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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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  • ==Circus Owner and Impresario== ...y in West Ealing, England, but business must have been bad (not to mention the hardship caused by trying to provide for his huge family), or perhaps Mr. S
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  • ...m as a juggler, discouraging him from pursuing an acrobatic career. During the school year, Kris's juggling education was carried out through written inst ...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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  • ...a brilliant career on the vaudeville and nightclub circuits with his act, The 3 Gatos. ...in front of all the major circus and variety directors and agents, and won the coveted Gold Medal.
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  • ==Circus Websites== '''Eden Brothers''' Circus [http://www.edencircus.com/ www.edencircus.com]
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  • == THE FIRST CIRCUS IN AMERICA== ...ed in with a mixture of soil and sawdust, forty-two feet in diameter—the ring.
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  • ==Circus Director and Animal Trainer== ...d Rajah, thus beginning a long career as an animal trainer in his family's circus.
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  • ==Circus Owner, Equestrian== ...rn January 8, 1742 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the West Midlands, England, the son of Edward Astley, a veneer-cutter and cabinet-maker. Edward had a short
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  • ...rcus troupes that traveled abroad, in shows produced by the Soviet central circus organization, [[SoyuzGosTsirk]]. ...ow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in 1927, the world's first circus university.
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  • ...ancing act with Ruben Manasarian has become the stuff of legend in Russian circus lore. ...us [[Festival 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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  • ...eina Victoria''; Paulina was, therefore, thrown into the circus world from the very moment she first opened her eyes. ...impersonators, Paulina appeared dressed like Jackie Coogan in the movie ''The Kid''.
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  • ==Circus Owners, Equestrians, Animal Trainers, Acrobats, Aerialists== ...he 1970s), and the round-cupola, quarterpole-free "Florilegio" big top (in the 1990s).
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  • ...lowns ever to have achieved true international stardom. Like [[Grock]] and the [[Les Fratellini|Fratellinis]] before him, Rivel was beloved all over Europ ...nal clown character that stands as one of the twentieth century's greatest circus icons.
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  • ...Circus and Variety Arts]] (a.k.a. the Moscow Circus School) in 1987, where the famous Russian act director [[Valentin Gneushev]] noticed her. ...-on-rolling-globe, [[Yury Borzykin]], with whom she performed, in 1991, at the Gershwin Theater on Broadway, in Steve Leber’s production of ''Cirk Valen
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  • ...dynamic choreography, and magnetic stage presence won her a Gold Medal at the 1988 [[Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris. ...United States and appeared in various shows, notably the [[Royal Hanneford Circus]], where she met her future husband and partner, David Maas.
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  • ==Sea Lion Trainer, Circus Director== ...Flippershow''. At thirteen, Roby was in charge of the technical aspects of the show—sound and lighting.
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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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  • ...Rabenalt’s ''Die drei Codonas'' (1940)—a very rare occurrence for circus artists—and two romanticized biographies. ...Cardownie, Cardone, Codone, Candone, and Codona, which eventually stuck in the 1870s. Henry Codona married a French woman, Victorine Régnier (1841-1924),
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  • ...ntering in the service of the brothers [[Cirque Amar|Amar]] after WWII, in the circuses of whom he presented for many years all sorts of wild and domestic ...trainer at age twenty, with Jean Richard’s own group of five lionesses. The year was 1969.
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  • ...orted to methods that have fortunately vanished more than a century ago in the western world. [[File:Rambo_Circus_(2011).jpeg|thumb|right|375px|Rambo Circus (2011)]]
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  • [[File:Chiarini_Utagawa_Masanobu.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Chiarini's Circus in Japan (1886)]] ==Equestrian, Circus Entrepreneur==
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  • ...same in form—a mixture of foot juggling and risley act, which, over the years, has been increasingly interspersed with touches of comedy. ...Nona, their mother, was born [[The Bedinis|Bedini]], a celebrated Russian circus family of Italian origins.
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  • ...n reruns), as a sidekick of comedian Benny Hill in Thames Television’s ''The Benny Hill Show''. ...ny 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 Johnn
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  • ...ash;they had their fan club!—the Barios were also true innovators in the realm of clown comedy. ===The Dario-Bario Family===
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  • ...ith their parents, when the Cortes Troupe were contracted by [[Hoxie Bros. Circus]] to perform their high wire and flying trapeze acts. Young Robinson perfor ...rforming, Robinson replaced him as the catcher of the act, and Alex became the main flyer.
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  • ...er luminaries of the British circus, they still hold an important place in circus history.'' ...rcus performers and entrepreneurs, thus establishing one of the very first circus dynasties.''
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  • ...side, and his father had worked on the fairgrounds. Freddy Ross created [[Circus Rosaire]] in England in 1904. ...Rosaire Family|Linda]], and [[The Rosaire Family|Pamela]], who settled in the United States, are also famous animal trainers.
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  • ...their merry-go-rounds, but the presence of the theater had since redeemed the square's prestige, and Guerra found himself in ideal surroundings. .... Guerra was a remarkable trick-rider, famous for his aggressive manner in the ring (which he also displayed in private life), and which got him a nicknam
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  • ==Circus Owner and Director== ...e "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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  • ...sion, he hired aspiring young fighters in the cities and took them away to the bush to stand on his line-up boards to take on all and any challengers. ...rs, and a native of the island of St Thomas in the West Indies (now one of the Virgin Islands), and Julia Robertson, née Saunders, aged thirty-three year
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  • ...arizles ("Rill") Martin (1868-1948), an equestrienne and a sister of the [[The Wirth Family|Wirth brothers]], proprietors of one of Australia’s largest ...he "American fearless hurricane hurdle rider." Like the most ''adroit'' of circus performers, bareback riders in particular, May was short but strong. She g
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  • ...ve, and as these lines were written in 2011, showed no sign of retirement. The best comments ever made about this most charming man were written by Ken Do ===Barrett’s Canadian Circus===
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  • ...wer Circus]], of which he became the undisputed star and, without a doubt, the most popular attraction. ...rie Cairoli]] (1879-1956), Carletto’s father, he was born in Moissac, in the southwest of France, on April 9, 1879. He had began his career as a juggler
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  • ...rée, in the European TV show ''La Piste des Clowns'', filmed at the Royal Circus in Stockholm, Sweden (1977) * Biography: [[The Rastellis]]
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  • ...continents, performing in the most prestigious venues of the international circus and variety scene. ...peared as a bareback rider or an acrobat, according to what was needed for the show he was in, and sometimes as a clown.
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  • ...le:Circus_Gymnasticus_1815.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The Circus Gymnasticus on the Prater (1815)]] ...s Gymnasticus’s elegant building was erected in 1808 on the Prater—the old Imperial hunting ground that had become Vienna’s favorite park, and a
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  • * A. Stanley Williamson, ''On The Road With Bertram Mills'' (London, Chatto & Windus, 1937) * Robert Aylwin, ''The Bertram Mills Book Of The Circus'' (London, Naldrett, 1954)
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  • ...minton Federation in 1934—which was the result of a sudden craze for the game. ...immediately signed for a tour in the United Kingdom, whose highlight was a Royal Command Performance for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
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  • ...nce have survived the test of time. Even today, her act can be regarded as the greatest solo bicycle act that ever was—and it is universally acknowl ===The Yokoi Family===
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  • ...and when he was about thirteen years old, Miguel "ran away and joined the circus," as they say. ...eras, with Miguel as their main flyer, participated in the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in 1977.
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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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  • ...and evidently made her a threat to the political status quo in the eyes of the East-German regime. Oliver’s father, Gert, developed radically opposite v ...forced her to leave the GDR. She, Oliver, and his sister Josefine crossed the Berlin Wall and moved to West Berlin; Oliver was ten. It was an entirely ne
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  • ...ow ''La Pista dei Clowns'', filmed at the [[Royal Circus (Stockholm)|Royal Circus]] in Stockholm (1977)
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  • ...e (excerpts), in the TV show ''La Pista dei Clowns'', filmed at the Royal Circus in Stockholm (1977)
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  • ...nd Gaby, Fofó y Miliki, from the fourth generation, and their children of the fifth generation, who became major stars on Spanish television. ...ildren—and four sons among them. Little has been recorded of Arturo, the elder, who was probably significantly older than his more famous brothers:
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  • [[File:Flying_Cavarettas_Portrait.jpg|The Flying Cavarettas|right|400px]] ...s Vegas, the star of a flying act in which she performed the repertoire of the best male flyers of her generation, including a consistent triple somersaul
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  • ...a Schumann]]), in the TV show ''La Piste des Clowns'', filmed at the Royal Circus in Stockholm (1977)
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  • ...ws. To the public at large, his name is certainly not as famous as that of the elephants he presented, ''Bertha'', and then a string of ''Tanyas''. ===The Vinicky-Smahas===
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  • ...ven-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit, Ohio. Later, the Bob Gerry Troupe performed a six-person pyramid. ...ertram Mills Circus]] at Olympia and the [[Harringay Circus]] in London; [[Circus Strassburger]] in Holland. They also appeared outdoors in several amusement
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  • ...and during the Soviet regime, originated one of Russia’s most important circus dynasties. Their name still resonates today in Russian lore and culture, an ...ommon-law husbands—and therefore many Durovs were given, or adopted, the famous moniker even though it was not their birth name.
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  • ...ssistant. A friend introduced him to Muriel Brugman, a native of Weesp, in the Netherlands, who had a keen interest in physical comedy. Although he didn't ...ttended eighteen months after Muriel, when he finally overcame his fear of the legendary teacher. Scott and Muriel shared common interests (one was unicyc
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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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  • ==Equestrian, Acrobat, Clown, Circus Owner== ...created there toured extensively, and where he even established a resident circus in Paris.
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  • ==Carola Williams And Her Circus== ...reeding ground for three of the best animal trainers of the second half of the twentieth century: [[Charly Baumann]], [[Gunther Gebel-Williams]], and [[Ge
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  • ...have made his one of the great names of the twentieth century’s European circus. ...trian who had settled in Sweden, where he originated his circus dynasty in the 19th century.
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  • ...o learned a wide range of instruments—including flute, clarinet, and the full saxophone family—and not unexpectedly, he chose to embrace a mus ...musician, notably with Harry Roy, a well known clarinettist who led one of the most popular dance bands in Great Britain.
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  • ...s [[State College of Circus and Variety Arts]]. There, he was trained by the legendary acrobat and hand-balancer, [[Valery Raschivkin]]. ...ow based in the United States. In 2013, Angelo returned to Peru to produce circus shows in Lima.
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  • ...iste des Clowns'', filmed at the [[Cirkus at Djurgården (Stockholm)|Royal Circus]] in Stockholm (1977)
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  • ...d he was indeed one of the greatest clowns/comedians of the second half of the twentieth century. ...e [[Tom Mix Circus]]), and even joined for a time the equestrian troupe of the legendary [[Poodles Hanneford]].
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  • ...s not advertised, however, is that he was born with a chronic dystrophy of the optic nerve, and was considered legally blind! Nonetheless, he was a superb ...as Bertha Pauwels, a versatile performer who came from a well-known French circus family.
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  • ...cats made their professional debuts in 2001 in an edition of the [[Moscow Circus]] On Ice. ...Hall in Branson, Missouri, among many other venues, and on television on ''The Tonight Show'' with Jay Leno.
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  • ...du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris, and the Bronze Lion at the [[International Circus Festival of Wuqiao]] in China. ...cluding the Paradis Latin, the legendary Lido of Paris, and of course, the Royal Palace in Kirrwiller. Menno and Emily fell in love, and eventually got marr
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  • ...f an umbrella for balancing, won her to be advertised as “The Pavlova of the Silver Strand.” ...dancer. She made her debut on the wire at age ten, in 1932, in the family circus.
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  • #REDIRECT: [[The Dobrich Family]] [[Category:Circuses|Dobrich Royal Circus]]
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  • #REDIRECT: [[The Dobrich Family]] [[Category:Circuses|Royal Dobrich Circus]]
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  • ==Acrobats, Circus Owners and Directors== ...n. He was also a writer and magazine editor, and he wrote two books on the circus that were published soon after his death.
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  • ...million worldwide, which arguably makes theirs the most widely seen act in the history of Magic. ...s—and by the Soviet gossipmongers, who showed a tabloid interest for the peculiar intricacies of their multiple marriages, notably Igor’s matrimon
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  • ...al undertones, dominated (and occasionally brought close to bankruptcy) by the larger-than-life personality and extravagant vision of its famous founder, ==HANS STOSCH’S CIRCUS SARRASANI==
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  • ==Aerialist, Acrobat, Animal Trainer, Circus Owner== ...ed the entire second half of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first.
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  • ==Animal Trainer, Circus Owner== ...riott (1901-1962) and his wife, Viola (1905-1981), née Engesser. John was the second of their two children; he had an elder sister, Jean.
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  • ==Animal Trainer, Circus Producer== ...ome and abroad, and eventually propelled him to new heights in the Russian circus artistic hierarchy.
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  • ...yan, hand-balancing/contortion act]], at the 5th International Festival of Circus Arts in Moscow (2011) ...013)|Averik and Tatevik Seyranyan, ccontortion act]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (2013)
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  • ==Circus Owner, Magician== ...its reputation and is still recognized today (2020) as Norway’s premier circus.
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  • ...[Pierantoni & Saltamontès]]. Yet, Foottit & Chocolat were instrumental in the development of classic European clowning during that period, and they still ...heatre in London as the clown Funny Foottit—a classic stage clown in the manner of Joseph Grimaldi.
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  • Averik Seyranyan, hand-balancer contortionist, at the Royal Hanneford Circus (2014)
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  • ...entreprise, et reprit la route seul sous l’enseigne ''Foottit’s Allied Circus''. (Powell et Clarke continuèrent leur fructueuse association en Irlande, ...us'', qui se produisait pour la saison de Noël sur la scène du Théâtre Royal de Covent Garden à Londres. Dans son propre pays, Foottit ne pouvait pas c
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  • ...ile with his own ''Moscow Circus''. Yet, his return to Russia in 2015, for the first (and short-lived) [[Master Festival]] in Sochi, became a national cul ...ndparents lived. They settled in an apartment on Leningradsky Avenue, near the old Dynamo Central Stadium. Oleg’s father, Konstantin, made a living as a
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  • ...vies, and even popular songs. Its history is also closely intertwined with the life of its three historic directors: Louis Fernando, [[Geronimo Medrano]], ...drano’s reign in January 1963 was an event attended by the Tout-Paris of the arts, and its demolition in December 1973 caused a massive uproar that even
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  • ...en went on to study horses in veterinary schools, and in the stud farms of the Princes of Thurn und Taxis: Equestrian paintings would become his specialty ...ich was still predominantly an equestrian show in the 19th century. During the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, Lang specialized in sketches and paintings of
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  • ...ussian Empire prior to the Bolshevik Revolution—like the Truzzis and the Cinisellis, for instance. (Although his parents didn’t settle there, Rast ...ch contributed to his success; he would later be known as "The Don Juan of the Ring."
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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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  • ...ayo incontestably the best in his specialty—he also introduced it to the West. ...eir father’s; Kannan Bombayo’s birth name was N. P. Kunchikannan—the Indian contracted spelling of Kunchi Kannan: He became familiarly known as
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  • ...adze, mixed cat attraction, in the show ''Gia Eradze's Royal Circus'' at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2015)
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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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  • ==Equestrian, Circus Owner and Director== ...er in the position of director of the royal riding academy at The Hague in the Netherlands—a country this Frenchman called home for most of his prof
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  • Rudy Horn (1933-2018) was one of the best and most successful jugglers of the post-WW2 era; he was not only a great technician: It took a long time for h ...series of passes to Rudy, who showed an innate ability to catch and return the fruits; after ten minutes, he could juggle them by himself! His professiona
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  • ...is act. His was a remarkable presentation which won him his circus title, "The Tiger King." ...mut of a presentation ''en férocité''. It was a beautiful combination of the two methods.”
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  • ...а'' ("Names"), on the occasion of his ''Royal Circus'''s engagement at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (''In Russian'') (2015) — ''Document © SSU TV''
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  • The Chugunov Family, juggling act, in [[Gia Eradze]]'s Royal Circus production of ''Five Continents'' (2018)
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  • ...ov_Video_(2018)|The Chugunov Family, juggling act]], in Gia Eradze's Royal Circus (2018)
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  • ...man animal trainer [[Gerd Siemoneit]], who was performing that season at [[Circus Knie]. ...p of seven lionesses from the Künzler Zoo in Romanshorn, (a Swiss city on the Lake Constance), and built his first cage act in just four months.
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  • Les Chicky, ''The Broken Mirror'' entrée, at the Royal Circus in Stockholm (c.1980)
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  • The Royal Brothers, hand-to-hand balancing, at the 35th [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] (2011) — ''Document: FR3/France Television' * Biographies: [[Royal Brothers]]
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  • ...1)|The Royal Brothers, hand-to-hand balancing]], at the 35th International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (2011) ...ers]][[Category:Acrobats|Royal Brothers]][[Category:Hand-to-Hand Balancing|Royal Brothers]]
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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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  • ==Gröẞter Rennbahn-Circus Europas== ...ee-ring circus and the refinement and intimacy of the traditional European circus.
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  • ==Equestrians, Circus Owners== ...lin in 1899—which remained active under Schumann’s ownership until the end of World War I.
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  • ...hich over the years morphed into a pure visual-comedy act, keeping in with the family tradition. ===The Goretti Family===
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  • ...artist Barbette (1898-1973) was one of the greatest and brightest stars of the international variety circuit, notably in Europe. If he was indeed a talent ...d even a play have been published on Barbette, his act, and his androgyny. The most important publication, ''Le numéro Barbette'', with texts by Cocteau
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  • ...Royal Family visits Bertram Mills Circus at London's Olympia. (The name of the performers and principal characters depicted in this newsreel have been ad * History: [[Bertram Mills Circus]]
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  • ...m their place of preëminence when they starred in the "Temple of Clowns", the famous [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Cirque Medrano]], for four consecutive year ===The Briatores===
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  • ...anova]] and [[Marina Golovinskaya]], who developed under [[Victor Fomine]] the new style of swinging trapeze originated by [[Tereza Durova]], Fomine and P ...ccepted in Moscow’s [[State College for Circus and Variety Arts]]. Under the guidance of Victor Fomine, she created her swinging trapeze act, with which
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  • ...joyed a very successful career that spanned nearly sixty years not only in the British Isles, but also abroad. ...her, John Fossett, was performing as a clown with the [[Sir Robert Fossett Circus]]. His mother was Maria
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  • ...s not afraid of showing off her skills to anyone who would watch. She left the orphanage at fourteen and went on to live with an aunt and uncle. ...ing else that rendered her "generally useful," as was what was expected of circus performers in those days.
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  • ...io to George Jennier and Cornelia (Nina) Howland Jennier, who performed in circus and variety venues. George Jennier’s family had changed their name from ...clown and entertainer of the nineteenth century, who also managed his own circus. George had been apprenticed to Dan Rice about 1860; he met Nina on one of
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