boxes of Kellogg’s Sugar Smacks—and has been often used on European circus posters as a generic clown image. ...working for the Ringling organization, with ''The Greatest Show On Earth'' and other Ringling-owned circuses, for nearly half a century.
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• Marinoff Troupe
  ...Gold Clown at the [[International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo]] in 1996 and a Gold Medal at the [[International Circus festival of Budapest]] in 1997 f [[Category:Artists and Acts|Marinoff Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats|Marinoff Troupe]][[Category:Teeterboar
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• Sharkov Brothers
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Sharkov Brothers]][[Category:Acrobats|Sharkov Brothers]][[Category:Hand-to-
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• Gérard Edon
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Edon, Gérard]][[Category:Aerialists|Edon, Gérard]][[Category:Washington T
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• Wolfgang Trunk
  ...unk, Wolfgang]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Trunk, Wolfgang]][[Category:Cage Acts|Trunk, Wolfgang]]
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• Tokar and Hyobagy
  ..., and graduates of the National Circus School of Budapest, Magdalena Tokar and Zoltan Hyobagy won the Circus Academy award at the 1st International Circus * Video: [[Tokar and Hyobagy Video 1996|Magdalena Tokar & Zoltan Hyobagy, aerial cradle]], at th
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• Magdalena Tokar
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Tokar, Magdalena]][[Category:Aerialists|Tokar, Magdalena]]
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• Zoltan Hyobagy
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Hyobagy, Zoltan]][[Category:Aerialists|Hyobagy, Zoltan]]
  118 B (14 words) - 01:22, 12 November 2011
• Vorobiev Troupe
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Vorobiev Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats|Vorobiev Troupe]][[Category:Russian Sw
  279 B (34 words) - 19:45, 17 November 2011
• Italo Medini
  ...sty|Alphonse Rancy]]. A clown and acrobat, Carlo Medini belonged to an old and numerous Italian circus family; his wife, Anna, whom he married in 1920, wa ...er. Quite early, too, Italo became part of the Carlo Medini aerial casting and acrobatic act. He found his true calling, however, when he saw the German j
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• Saddri Dancers
  ...Acts|Saddri Dancers]][[Category:Acrobats|Saddri Dancers]][[Category:Comedy Acts|Saddri Dancers]][[Category:Porté-Lancé|Saddri Dancers]]
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• Del Moral Troupe
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Del Moral Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats|Del Moral Troupe]][[Category:Perch-Po
  279 B (34 words) - 20:33, 4 December 2011
• Bob Williams and Louie
  ...ainers|Williams, Bob]][[Category:Comedy Acts|Williams, Bob]][[Category:Dog Acts|Williams, Bob]]
  304 B (40 words) - 19:40, 8 May 2018
• Tsodikovi Sisters
  ...ircus Roncalli]] in Germany for that circus's 30th Anniversary production, and they have been featured in the [[Cirque du Soleil]]'s production of ''Totem [[Category:Artists and Acts|Tsodikovi Sisters]][[Category:Foot Jugglers|Tsodikovi Sisters]]
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• Marina and Svetlana
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Marina & Svetlana]][[Category:Foot Jugglers|Marina & Svetlana]]
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• Massino Trio
  ...and Acts|Massino Trio]][[Category:Acrobats|Massino Trio]][[Category:Comedy Acts|Massino Trio]][[Category:Trampoline|Massino Trio]]
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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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• Siegfried Cronau
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Siegfried Cronau]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Cronau, Siegfried]][[Category:
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• The Moreno Troupe
  ...roupe were interchangeable and went on to build, or participate in, other acts when the troupe ceased to be in demand. [[Category:Artists and Acts|Moreno Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats|Moreno Troupe]][[Category:Russian Barre|
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• Freddy Osler
  ...Observatory, Cape Town, which defined the South African school of flyers, and produced most of them.) ...]] (catcher). There were not many great flying acts in Europe at the time, and the Flying Oslers began an impressive career that led them to practically a
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• Flying Oslers
  ...y:Artists and Acts|Oslers]][[Category:Aerialists|Oslers]][[Category:Flying Acts|Oslers]]
  126 B (15 words) - 21:50, 9 January 2012
• Flying Weppenaars
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Weppenaars, Flying]][[Category:Flying Acts|Weppenaars, Flying]]
  120 B (14 words) - 04:58, 10 January 2012
• The Osler Del Canes
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Osler Del Canes]][[Category:Flying Acts|Osler Del Canes]]
  114 B (16 words) - 21:52, 10 January 2012
• Juanito Rivel
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Rivel, Juanito]][[Category:Acrobats|Rivel, Juanito]][[Category:Clowns|Rivel
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• The Andreu-Rivels
  ''By Raffaele De Ritis and Dominique Jando'' ...rothers in 1935 to replicate the family act with other, anonymous partners and eventually pursue a "solo" career (albeit never without uncredited partners
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• The Charlivels
  ...s, music and dance—a combination ideally suited for variety theaters and nightclubs, but which remained as efficient in a circus ring. (Oftentimes, ...y theaters; Juanito and his sister Paulina had an act together as toddlers and performed a dance duet by the 1930s.
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• Jenny Vidbel
  ...:Equestrians|Vidbel Jenny]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Vidbel, Jenny]][[Dog Acts|Vidbel, Jenny]][[Category:Mixed Animals|Vidbel, Jenny]][[Category:Farm Anim
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• Wuqiao Acrobatic Troupe
  ...y form of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• Rob Torres
  ...most successful clowns, working with equal success in the Americas, Asia, and Europe—where he was on his way to becoming a genuine star. His untime ...and the dazzling lights of Broadway: Rob developed a taste for performance and show business that would inform the rest of his life.
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• Kenyan Boys
  ...he Houston Rockets, the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Portland Trailblazers, and the Philadelphia 76ers. They were featured in the [[Big Apple Circus]] prod [[Category:Artists and Acts|Kenyan Boys]][[Category:Acrobats|Kenyan Boys]][[Category:Chinese Pole|Kenya
  869 B (133 words) - 22:18, 13 February 2012
• X Bud Roses
  ...the members of X Bud Roses started their training between the ages of five and nine. They appeared in the United States in the [[Big Apple Circus]] produc [[Category:Artists and Acts|X Bud Roses]][[Category:Acrobats|X Bud Roses]][[Category:Contortionists|X B
  863 B (138 words) - 03:25, 22 February 2012
• Maria and Oksana
  Maria Maminchenko and Oksana Veprintseva created their extremely original act (a trapeze act... w ...a & Oksana]][[Category:Aerialists|Maria & Oksana]][[Category:Trapeze|Maria and Oksana]]
  555 B (75 words) - 02:27, 2 March 2012
• The Ilès-Rosettis
  ...ttis, The]][[Category:Tumbling Acts|Ilès-Rosettis, The]][[Category:Comedy Acts|Ilès-Rosettis]]
  313 B (41 words) - 21:19, 15 January 2014
• Tito Gaona
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Gaona, Tito]][[Category:Aerialists|Gaona, Tito]]
  106 B (13 words) - 02:47, 3 March 2012
• Mando Gaona
  [[Category:Aerialists|Gaona, Mando]][[Category:Artists and Acts|Gaona, Mando]]
  108 B (13 words) - 02:50, 3 March 2012
• Richie Gaona
  [[Category:Aerialists|Gaona, Richie]][[Category:Artists and Acts|Gaona, Richie]]
  110 B (13 words) - 02:51, 3 March 2012
• Victor Gaona
  [[Category:Aerialists|Gaona, Victor]][[Category:Artists and Acts|Gaona, Victor]]
  110 B (13 words) - 02:53, 3 March 2012
• Chela Gaona
  [[Category:Aerialists|Gaona, Chela]][[Category:Artists and Acts|Gaona, Chela]]
  108 B (13 words) - 02:54, 3 March 2012
• The Titos
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Titos, The]][[Category:Acrobats|Titos, The]][[Category:Trampoline|Titos, Th
  136 B (17 words) - 02:57, 3 March 2012
• The Aragón Family
  ...nternational career; and Gaby, Fofó y Miliki, from the fourth generation, and their children of the fifth generation, who became major stars on Spanish t ...own as Emig—?-1946), Teodoro (later known as Thedy—1885-1974), and José-María (later known as Pompoff—1886-1970).
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• Terry Cavaretta
  ...flyers of all time. A diminutive, eye-catching woman with a girlish charm and a luminous smile, she was for twenty-three years a headliner in Las Vegas, ..., born in 1949; the twins Maureen (Moe) and Marlene (Molli), born in 1951; and Darlene (Terry), the youngest.
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• The Flying Terrels
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Terrels, The Flying]][[Category:Flying Acts|Terrels, The Flying]]
  125 B (16 words) - 22:27, 21 March 2012
• The Flying Cavarettas
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Cavarettas, The Flying]][[Category:Flying Acts|Cavarettas, The Flying]]
  131 B (16 words) - 22:29, 21 March 2012
• Ron Lemus
  ...s and Acts|Lemus, Ron]][[Category:Aerialists|Lemus, Ron]][[Category:Flying Acts|Lemus, Ron]]
  141 B (18 words) - 22:31, 21 March 2012
• Judy Cavaretta
  ...|Cavaretta, Judy]][[Category:Aerialists|Cavaretta, Judy]][[Category:Flying Acts|Cavaretta, Judy]]
  156 B (18 words) - 22:36, 21 March 2012
• Jimmy Cavaretta
  ...avaretta, Jimmy]][[Category:Aerialists|Cavaretta, Jimmy]][[Category:Flying Acts|Cavaretta, Jimmy]]
  159 B (18 words) - 22:35, 21 March 2012
• Kandy Cavaretta
  ...avaretta, Kandy]][[Category:Aerialists|Cavaretta, Kandy]][[Category:Flying Acts|Cavaretta, Kandy]]
  159 B (18 words) - 22:37, 21 March 2012
• Molli Cavaretta
  ...avaretta, Molli]][[Category:Aerialists|Cavaretta, Molli]][[Category:Flying Acts|Cavaretta, Molli]]
  159 B (18 words) - 22:38, 21 March 2012
• Moe Cavaretta
  ...ts|Cavaretta, Moe]][[Category:Aerialists|Cavaretta, Moe]][[Category:Flying Acts|Cavaretta, Moe]]
  153 B (18 words) - 22:38, 21 March 2012
• Pompoff Thedy Family
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Pompoff Thedy Family]][[Category:Clowns|Pompoff Thedy Family]]
  125 B (17 words) - 07:05, 8 February 2024
• Vitaly Zhuravel
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Zhuravel, Vitaly]][[Category:Acrobats|Zhuravel, Vitaly]][[Category:Horizont
  161 B (18 words) - 22:06, 26 February 2024
• The Flying Caballeros
  ...leros, Flying]][[Category:Aerialists|Caballeros, Flying]][[Category:Flying Acts|Caballeros, Flying]]
  428 B (50 words) - 22:16, 20 February 2024
• Two On The Rope
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Two On The Rope]][[Category:Aerialists|Two On The Rope]][[Category:Spanish
  264 B (42 words) - 05:05, 18 February 2024
• Cedric Walker
  ...eam, and the idea was to create a circus with a large percentage of circus artists of color that would visit urban centers with an important African American ...e: he fell in love with the circus. He and his brother Frank would go home and re-create the spectacles they had witnessed.
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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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• Chernievsky Troupe
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Chernievsky Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats|Chernievsky Troupe]][[Category:Teet
  165 B (17 words) - 22:22, 17 February 2014
• Rakcheyev Troupe
  ...heyev became the bottom man for the triple somersault of his young partner and pupil, Tatiana. ...|Rakcheyev Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats|Rakcheyev troupe]][[Category:Risley Acts (Icarists)|Rakcheyev Troupe]]
  581 B (84 words) - 02:36, 1 April 2012
• The Leotaris
  ...Acts|Leotaris, The]][[Category:Aerialists|Leotaris, The]][[Category:Flying Acts|Leotaris, The]]
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• Aleksandr Zakharov
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Zakharov, Aleksandr]][[Category:Acrobats|Zakharov, Aleksandr]][[Category:Te
  287 B (32 words) - 04:48, 5 May 2012
• Novye Russkie Troupe
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Novye Russkie]][[Category:Acrobats|Novye Russkie]][[Category:Teeterboard|No
  151 B (17 words) - 04:50, 5 May 2012
• Vladimir Arzumanov
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Arzumanov, Vladimir]][[Category:Acrobats|Arzumanov, Vladimir]]
  234 B (26 words) - 18:56, 6 May 2012
• Shandong Acrobatic Troupe
  ...forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• Sergei Druzhina
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Druzhina, Sergei]][[Category:Acrobats|Druzhina, Sergei]][[Category:Hand Bal
  285 B (33 words) - 21:39, 16 May 2012
• Pepino y Tonino
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Pepino y Tonino]][[Category:Clowns|Pepino y Tonino]]
  117 B (16 words) - 04:01, 22 May 2012
• Pompoff y Thedy
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Pompoff y Thedy]][[Category:Clowns|Pompoff y Thedy]]
  117 B (16 words) - 04:03, 22 May 2012
• Hermanos Aragón
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Aragón, Hermanos]][[Category:Clowns|Aragón, Hermanos]]
  121 B (16 words) - 04:05, 22 May 2012
• Schaller Brothers
  ...Acts|Schaller Bros.]][[Category:Acrobats|Schaller Bros.]][[Category:Comedy Acts|Schaller Bros.]][[Category:Trampoline|Schaller Bros.]]
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• Don Saunders
  ...television show [[''La Piste aux Étoiles'']] and himself a former circus and variety performer (with a legendary musical act in which no music was ever ...What truly attracted Donald was comedy, for which he had a natural talent, and more precisely the type of visual comedy that was performed in the circus o
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• Jenda Smaha
  ...certainly not as famous as that of the elephants he presented, ''Bertha'', and then a string of ''Tanyas''. ...inicky]], who had also a brilliant career in Europe as a Master Equestrian and animal trainer.
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• Tovarich Troupe
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Tovarich Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats|Tovarich Troupe]][[Category:Hand-to-Ha
  288 B (32 words) - 04:10, 25 June 2012
• The Stephensons
  ==Acrobats and Dog Trainers== ...robats|Stephensons]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Stephensons]][[Category:Dog Acts|Stephensons, The]]
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• William Woodcock, Jr.
  ...fans, who enjoyed testing his historical knowledge of the American circus, and his encyclopedic command of the history of elephants in the United States&m ...on (1902-1988), whose grandfather, [[Hiram Horton|Hiram]], a former sailor and tavern-keeper of British origin, had started a circus in Wisconsin in 1854.
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• Rolf Knie, Jr.
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Knie, Rolf]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Knie, Rolf]][[Category:Clowns|Knie,
  142 B (19 words) - 19:32, 28 June 2012
• Fredy Knie, Jr.
  ...ls|Knie, Fredy]][[Category:Cage Acts|Knie, Fredy]][[Category:Circus Owners and Directors|Knie, Fredy]]
  275 B (36 words) - 20:39, 6 May 2018
• Fredy Knie, Sr.
  ...|Knie, Fredy]][[Category:Equestrians|Knie, Fredy]][[Category:Circus Owners and Directors|Knie, Fredy]]
  162 B (21 words) - 19:35, 28 June 2012
• Rolf Knie, Sr.
  ...|Knie, Rolf]][[Category:Elephant Acts|Knie, Rolf]][[Category:Circus Owners and Directors|Knie, Rolf]]
  200 B (27 words) - 20:41, 6 May 2018
• Marietta Orsanigo
  ...s First National Circus]]). She was an accomplished ballerina on horseback and ''haute-école'' rider. She is also said to have been a ropedancer—fo [[Category:Artists and Acts|Orsanigo, Marietta]][[Category:Equestrians|Orsanigo, Marietta]][[Category:T
  811 B (115 words) - 22:47, 28 June 2012
• Tommy Hanneford
  ...ord, Tommy]][[Category:Acrobats|Hanneford, Tommy]][[Category:Circus Owners and Directors|Hanneford, Tommy]]
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• Isabella Nock
  ...secutive seasons. Her heel catches on her swinging trapeze bar, barefooted and scantily clad in a sparkling bikini, made her act memorable wherever she wo ...) were originally itinerant rope-dancers, who performed on village squares and fairgrounds, their ropes strung between church spires or above the open-air
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• The Rodos
  ...s and Acts|Rodos, The]][[Category:Acrobats|Rodos, The]][[Category:Tumbling Acts|Rodos, The]]
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• Linon
  ...ion shows, including several appearances on CBS's ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' and ABC's ''Hollywood Palace''. [[Category:Artists and Acts|Linon]][[Category:Comedy Acts|Linon]][[Category:Bouncing Rope|Linon]][[Category:Clowns|Linon]]
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• André Danion
  ...on, André]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Danion, André]][[Category:Sea Lion Acts|Danion, André]]
  238 B (31 words) - 02:51, 5 May 2018
• Miss Malta
  ...d Acts|Malta, Miss]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Malta, Miss]][[Category:Dog Acts|Malta, Miss]]
  227 B (32 words) - 03:36, 7 May 2018
• The Stebbings
  ...nimal Trainers|Stebbings]][[Category:Comedy Acts|Stebbings]][[Category:Dog Acts|Stebbings, The]]
  288 B (35 words) - 20:15, 7 May 2018
• Bob Gerry Troupe
  ...rtoire—a feat originated by [[The Triska Troupe]], probably in 1943, and then performed by the [[Camilio Mayer|Canilio Mayer Troupe]], of which Gerr ...(Brussels)|Cirque Royal]] in Brussels; [[Bertram Mills Circus]] at Olympia and the [[Harringay Circus]] in London; [[Circus Strassburger]] in Holland. The
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• Lotte Witte
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Witte, Lotte]]
  72 B (9 words) - 01:46, 21 July 2012
• Ruth Hempel
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Hempel, Ruth]]
  72 B (9 words) - 01:49, 21 July 2012
• Ruth Barwinske
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Barwinske, Ruth]]
  75 B (9 words) - 01:50, 21 July 2012
• Annemarie Mayer
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Mayer, Annemarie]]
  76 B (9 words) - 01:51, 21 July 2012
• Margarethe Zimmerman
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Zimmerman, Margarethe]]
  81 B (9 words) - 01:53, 21 July 2012
• Alois Geryk
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Geryk, Alois]][[Category:High Wire|Geryk, Alois]]
  110 B (15 words) - 00:09, 22 July 2012
• Lillian Leitzel
  File:Leitzel_and_Dolly_Jahn_(1926).jpeg|Lillian Leitzel and Dolly Jahn (1926) File:Leitzel_Poster_(1927).jpeg|Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Poster (1927)
  801 B (104 words) - 00:39, 16 April 2013
• The Suarez Troupe
  ...e years, as members of his family got married and occasional partners came and went, the composition of the troupe changed. His daughter Martha, a gifted ...West''. Enrique, Jr., has since become a major equestrian star of his own, and was featured for several seasons with the equestrian hit show, [[Cavalia]].
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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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• Koch Sisters
  ...aphore|Koch Sisters]][[Category:High Wire|Koch Sisters]][[Category:Novelty Acts|Koch Sisters]]
  573 B (81 words) - 00:25, 25 February 2019
• Stepan Isaakian
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Isaakian, Stepan]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Isaakian, Stepan]][[Category:E
  289 B (35 words) - 20:25, 6 May 2018
• 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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• Hollywood Sky Rockets
  ...llywood_Sky_Rockets_Video_(c1950)|The Hollywood Sky Rockets, aerial cradle and swaypole]], on ABC's ''Super Circus'' (c.1950) [[Category:Artists and Acts|Hollywood Sky Rockets]][[Category:Aerialists|Hollywood Sky Rockets]][[Categ
  343 B (43 words) - 19:23, 3 October 2012
• Noble Trio
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Noble Trio]][[Category:Acrobats|Noble Trio]][[Category:Parallel Bars|Noble
  232 B (31 words) - 21:51, 3 October 2012
• Alfredo Codona
  ...|Codona, Alfredo]][[Category:Aerialists|Codona, Alfredo]][[Category:Flying Acts|Codona, Alfredo]]
  152 B (18 words) - 22:19, 3 October 2012
• Valentina Lerri
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Lerri, Valentina]][[Category:Equestrians|Lerri, Valentina]]
  242 B (28 words) - 08:34, 16 October 2012
• Duo Baranenko
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Baranenko Duo]][[Category:Aerialists|Baranenko Duo]][[Category:Aerial Cradl
  152 B (18 words) - 23:32, 1 June 2017
• Aleksei Baranenko
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Baranenko, Aleksei]][[Category:Aerialists|Baranenko, Aleksei]][[Category:Ae
  303 B (34 words) - 23:44, 1 June 2017
• Anna Demitova
  ==Hand Balancer and Foot Juggler== * Video: [[Demitova_Video_(2022)|Anna Demitova, hand blancing and foot juggling]], at the State Circus of Saratov (2022)
  321 B (41 words) - 04:39, 26 November 2022
• Lalo Codona
  ...d Acts|Codona, Lalo]][[Category:Aerialists|Codona, Lalo]][[Category:Flying Acts|Codona, Lalo]]
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• Eduardo Codona
  ...Eduardo]][[Category:Flying Acts|Codona, Eduardo]][[Category:Circus Owners and Directors|Codona, Eduardo]]
  208 B (25 words) - 02:58, 26 October 2012
• Clara Codona
  ...Acts|Codona, Clara]][[Category:Aerialists|Codona, Clara]][[Category:Flying Acts|Codona, Clara]]
  146 B (18 words) - 02:59, 26 October 2012
• Clara Curtin
  ...Acts|Curtin, Clara]][[Category:Aerialists|Curtin, Clara]][[Category:Flying Acts|Curtin, Clara]]
  146 B (18 words) - 03:00, 26 October 2012
• Vera Bruce
  ...and Acts|Bruce, Vera]][[Category:Aerialists|Bruce, Vera]][[Category:Flying Acts|Bruce, Vera]]
  140 B (18 words) - 03:01, 26 October 2012
• 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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• Goncharov Troupe
  * Video: [[Goncharov_Troupe_Video_(1966)|The Goncharov Troupe, banquine and teeterboard act]], at the Circus of Minsk (1966) [[Category:Artists and Acts|Goncharov Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats|Goncharov Troupe]][[Category:Teeterbo
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• Scott and Muriel
  ...developed a keen interest in magic at an early age, and started performing and supporting himself as a magician when he was eighteen. As his act was growi ...ch; in 1999, they began to work together in a magic show they had created, and which they titled ''Grand Dellusions''.
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• Scott Nelson
  #REDIRECT: [[Scott and Muriel]] [[Category:Artists and Acts|Nelson, Scott]]
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• Muriel Brugman
  #REDIRECT: [[Scott and Muriel]] [[Category:Artists and Acts|Brugman, Muriel]]
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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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• Nikolai Olkhovikov
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Olkhovikov, Nikolai]][[Category:Acrobats|Olkhovikov, Nikolai]][[Category:Ju
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• Aleksandr and Violetta Kiss
  ==Jugglers and Hand Balancers== ...eksandr_and_Violetta_Kiss_Video_(1954)|Aleksandr & Violetta Kiss, juggling and balancing act (excerpts)]], from the movie ''Ring of the Braves'' (1954)
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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 His present juggling act (as of 2012), ''Shaman'', was created in 2004 and premiered in Circus Nikulin's production of ''Monsters' Island''. In 2006,
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• SHORT HISTORY OF THE CIRCUS
  ...ecursor of the modern racetrack; the only common denominator between Roman and modern circuses is the word itself, ''circus'', which means in Latin as in ..., and "Old" Sampson—had become fixtures of London's pleasure gardens and provided Philip Astley with his inspiration.
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• Molly Saudek
  ...6 in Montpellier, Vermont (U.S.A.), Molly Saudek started training in dance and gymnastics at the age of eight. When she was eleven years old, she joined [ ...year experience with Circus Smirkus triggered her passion for circus arts, and at age eighteen, she enrolled in Montreal’s National Circus School, in ne
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• Olga Kornilova
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Kornilova, Olga]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Kornilova, Olga]][[Category:Exo
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• Nina Kornilova
  ...ova, Nina]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Kornilova, Nina]][[Category:Elephant Acts|Kornilova, Nina]]
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• Trevor Bale
  * Video: [[Trevor_Bale_Video_1955|Trevor Bale, tiger act]], at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1955) File:Trevor_and_Gloria_Bale_1955.jpeg|Trevor and Gloria Bale (1955)
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• Justino Loyal
  ...deo_1955|The Justino Loyal Troupe, Bareback Riding Act]] at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1955) [[Category:Artists and Acts|Loyal, Justino]][[Category:Equestrians|Loyal Justino]][[Category:Jockeys|Lo
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• Justino Loyal Troupe
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Justino Loyal Troupe]][[Category:Equestrians|Justino Loyal Troupe]]
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• Tonito
  ...deo: [[Tonito_Video_1955|Tonito, tight wire (excerpt)]], at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1955) [[Category:Artists and Acts|Tonito]][[Category:Acrobats|Tonito]][[Category:Tight Wire|Tonito]]
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• Hugo Schmidt
  ...hmidt_Video_1955|Hugo and Roman Schmidt, elephant act]], at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1955) ...hmidt, Hugo]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Schmidt, Hugo]][[Category:Elephant Acts|Schmidt, Hugo]]
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• Gena Cristiani
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Cristiani, Gena]][[Category:Jugglers|Cristiani, Gena]]
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• Gena Shvartsman
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Shvartsman, Gena]][[Category:Jugglers|Shvartsman, Gena]]
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• Kirill Rebkovets
  ...the United States in theaters, casinos, theme parks, and corporate events, and in several [[Cirque du Soleil]] productions. ...mer, Kirill has also developed an act that combines kinetic cube, juggling and roue Cyr. He is married to Olga Lukina, a former artist of the Russian "Cir
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• Moonyang Troupe
  ...|Moonyang Troupe]][[Category:Aerialists|Moonyang Troupe]][[Category:Flying Acts|Moonyang Troupe]]
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• The Zapashny Dynasty
  * Video: [[Mstislav_Zapashny_Video_(1980)|Mstislav & Dolores Zapashny, tiger and elephant attraction]] at Stochi's State Circus (1980) * Video: [[Zapashny_Cage_Act_Video_(2018)|Askold & Edgard Zapashny, tigers and lions act]], at the Bolshoi Circus in Moscow (2018)
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• Mstislav Zapashny, Jr.
  ...av Jr.]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Zapashny, Mstislav Jr.]][[Category:Cage Acts|Zapashny, Mstislav Jr.]]
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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. ...f balls and tambourines. She performed extensively in the USSR after WWII, and was a member of the Armenian circus collective of Erevan. She was made Arti
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• Pavel Lavrik
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Lavrik, Pavel]][[Category:Jugglers|Lavrik, Pavel]][[Category:Rola-Bola|Lavr
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• Jeanette Williams
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Williams, Jeanette]][[Category:Equestrians|Williams, Jeanette]]
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• Viktor Golovin
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Golovin, Viktor]][[Category:Acrobats|Golovin, Viktor]][[Category:Hand Balan
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• Golovin and Stykan
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Golovin and Stykan]][[Category:Hand Balancers|Golovin & Stykan]]
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• The Hermanis
  ...Acts|Hermanis, The]][[Category:Jugglers|Hermanis, The]][[Category:Diabolo Acts|Hermanis, The]]
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• The Willers
  ...s and Acts|Willers]][[Category:Acrobats|Willers]][[Category:Roller-Skating Acts|Willers]]
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• Bob Yerkes
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Yerkes, Bob]][[Category:Flying Acts|Yerkes, Bob]]
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• Flying Artons
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Artons, Flying]][[Category:Flying Acts|Artons, Flying]]
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• Don Martinez
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Martinez, Don]][[Category:Flying Acts|Martinez, Don]]
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• The Roberts Dynasty
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Roberts Dynasty]][[Category:Circus Owners and Directors|Roberts Dynasty]][[Category:History|Robert Dynasty]]
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• Bobby Roberts, Jr.
  ...Bobby]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Roberts, Jr., Bobby]][[Category:Elephant Acts|Roberts, Jr., Bobby]]
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• Janeck et Dolyna
  ...s|Janeck & Dolyna]][[Category:Jugglers|Janeck & Dolyna]][[Category:Novelty Acts|Janeck & Dolyna]]
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• The Brockway Family
  ...s|Brockway Family]][[Category:Acrobats|Brockway Family]][[Category:Bicycle Acts|Brockway Family]]
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• The Carmenas
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Carmenas, The]][[Category:Acrobats|Carmenas, The]][[Category:Hand-to-Hand B
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• The Baranton Family
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Baranton Family]][[Category:Foot Jugglers|Baranton Family]]
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• James Washington Myers
  ...h;where the ''Great American Circus'' he created there toured extensively, and where he even established a resident circus in Paris. ...ame of James Turner. By 1845, however, he had reverted to his own identity and, as Jim Myers, presented equestrian scenes in the manner of [[Andrew Ducrow
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• Fokin Troupe
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Fokin Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats|Fokin Troupe]][[Category:Russian Swing|Fo
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• Camillio Mayer
  ...—among whom the most notable were undoubtedly [[The Triska Troupe]], and ''The Napoléon of The Skies'', Camillio Mayer. ...o be French, and was due to return sooner or later to the motherland—and French-born Alsatians continued to consider themselves French, ethnically a
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• Dosov Troupe
  ...d Lion at the [[Wuqiao International Acrobatic Festival]] in China (1999), and the Gold Clown at the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] (200 ...ize at the [[International Festival of Circus Arts of Saratov]] in Russia, and a Gold Lion at the Wuqiao International Acrobatic Festival in China. In 200
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• Bruno Togni
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Togni, Bruno]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Togni, Bruno]][[Category:Equestria
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• Willy Togni
  ...Togni, Willy]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Togni, Willy]][[Category:Elephant Acts|Togni, Willy]]
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• Flavio Togni
  ...s|Togni, Flavio]][[Category:Equestrians|Togni, Flavio]][[Category:Elephant Acts|Togni, Flavio]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Togni, Flavio]]
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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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• Harry Williams
  ...s, Harry]][[Category:Equestrians|Williams, Harry]][[Category:Circus Owners and Directors|Willams, Harry]]
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• Gilbert Houcke
  ...g, the genuine love he showed to his animals, and the unforgettable beauty and originality of his presentations, which were much ahead of their time, have ...or, in the summer, a boater) was fondly remembered by the old circus folks and aficionados who were lucky to have known him. Jean Houcke was the grandson
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• The Cranes
  ...and Acts|Cranes, The]][[Category:Aerialists|Cranes, The]][[Category:Flying Acts|Cranes, The]]
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• Yury Merdenov
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Merdenov, Yury]][[Category:Equestrians|Merdenov, Yury]][[Category:Cossack R
  312 B (39 words) - 23:34, 29 April 2013
• Walter Galetti
  ...that was not the life he really wanted: At age twenty-one, he “ran away and joined the circus”—in his case, Switzerland’s premier circus, [[C ...eloped would become as iconic as those of [[Lou Jacobs]] or [[Paul Jung]], and the face of Galetti, the clown, would eventually grace anonymously many a c
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• Chen Brothers
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Chen Brothers]][[Category:Acrobats|Chen Brothers]][[Category:Hand-to-Hand B
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• Paul Freedman
  ''By Harriet Hammel and Dominique Jando'' ...ments—including flute, clarinet, and the full saxophone family—and not unexpectedly, he chose to embrace a musical career.
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• Walter Houc
  ...red Walter Houc, working at various stages with his brother, sister, wife, and daughter. As February 2011 marked Walter’s 100th birthday, Dick Franco co ...and his wife, Anna, had two other children: Frederick (Fritz, 1908-1939), and Alfrieda (1912-1984). [[File:Gebruder_Hauck.jpeg|thumb|left|250px|Fritz & W
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• The Enders Brothers
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Enders, The]][[Category:Equestrians|Enders, The]][[Category:Jockeys|Enders,
  171 B (21 words) - 22:36, 19 September 2013
• Margarita Koroleva
  ...d her father, [[Sergei Korolev]], was trained at National Studio of Circus and Variety Arts of Tashkent, the capital of the Republic of Uzbekistan, where ...oured Europe, visiting Norway, Italy, Finland, France, Switzerland, Poland and The Netherlands.
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• Daria Bogdanova
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Bogdanova, Daria]][[Category:Aerialists|Bogdanova, Daria]][[Category:Single
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• Angelo Rodriguez
  ...Circus and Variety Arts]]. There, he was trained by the legendary acrobat and hand-balancer, [[Valery Raschivkin]]. ...eared in many special events, including the Grammy Awards, the Super Bowl, and several MBA games. Beside his aerial act, he performs a hand-to-hand balanc
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• Miguel Balderrama
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Balderrama, Miguel]][[Category:Acrobats|Balderrama, Miguel]][[Category:Hand
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• George Carl
  ...iration to anyone interested in pursuing a career in physical comedy—and he was indeed one of the greatest clowns/comedians of the second half of th ...at on trampoline, and a teeterboard acrobat (with the [[Tom Mix Circus]]), and even joined for a time the equestrian troupe of the legendary [[Poodles Han
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• Les Antarès
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Antarès]][[Category:Aerialists|Antarès]][[Category:Aerial Cradle|Antarès
  222 B (29 words) - 22:23, 30 September 2019
• Duo Garcia
  ...ialists|Garcia Duo]][[Category:Aerial Cradle|Garcia Duo]][[Category:Comedy Acts|Garcia Duo]]
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• Skvirskiy Family
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Skvirskiy Family]][[Category:Cage Acts|Skvirskiy Family]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Skvirskiy Family]]
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• Nikolai Skvirskiy
  ...y, Nikolai]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Skvirskiy, Nikolai]][[Category:Cage Acts|Skvirskiy, Nikolai]]
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• Francis Brunn
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Brunn, Francis]][[Category:Jugglers|Brunn, Francis]]
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• Coco
  ...to his professional work, he was also noted for his charitable activities and his commitment to children’s wellbeing, for which he was made an Officer ...n Latvia, which was then part of the Russian Empire. He had seven brothers and sisters.
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• Jenny Jaeger
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Jaeger, Jenny]][[Category:Jugglers]]
  152 B (19 words) - 19:52, 11 July 2013
• Larry Griswold
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Griswold, Larry]][[Category:Comedy Acts|Griwold, Larry]][[Category:Acrobats|Griswold, Larry]][[Category:Trampoline|
  301 B (35 words) - 19:16, 9 August 2013
• The Gimma Boys
  ...sts and Acts|Gimma Boys]][[Category:Acrobats|Gimma Boys]][[Category:Comedy Acts|Gimma Boys]]
  222 B (28 words) - 23:21, 20 August 2013
• Carlos McManus
  ...s, Carlos]][[Category:Animal Trainers|McManus, Carlos]][[Category:Elephant Acts|McManus, Carlos]]
  264 B (32 words) - 03:44, 7 May 2018
• Gima Tschehai
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Tschehai, Gima]][[Category:Jugglers|Tschihai, Gima]]
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• Nino Frediani
  ...s, three large balls, three clubs and three rings, but choosing perfection and difficulty over quantity. ...ick replacement for the juggler [[Sampion Zurani]]: Nino’s act was ready and he made his juggling debut at the fabled Parisian circus.
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• Mayya Panfilova
  ...began to train her cats until she was able to create an act for them. She and her cats made their professional debuts in 2001 in an edition of the [[Mosc ...he Grand Country Music-Hall in Branson, Missouri, among many other venues, and on television on ''The Tonight Show'' with Jay Leno.
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• Aleksandr Koblikov
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Koblikov, Aleksandr]][[Category:Jugglers|Koblikov, Aleksandr]]
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• Vitaly Jouravel
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Jouravel, Vitaly]][[Category:Acrobats|Jouravel, Vitaly]][[Category:Horizont
  267 B (32 words) - 19:53, 14 September 2013
• Jouravel Troupe
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Jouravel]][[Category:Acrobats|Jouravel]][[Category:Horizontal Bars|Jouravel
  137 B (15 words) - 19:55, 14 September 2013
• Adi Enders
  ...ockey, but would also be known for his plate-spinning act, and as a clown; and his sister, Medi (born February 19, 1928). ...and by his uncle Adolf, who took care of his education in equestrian arts and animal training.
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• Dalian Acrobatic Troupe
  ...forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards ...e Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• Desire Of Flight
  ...rshwin Theater in 1991, in Steve Lieber's production of [[Cirk Valentin]], and later in [[Pavel Brun]]'s adaptation of the act for [[Cirque du Soleil]]. ...Big Apple Circus]] 35th anniversary production of ''Legendarium'' in 2012, and again in 2018-2019.
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• Valeriy Sychev
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Sychev, Valeriy]][[Category:Aerialists|Sychev, Valeriy]]
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• Malvina Abakarova
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Abakarova, Malvina]][[Category:Aerialists|Abakarova, Malvina]]
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• Menno Van Dyke
  ...rize of the Jury at the [[Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris, and the Bronze Lion at the [[International Circus Festival of Wuqiao]] in China ...d of course, the Royal Palace in Kirrwiller. Menno and Emily fell in love, and eventually got married.
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• Emily Weisse
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Weisse, Emily]]
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• Juggling Tango
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Juggling Tango]][[Category:Jugglers|Juggling Tango]]
  111 B (14 words) - 22:51, 1 October 2013
• Ekaterina Stepanova
  ...a, Ekaterina]][[Category:Aerialists|Stepanova, Ekaterina]][[Category:Strap Acts|Stepanova, Ekaterina]][[Category:Tissu|Stepanova, Ekaterina]]
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• Daniel Cyr
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Cyr, Daniel]][[Category:Acrobats|Cur, Daniel]][[Category:Roue Cyr|Cyr, Dani
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• Quinterion Troupe
  ...ed in 2007. The group includes Eniko Hajagos, Gergeli Bagdi, Richard Kiss, and Zoltán Szots. Their present (2012) act, which originally included a fifth [[Category:Artists and Acts|Quinterion Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats|Quinterion Troupe]]
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• Elayne Kramer
  ...d Morning America''. She and her family have settled in the United States, and live in Sarasota, Florida. [[Category:Artists and Acts|Kramer, Elayne]][[Category:Hand Balancers|Kramer, Elayne]][[Category:Contor
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• The Circuses Of Moscow
  ...Circus]] (''bolshoi'' means ''big'', in Russian) on Vernadsky Avenue—and there have been indeed several others before them. ...l, St. Petersburg. The building, designed by the architect Smaragd Shustov and named ''Cirque Olympique'', was located near the Fontanka canal, practicall
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• Achille Zavatta
  * Video: [[Zavatta_Brosset_Video_(1966)|Achille Zavatta, with Roger Lanzac and Colette Brosset, in ''The Kleptomaniac Somnambulist'']], at the Cirque d'Hi ...tta, Achille]][[Category:Clowns|Zavatta, Achille]][[Category:Circus Owners and Directors|Zavatta, Achille]]
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• Pipo Sosman
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Sosman, Pipo]][[Category:Clowns|Sosman, Pipo]]
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• Pipo (Sosman)
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Pipo]][[Category:Clowns|Pipo]]
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• Werner Stiebner
  ...bner, Werner]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Stiebner, Werner]][[Category:Cage Acts|Stiebner, Werner]]
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• Pellegrini Brothers
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Pellegrini Brothers]][[Category:Acrobats|Pellegrini Brothers]][[Category:Ha
  497 B (53 words) - 04:35, 17 August 2018
• Katharina
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Katharina]][[Category:Acrobats|Katharina]][[Category:Tight Wire|Katharina]]
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• Klaus Becker
  ...ncers|Becker, Klaus]][[Category:Unicycle|Becker, Klaus]][[Category:Novelty Acts|Becker, Klaus]]
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• The Elwardos
  ...lwardos, The]][[Category:Hand Balancers|Elwardos, The]][[Category:Tumbling Acts|Elwardos, The]]
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• The Flying Nelsons
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Nelsons, Flying]][[Category:Acrobats|Nelsons|Flying]][[Category:Aerial Crad
  266 B (32 words) - 21:00, 27 October 2013
• Du Paul Family
  ...ts|Du Paul Family]][[Category:Acrobats|Du Paul Family]][[Category:Tumbling Acts|Du Paul Family]]
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• Nikolai Pavlenko
  ...eatured in his groups, his remarkable achievements in matters of training, and the sheer artistry of his presentations make him indeed an outstanding circ ...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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• Hilton Troupe
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Hilton Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats|Hilton Troupe]][[Category:Teeterboard|Hi
  240 B (28 words) - 18:58, 31 October 2013
• Eliza Khachatryan
  ...n as the Moscow Circus School) who went on to work in perch pole balancing and high wire troupes, before creating his own high wire act; her mother, also ...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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• Tini Berman
  ...ch literally means ''savor'' in English) Berman (1929-2013) was a talented and very popular cat trainer on the European circus scene from the 1950s up to ...t with Strassburger was over, he returned to Cauberg with Klant’s bears, and Tini in tow.
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• Salikh Gayazov
  ...v, Salikh]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Gayazov, Salikh]][[Category:Sea Lion Acts|Gayazov, Salikh]]
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• Anatoliy Ruban
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Ruban, Anatoliy]][[Category:Acrobats|Ruban, Anatoliy]][[Category:Teeterboar
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• Aleksandrov-Fedotov
  ...v-Fedotov]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Aleksandrov-Fedotov]][[Category:Cage Acts|Aleksandrov-Fedotov]]
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• Pygy Bayramdurdyev
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Bayramdurdyev, Pygy]][[Category:Equestrians|Bayramdurdyev, Pygy]][[Category
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• Galkynysh Troupe
  [[Category:Artists and Acts|Galkynysh Troupe]][[Category:Cossack Riding|Galkynysh Troupe]]
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