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  • #REDIRECT [[The Knie Dynasty]] [[Category:Circuses|Knie, Circus]]
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  • ...poles, so that one can be erected ahead of time in the next town while the circus is playing in the last town. The zoo is set up at the rear of the big top; ...ideo, click here:''' [http://player.vimeo.com/video/46251105 '''✪ Circus Knie Setup''']
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  • ...e and animal training by [[John Gindl]], who was at the time Billy Smart's Circus's head trainer. ...a BBC Holiday special that aired for several years after the Billy Smart's Circus had ceased touring.
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  • ...he learned various circus disciplines, which he then performed with other circus kids in amateur shows. His father soon began to train him as a juggler, dis ...career in 1975. He signed his first circus season with Blackpool's [[Tower Circus]] in England. His success was immediate, and he embarked upon a brilliant i
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  • ==Circus Websites== '''Eden Brothers''' Circus [http://www.edencircus.com/ www.edencircus.com]
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  • ...ent that had settled in Italy, and was related to two other famous Italian circus families, [[The Canastrelli Family|Canestrelli]] and Larible. Gianni's uncl ...on. (Bernhard Paul, a great "discoverer" of clown talent, also launched at Circus Roncalli the careers of [[Pic]], [[Jean-Paul]], [[David Shiner]] and [[Pete
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  • ...(today the [[Académie Fratellini]], one of the western world's very first circus schools, which [[Annie Fratellini]] had just opened in Paris in 1975. There ...rica, and Asia. He was invited twice to participate in the [[International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo]], in 1990 (Tristan Rémy award) and 1996 (Junior J
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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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  • ...teen, entered the [[Centre National des Arts du Cirque]], the French state circus college in Châlons-en-Champagne. There, he developed a hand-to-hand balanc ...n]] in Paris. They first performed their remarkable act at the [[Big Apple Circus]] in the U.S. in 1996-97 and returned there in 2000-01 for their farewell s
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  • ...mother, Angela, was born [[The Fossett Family|Fossett]], a legendary Irish circus dynasty. ...]] in Denmark, the [[Big Apple Circus]] in the United States, and [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland. Sadly, their act was short-lived: in 2011, Giovanni began
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  • ...or Circus and Variety Arts]], and Chimgee Haltarhu, of the Mongolian State Circus. He developed skills in aerial straps, Chinese pole, and juggling. ...et over the course of six years, while continuing to work for The Midnight Circus.
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  • ...later, he appeared for the first time in a circus ring, at the [[Big Apple Circus]]. He performed a juggling duet he had created with Jim Strinka, called Dyn ...ing career as a street performer. He honed his performance skills with the Circus Arts Troupe, a group with which he performed in schools and shopping malls
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  • ...some legitimacy, the Flying Gaonas. And indeed, this has happened. To the circus world, however, there has been one and only one Flying Gaonas: the act in w Victor Gaona Murillo (1925-2016) was born to an old, prolific Mexican circus family that traces its roots to the Circo Gaona y León, created in 1891 by
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  • ...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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  • ==Wire Dancer, Acrobat, Circus Director and Producer== ...who was starring in the show. David worked again with his father at Circus Knie in 1973.
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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. ...ould remain until 1990, performing their cradle act and, as members of the circus's resident company, a short-distance flying trapeze act.
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  • ...nal clown character that stands as one of the twentieth century's greatest circus icons. ...s, the brothers began performing a trapeze act. Pedro later joined another circus, Circo Alegría, where he met—and later married—a French acroba
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  • ...Moscow’s [[State College of Circus and Variety Arts]] (a.k.a. the Moscow Circus School) in 1987, where the famous Russian act director [[Valentin Gneushev] ...[[Circus Knie]] and [[Circus Conelli]] in Switzerland; and, in Germany, [[Circus Krone]], Frankfurt’s TigerPalast, Düsseldorf’s Apollo Varieté, and Be
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  • ...om one to five days a week. Eventually she decided to pursue a career as a circus artist. ...e in 1986, at age fifteen. He came from the circus: His father ran a small circus company.
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  • ...s champion who, like many of his Russian counterparts, transitioned to the circus when his competition days were over. He learned his trade with the famous R ...'Freilix'' (Free). It immediately won a Golden Lion at the [[International Circus Festival of Wuqiao]], China, in 2001.
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  • ...ée De Jonghe, was a tight-wire dancer and heiress to a celebrated Belgian circus dynasty. His father, Bruno Chicky (Stutz), is one Europe's great whiteface ...me before an audience. It was an immediate success, and the Boswell-Wilkie Circus offered him a contract. In 1983, Serge won a Bronze Medal at the [[Festival
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  • ...echnique, which she developed quite by accident at the [[State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in Moscow along with her teachers, [[The Durov Dynasty|T ...his wife, Klavdia, née Kazanskaya. Her parents had nothing to do with the circus: they came from peasant stock and both worked in a local factory.
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  • ...]] (1908-1976), a famous Russian illusionist who worked exclusively in the circus ring and—like his predecessor, the legendary [[Emil Kio]]—used In 1969, during an engagement at the Circus of Rostov-on-Don, Vladivien Levshin, who was the Rubanov Company’s acroba
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  • [[Image:Friedrich_Knie_(1784-1850).jpg|thumb|right|300px|Friedrich Knie]] ==Knie: The Swiss National Circus==
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  • ...was twelve years old, he saw the Russian hand balancer Nikolai Kasse in a circus performance, and he was so impressed that he decided then and there that th ...te College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in Moscow, the celebrated "Moscow Circus School". He was refused three years in a row, and was finally accepted in 1
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  • ==Sea Lion Trainer, Circus Director== ...The Tongas]], had had a brilliant international run, left the family’s [[Circus Royal]] in Switzerland to create their own traveling dolphin and sea-lion s
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  • #REDIRECT [[The Knie Dynasty]] [[Category:Circuses|Knie, Circus]]
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  • #REDIRECT [[The Knie Dynasty]] [[Category:Circus Owners and Directors|Knie, Friedrich]]
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  • #REDIRECT [[The Knie Dynasty]] [[Category:Circus Owners and Directors|Knie, Karl]]
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  • ...Russia and Eastern Europe. His is by far the most famous (and most copied) circus clown in the world. David is the first traditional circus auguste to have brilliantly synthesized the virtuosity of old musical augus
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  • ...scow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]]—the famous "Moscow Circus School"—where he was accepted in 1978, at age fifteen. After the usual basic training in all classic circus disciplines, Vladimir went on to specialize in juggling under Firs Petrovic
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  • ...fter World War II, and the Rios Brothers are generally perceived as French circus artists. ...decided to combine their talents into a risley act, a particularly arduous circus discipline.
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  • ...alented and charismatic performer, he was also, for circus enthusiasts and circus professionals around the world, one of the greatest animal trainers of the [[File:Williamsbau_Koln.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Circus Williams in Cologne (1947)]]Max Gebel was drafted into the Wehrmacht and se
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  • ...asty|Louis Knie]]—which led to a contract for a season with [[Circus Knie]] in 1985. ...h Street Seaport. Then, in 1989, he landed a contract with the [[Big Apple Circus]], where he was featured in its production of ''Grandma Goes West''.
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  • ...nd association with a Western circus was in 1988-1989 with the [[Big Apple Circus]], which also marked its first appearance in the United States. ...oupe, Bicycle Act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''The Big Apple Circus Meets The Monkey King'' (1988)
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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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  • 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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  • ...trainer Fritz W. Schulz (1910-2010) was one of Australia's most celebrated circus personalities. He had a long and brilliant career that spanned six decades ===Circus Debut===
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  • ...the huge polar bears she eventually chose to present, and which made her a circus star all over Europe and in the United States. ...p novels: She took a job as an usher and cleaning woman with [[Jakob Busch|Circus Busch]], which was visiting Dresden in 1952. She was twenty-five, living ri
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  • ...led in Berlin's State Circus School. There, they were trained in all basic circus disciplines, including acrobatics, juggling, ballet, and trapeze. ...embarked on a two-year tour of the USSR with the East-German [[Jakob Busch|Circus Busch]], and they used that time to develop their comedy routines. Back in
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  • ...Nona, their mother, was born [[The Bedinis|Bedini]], a celebrated Russian circus family of Italian origins. ...Moustier (c.1900)]]The first Dedessus le Moutier known to have joined the circus was a woman, Marie-Célestine, whose son, Alphonse, created the Cirque Mous
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  • #REDIRECT: [[The Knie Dynasty]] ..., Franco]][[Category:Exotic Animals|Knie, Franco]][[Category:Elephant Acts|Knie, Franco]]
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  • ...Foot Juggling and Risley Act, with their father Louis Moustier at [[Circus Knie]], Switzerland, in 1973. The voice doing the French commentary is that of [
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  • Rolf Knie, Jr., mixed group of exotic animals, at Circus Knie, Switzerland (1973). The voice of the French commentary belongs to [[Jean R * Biography: [[The Knie Dynasty]]
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  • Fredy Knie, Jr., liberty act, with Mary-José Knie, at [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland (1973). The voice of the French commentary belongs to [[Je * Biography: [[The Knie Dynasty]]
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  • ...Franco, Erika & Mary-José Knie, Jrs., High School presentation at Circus Knie, Switzerland (1973). The voice of the French commentary belongs to [[Jean R * Biography: [[The Knie Dynasty]]
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  • Louis & Franco Knie, elephant act at Circus Knie, Switzerland (1973). The voice of the French commentary belongs to [[Jean R * Biography: [[The Knie Dynasty]]
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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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  • ...tzerland. In 1993, it was awarded the Silver Clown at the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]]. Pavel Brun created new versions of the act for [ * Video: [[Perezvony_Video_(c_2005)|''Perezvony'']] at Circus Kronebau in Munich (c.2005)
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  • ...988 edition of the Festival, and won a Gold Medal. The numerous agents and circus directors present at the Festival came immediately knocking at their door, ...Varieté in Germany; the Crazy Horse Saloon in Paris; and the [[Big Apple Circus]] in the U.S. (where he performed twice: in 1991-1992 with Olivier Deschave
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  • ==Circus Owner and Director== ...unced the "Death of Britain’s Nº 1 Showman" and the "King of the Modern Circus," indicating the unrivalled position in which the showman was revered.
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  • ==Circus Owner and Director== ...break for National Service in the Royal Air Force. After the Bertram Mills Circus closed down in 1967, he and Cyril Mills remained close friends.''
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  • ...of Wuhan, in China, in 2000, and another Gold award at the [[International Circus Festival of Budapest]], Hungary, in 2001. He then improved on his already e ...turned to Circus Knie in 2011. In 2012, he was featured in the [[Big Apple Circus]] production of ''Legendarium'' in the United States. He has also appeared
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  • ...he worked on a hand-balancing act, which he eventually debuted at [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland in 1973. Later, Omar partnered with his sisters, Aïsha an ...] in Milano, Italy, and the Golden Artist Award the Enschede International Circus Festival in the Netherlands in 2001. Zaida was also proud to be the first f
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  • The Liazeed Trio, hand-balancing act, in the [[Big Apple Circus]] production of ''Step Right Up!'' (2006) ...o: [[Omar_Liazeed_Video_1973|Omar Liazeed, Hand Balancing Act]], at Circus Knie (1973)
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  • Over many years, Norman Barrett has become the most loved and best known circus personality in Great Britain—regarded as "The World’s Greatest Ring ===Barrett’s Canadian Circus===
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  • ...ters had 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. ...England at Blackpool's [[Tower Circus]] in 1952, and at the [[Kelvin Hall Circus]] in Glasgow, Scotlamd, for the 1952-53 winter season.
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  • ...continents, performing in the most prestigious venues of the international circus and variety scene. ...ry thorough and complete training within his family—like all Italian circus kids—became a solo contortionist, and occasionally appeared as a bare
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  • Omar Liazeed, hand-balancing act, at [[Circus Knie]], Switzerland (1973) ...d_Trio_Video_2006|The Liazeed Trio]], Hand Balancing Act, in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Step Right Up!'' (2006)
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  • ...onebau]] in Munich, and with the [[Österreichischer National-Circus Louis Knie]] in Austria, and in many variety shows, television shows, and special even
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  • ...ters had 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. ...England at Blackpool's [[Tower Circus]] in 1952, and at the [[Kelvin Hall Circus]] in Glasgow, Scotlamd, for the 1952-53 winter season.
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  • ...rrani_Video_(2004)|The Errani Brothers, Risley act]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (2004) * Video: [[Errani_Brothers_Video_(2004)|The Errani Brothers, Risley act]], at Circus Kronebau, Munich (2004)
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  • ...elaxed place to consider her future. Toulouse was the seat of a well-known circus school, the Lido, which had shown over the years a remarkable talent for cr ...approach to circus arts. In time, Marie-Aude became ''Angélina'', a tired circus artist of indefinite age, still performing her worn-out acts—a trapez
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  • ...ipated in the [[Festival Première Rampe]], Monaco’s international youth circus festival, where she obtained a Silver Medal. It was evident that Stephanie ...ediately afterwards, in 1999, she was featured at the prestigious [[Circus Knie]], in her native Switzerland.
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  • ...re he played the Moulin Rouge and [[Cirque Medrano]] in Paris and [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland, among many other venues, and toured with the ice show ''H
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  • ...Japanese descent, she was born in New York City in 1929, into a family of circus performers. Her parents, Eizo and Rui Yokoi, were acrobats on unicycle and ...kus Berny]] in Norway, [[Cirkus Schumann]] in Denmark and Sweden, [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland (in 1959 and 1975), among others. In variety, she was feat
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  • ...iety show, ''Le plus grand cabaret du monde''), in [[The Knie Dynasty|Rolf Knie]]’s ''Salto Natale'' in Switzerland, and has worked with [[Cirque du Sole * Video: [[Emile Carey Video 2001|Emile Carey, juggler]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Big Top Doo-Wop'' (2001)
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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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  • ==Acrobat, Circus Owner== ...pted England. Yet, this highly respected artist and impresario came to the circus quite by accident, and in very unusual circumstances.
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  • ...d circus director, [[Alphonse Rancy]] (1861-1933). She belonged to genuine circus aristocracy and, not surprisingly, she was an equestrienne of great talent. ...e]] eventually turned into a unforgettable tiger trainer—and a major circus star when he became the first "Tarzan" of the big cage in the 1940s, wearin
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  • ...Pedro and Juan began performing a trapeze act. Pedro later joined another circus, Circo Alegría, where he met—and later married—a French acroba ...name Boby) and Polo performed their first clown entrée in the new family circus.
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  • ...(Oftentimes, what seems spectacular on the stage loses its efficiency in a circus ring, which is a far more challenging performing space.) ...[[The Andreu-Rivels]], Charlie Rivel’s family act, with [[Bertram Mills Circus]]; and Valentino in Brussels. They all began performing at a tender age, wo
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  • ...rres_Cole_Bros.jpeg|thumb|left|400px|Rob Torres at Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus (c.1993)]]While in high school, he was a member of the cross-country track ...Upon graduation, he toured for three years with [[Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus]], where he honed his comedic skills in front of large audiences and develo
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  • #REDIRECT: [[The Knie Dynasty]] ...]][[Category:Cage Acts|Knie, Fredy]][[Category:Circus Owners and Directors|Knie, Fredy]]
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  • #REDIRECT: [[The Knie Dynasty]] ...[[Category:Equestrians|Knie, Fredy]][[Category:Circus Owners and Directors|Knie, Fredy]]
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  • #REDIRECT: [[The Knie Dynasty]] ...[Category:Elephant Acts|Knie, Rolf]][[Category:Circus Owners and Directors|Knie, Rolf]]
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  • ...70-80s, and was a featured act with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus in the United States, where she and her father, the clown [[Pio Nock]], per ...y, whose heritage could be traced back to the 18th century; like the [[The Knie Dynasty|Knies]], the Nocks (and the Bühlmanns) were originally itinerant r
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  • ...poles, so that one can be erected ahead of time in the next town while the circus is playing in the last town. The zoo is set up at the rear of the big top; ...ideo, click here:''' [http://player.vimeo.com/video/46251105 '''✪ Circus Knie Setup''']
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  • ==Carola Williams And Her Circus== ...he Althoff Dynasty|Althoffs]], she ran from 1945 to 1968 a very successful circus, which presented elegant shows with excellent artists and outstanding eques
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  • ...irque d'Hiver]] in Paris. The tigers, trained by him, belonged to [[Circus Knie]]. The only prop used in this act, a rotating hoop that came down from the
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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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  • ...the circus”—in his case, Switzerland’s premier circus, [[Circus Knie]], where he found a job as an animal keeper. ...the face of Galetti, the clown, would eventually grace anonymously many a circus poster!
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  • ...n iconic figure of Britain’s premier circus at the time, [[Bertram Mills Circus]]. In addition to his professional work, he was also noted for his charitab ...taly Lazarenko]] (1890-1939), a clown and acrobat who would become a major circus star in the Soviet Union after the Communist revolution.
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  • ...and a member of the Russian National Gymnastics Team. Valeriy converted to circus arts when his competitive career came to an end—as many former Russia ...17), and in the United States, where they were featured in the [[Big Apple Circus]] 35th anniversary production of ''Legendarium'' in 2012, and again in 2018
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  • Werner Stiebner with [[Dick Chipperfield]]'s black leopards at [[Circus Knie]]. The off-screen commentary is said by [[Jean Richard]] (1973)
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  • ...: [[Werner_Stiebner_Video_(1973)|Werner Stiebner, leopard act]], at Circus Knie (1973)
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  • ...South Holland, in the Netherlands, to a family that was not related to the circus. As a young woman, Tini went on to work as a stenographer at the Dutch Defe ...the traditional winter season of [[Circus Strassburger]] in the legendary "circus-theater." The polar bears belonged to the Klant Zoo, created by [[Willy Hag
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  • ...s business, thanks notably to [[John Ringling North]], who made him a true circus star in the United States and, consequently, all over Europe. Unus was know ...aben, a small town in the northeast of Austria. Franz didn’t belong to a circus family: He began his professional life as a carpenter. Yet over the years,
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  • ...ntury, under a succession of owners of more or less legitimate lineage. In circus lore, Sarrasani is still a fabled name that evokes a history of epic propor ==HANS STOSCH’S CIRCUS SARRASANI==
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  • ...(b.1947) and Venus (b.1950), worked with their free-ladder act after their circus had been taken away from their family by the State. ...us Arnardo]] in Norway, and even a tour of Michael Edgley's ''Great Moscow Circus'' in Australia.
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  • ...idered the world's best teeterboard act, the [[Kovgar Troupe]], based at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow. Andrey Kovgar disbanded his troupe around 2010, and Dm ...d at [[Circus Carré]] in Amsterdam in the winter of 2014, and at [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland for its 2015 season.
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  • ...ircus arts, in terms of either performance, education, or promotion of the circus arts. ''Circopedia.org'' is solely responsible for the choice of its award' ...— Presented the 18th of August 2015 at the International Festival of Circus Arts of Israel, in Ashdod, Israel.
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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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  • ...28 to Oreste and Tamara Raspini. The Raspinis were one of many old Italian circus families established in the Russian Empire prior to the Bolshevik Revolutio ...was already an accomplished juggler; he made his solo debut in 1942, at [[Circus Mikkenie-Strassburger]] in Holland, with his beautiful sister, Elvira, as h
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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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  • ...of Monte Carlo]]. The commentaries are made by [[The Knie Dynasty|Gregory Knie]] — ''Document: Schweiser Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)''
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  • Louis Knie, elephant and tiger act (excerpts), at the 4th [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] (1985) * Biographies: [[Louis Knie]], [[The Knie Dynasty]]
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  • ==Circus Owner, Animal Trainer== ...Knie's_Elephant_Act_Video_1973|Louis & Franco Knie, elephant act]], Circus Knie (1973)
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  • ...cumentary on the brothers Frédy (Senior) and Rolf Knie — and Circus Knie — for the Radio-Télévision Suisse (RTS), the French-language Swiss * Biography: [[The Knie 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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  • Fredy Knie, Sr., liberty act (excerpts) at the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] (1977) * Biography: [[The Knie Dynasty]]
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  • ...sman, ''Les Acrobates'', clown reprise, in [[Circus Knie]] production of ''Knie + Mummenschanz'' (1988)
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  • ...man_Video_(1988)|Petit Gougou & Eddy Sosman, ''The Acrobats'']], at Circus Knie (1988) ...lates_Video_(1988)|Petit Gougou & Eddy Sosman, ''The Plates'']], at Circus Knie (1988)
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  • ...iettes'' ("The Plates"), clown entrée, in [[Circus Knie]] production of ''Knie + Mummenschanz'' (1988)
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  • ==Acrobat, Animal Trainer, Circus Director== ...built true circus empires in their own countries equating in strength the circus empires of yore.
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  • ...deo: [[Pio_Nock_Video_(1954)|Pio Nock & Max Van Embden, clown reprise]] at Circus Pilatus (1954) File:Pio_Nock_Buhlmann.jpg|Pio Nock at Circus Carré (1963)
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  • ...nte Carlo]]. The off-screen commentary is given by [[The Knie Dynasty|Rolf Knie]] (2018) — ''Document SRF''
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  • ...onte Carlo]]. The on-screen commentary is given by [[The Knie Dynasty|Rolf Knie]] (2018) — ''Document SRF''
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  • ...l Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]]. The off-screen commentary is by [[Rolf Knie, Jr.]]. (2018)
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  • Franco Knie, elephant act, at the 24th [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] (2000) * Biography: [[Franco Knie]]
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  • ...a replacing her mother, Malvina Abakarova), aerial straps act, at [[Circus Knie]] (2017)
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  • He was born Rudolf Horn in Nuremberg, Germany, on February 14, 1933, in a circus family. His father, Rupert Horn, had worked as a strong man before appearin ...ther, Benedikt Schiefer, the family’s juggler, who owned a small touring circus. In late 1942, Rupert Horn contacted the manager of Nuremberg’s WinterGar
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  • ...Its was the People's Republic of China's reincarnation of the former China Circus & Acrobats that was created in 1948. The troupe is based in Tianjin, one of ...he [[International Circus Festival of Budapest]] (2005), and major Chinese circus and acrobatic festivals such as the Wuqiao festival.
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  • Natalia Jigalova, swinging trapeze, at [[Circus Louis Knie]] (2003)
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  • ...ed a group of camels and lamas. Wim was not particularly interested in the circus as such, but he was fascinated by its animals. The process of training them ...Wim began his performing career as one of the camel riders at the German [[Circus Roland]], where [[Jos Uyterlinde]]—another of Klant’s pupils—
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  • #REDIRECT: [[The Knie Dynasty]] [[Category:Animal Trainers|Knie Rolf]][[Category:Circus Owners and Directors|Knie, Rolf]]
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  • * Video: [[Rolf,_Gaston,_Pipo_Video_(1983)|Gaston Häni, Rolf Knie & Pipo Sosman, boxing entrée]], from their stage show (1983) ...nd_Roli_Video_(2004)|Gaston & Roli, boxing entrée]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (2004)
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  • ...a career in the circus and, therefore, he is indeed an important figure of circus history. ...major influence in reshaping the western clown image. Merging traditional circus clown techniques and classic theatrical pantomime, while escaping the clich
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  • ...ler, mixed cat act, at [[Circus Knie]] (1994) — ''Document © Circus Knie''
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  • * Video: [[Strickler_Video_(1994)|René Strickler, mixed cat act]], at Circus Knie (1994)
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  • ...mal trainer [[Gerd Siemoneit]], who was performing that season at [[Circus Knie]. ...s, Jürg was allowed to help Siemoneit with his cats at his [[Circus Barum|Circus Barum-Safari]]. In 1975, Siemoneit finally hired Jürg to become his assist
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  • ...l Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]]. The off-screen commentary is by [[Rolf Knie, Jr.]] (2014) — ''Document: SRF Television''
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  • ...act, at the 43rd [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]]. ([[Rolf Knie, Jr.]] gives the off-screen commentary.) (2019) — ''Document: SRF Tel
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  • ...ionist, at the 38th [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]]. Rolf Knie provides the off-screen commentary. (2019) — ''Document: SRF Televisi
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  • Duo Larible, Washington trapeze (excerpts), at [[Circus Knie]] (1962)
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  • ...rible_Video_(1962)|Duo Larible, Washington trapeze (excerpts)]], at Circus Knie (1962)
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  • ==Circus Director== ...eat names of the past by taking good advantage of the struggle of some old circus luminaries to stage a comeback.
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  • ...rick Knie and Worris Errani, double "Courier," at the 44th [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] (2020) — ''Document: SRF Television'' * Biographies: [[Ivan Frederick Knie]], [[Errani Brothers]]
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  • ...Errani presenting Circus Knie's liberty horses at the 44th [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] (2020) — ''Document: SRF Television'' * Circuses: [[Circus Knie]]
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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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  • Elena Panova, swinging trapeze, at Circus Knie. Original music by Germain Bourque (1997)
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  • ...n 1985, she applied for and was accepted in Moscow’s [[State College for Circus and Variety Arts]]. Under the guidance of Victor Fomine, she created her sw Yet, her professional debut was postponed. She had met at the circus college her husband, the clown [[Andrey Jigalov]], who graduated one year l
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  • ...the ring with his father, [[Tony Alexis]], in 1986 at age four at [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland. His strong personality was already evident at that tender ...waiting; their son Charlie made his debut in the ring at age two, on World Circus Day on April 2014 in Finland’s [[Sirkus Finlandia]]. In 2017, the family
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