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  • ==Circus Websites== '''Eden Brothers''' Circus [http://www.edencircus.com/ www.edencircus.com]
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  • ==Actor, Comedian, Circus Owner== His early encounters with circus performers (particularly [[Martha-la-Corse]], a cat trainer) triggered his
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  • ...nization that had, until then, produced annually an important fund-raising circus gala in Paris. ...ala de la Piste'', a black-tie gala featuring some of the world's greatest circus acts, which was produced by Dominique Mauclair and staged at Paris's [[Cirq
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  • ...exis Gruss]]Marie-Pierre Bénac was not born into the circus. Yet during a circus career that spanned twelve years and two continents, she proved herself a v ...xis Gruss]]. Founded in 1974, the Conservatoire was the first professional circus school in Western Europe.
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  • ==Circus Owners, Equestrians, Animal Trainers, Acrobats, Aerialists== ...toured in about thirty countries. The Tognis have also always excelled in circus engineering: they are credited with several technical innovations, includin
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  • ...oned a promising career—in his case as an engineer—to join the circus. ...ter, Mireille made her debut as a member of the resident company of Alexis Gruss’s [[Cirque à l’ancienne]] in Paris. An acrobat and aerialist, she perf
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  • When his circus contract was over, he returned to the stage, but didn’t abandon clowning: ...he was awarded the Silver Medal. That same year, he joined the [[Big Apple Circus]]’s celebrated Clown Care Unit®, bringing much needed comic relief to ho
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  • ...embers 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, a ...lthough its artists perform acts of a similar genre and share with Western circus artists a similar background—that of the traveling fairground enterta
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  • ...omedy on horseback, which was present in the very first days of the modern circus, is a very difficult genre—as is, actually, any act performed on hors ...e Fratellini’s school had acquired at various times the services of such circus equestrian luminaries as [[Chotachen Courtault]] and [[Francesco Caroli]].
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  • ...o encompass Alexis Gruss's circus as well as the first French professional circus school. ...y inherited from his grandfather, the famous auguste [[André Gruss|Dédé Gruss]].
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  • Daniel grew up in the circus. He was still a teenager when he was hired by [[Jo Clavel]] to work in [[Je ...as lions were still bred. The following year (1971) Daniel Suskov made his circus debut with that group at [[Cirque Amar]], and then spent the 1972 and 1973
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  • ...Nona, their mother, was born [[The Bedinis|Bedini]], a celebrated Russian circus family of Italian origins. ...Charly, Eddy, and their sister, Nora (b. 1938, first married to [[Rodolphe Gruss]] [1938-1964], then to the clown [[Les Chabri|Toto Chabri]]).
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  • ...no (Freddy, 1922-1988) was born in Brussels on December 18, 1922. Like all circus children, the two sons of Manrico Meschi, known as Bario (1888-1974), and L In 1938, the Dario-Barios were in England, at Blackpool’s [[Tower Circus]]. Nello took advantage of the occasion to learn tap-dancing, of which Engl
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  • Although the name of Camilla Mayer is part of circus lore and legend, there have been actually several high wire artists by that ...] in Berlin. Already famous by then, the name of Camilla Mayer entered the circus pantheon through Lotte—a honor often bestowed upon celebrated artists
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  • ==Equestrian, Circus Director== * Video: [[Alexis_Gruss_Sr_Video_(1971)|Alexis Gruss, Sr., liberty act]], at the Cirque Municipal in Amiens, France (1971)
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  • ...erty act with [[Cirque Jean Richard]]'s horses, at the 2nd [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] (1975). The voice of the off-screen commentary is * History: [[The Gruss Dynasty]]
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  • ...975). The off-screen technical description of the act is made by the great circus photographer—and former Cadre Noir equestrian—Paul de Cordon (( * Biography: [[Lucien Gruss]]
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  • ==Menagerie and Circus Owners, Animal Trainers, Artists== ...[[Irina Bouglione Video (2013)|Irina Bouglione, Pole Act]], at the Bolshoi Circus in Moscow (2013)
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  • ...e of its famous name) with the legendary [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Parisian circus]]. ...sartelli family managed to become in just a few decades one of the largest circus families in Europe; it counts today about one hundred members.
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  • .... The name of that circus was homonymous to that of the legendary Parisian circus, but had no connection with it. It was “the other Medrano”—and st ...t and although they didn’t come from a circus family, they owned a small circus that traveled in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They always called Ludwig, wh
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  • ...common denominator between Roman and modern circuses is the word itself, ''circus'', which means in Latin as in English, "circle". ===Philip Astley: The Father Of The Modern Circus===
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  • ...have made his one of the great names of the twentieth century’s European circus. ...]], a French equestrian who had settled in Sweden, where he originated his circus dynasty in the 19th century.
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  • ...du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris, and the Bronze Lion at the [[International Circus Festival of Wuqiao]] in China. ...Germany. In the United States, they have been featured in the [[Big Apple Circus]] 35th anniversary production of ''Legendarium'' in 2012-2013.
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  • ...m Dougherty, piano warmup reprise]], at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (2009) ...o_(2012)|Pepe Silva and Tom Dougherty, clown reprises]], at Cirque Arlette Gruss (2012)
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  • ==Equestrians, Animal Trainers, Circus Owners== * Video: [[Philippe_Gruss_Video_(1965)|Philippe Gruss, leopard act]], at Cirque Jean Richard (1965)
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  • ...under the spotlight when Roland Prin married into France’s most powerful circus dynasty, the [[The Bouglione Family|Bouglione]] family. Josette Bouglione ( ...he smallest of the big circuses"). At the time of Roland’s marriage, the circus was managed by Gabriel Prin, along with his brothers Claude (known as Arsè
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  • ...e [[Cirque d'Hiver]] in NBC television's show ''All-Star Circus''. [[Gipsy Gruss|Gipsy Bouglione]] rides the lead elephant (1969)
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  • ...rque Medrano holds a singular place in the Parisian cultural fabric and in circus history. From its beginnings as Cirque Fernando, in 1873, until the end of ...into genuine circus stars; appearing in its ring was a recognition for any circus artist. Its last performance under Jérôme Medrano’s reign in January 19
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  • ...Gruss_Video_(2001)|Gipsy & Maud Gruss, haute-école]], at the Intenational Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (2001) History: [[The Bouglione Family]], [[The Gruss Dynasty]]
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  • ...horses at the Gala celebrating the 40th anniversary of the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] on January 19, 2016. — ''Document: CAdeC ([ * Biography: [[Alexis Gruss, Jr.]], [[Flavio Togni]]
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  • Em 1938, les Dario-Bario étaient en Angleterre, au [[Tower Circus]] de Blackpool. Nello profita de son séjour pour apprendre à danser les c ...armistice du 22 juin 1940, la France était occupée par l’Allemagne. [[Circus Busch|Paula Busch]], qui était à la tête de l’empire du cirque alleman
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  • ==Circus Owner, Equestrian== ...y_Video_(1977)|Alexis, Patrick & Martine Gruss, triple jockey]], at Cirque Gruss in Paris (1977)
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  • ...oved to Brooklyn, New York, when Gene was still a child. He wanted to be a circus artist; it was not just a vague childhood dream: As a teenager, he began to ...t was indeed a great exposure, which was duly noticed by the press and the circus community—and by Ed Sullivan who invited Mendez to his television sho
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  • ==Aerialist, Animal Trainer, Circus Owner== * Video: [[Arlette Gruss Video (1969)|Arlette Gruss, leopard act]], at the Cirque d'Hiver in Paris (1969)
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  • Lucien Gruss, liberty act, at the 12th [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] (''commentary in German'') (1987) * Biography: [[The Gruss Dynasty]]
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  • =="Größter Circus Europas"== ...t circus building in Munich, the Kronebau, has been home to regular winter circus productions since 1919.
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  • Gipsy & Maud Gruss, haute-école, at the 25th [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] (2001) * Biographies: [[The Gruss Dynasty]], [[Gipsy Gruss]]
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  • Alexis Gruss, Jr., liberty act (excerpts), at the 25th [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] (2001) * Biography: [[Alexis Gruss, Jr.]]
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  • ==Equestrienne, Circus Owner== ...l Gifford wanted hers to be a "village-green circus." And indeed, Giffords Circus has this unique quality: it takes its audience into a nostalgic world of qu
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  • ==Gröẞter Rennbahn-Circus Europas== ...ee-ring circus and the refinement and intimacy of the traditional European circus.
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  • ...unusual time of the night was not always easy. [[The Gruss Dynasty|Alexis Gruss]], whose horses Jean Richard presented, had to step in the ring to put his
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  • ...father, Jean-Antoine, nor his mother, Louise, née Escoda, belonged to the circus. Paul was only seven years old when he lost his mother; he was adopted by L ...The animals frequently lived in the cage where they performed. Unlike in a circus ring's large steel arena, there was not much room to move and shelter in ca
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  • ..., 1881-1965, and Alessandro Briatore, 1870-1960), who came from an Italian circus family, were among Europe's most celebrated clowns. In Paris, they dethrone ...nni, Adele, Pietro, and Alessandro (the future Alex). Giuseppe ran his own circus for a brief time, and then created a troupe of acrobats on horseback with h
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