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Xing Yunwei

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Xing Yunwei

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Xing Yunwei Video (2019)

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Xing Yuwei, hand balancing, at the 43rd [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] (2019)

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* Biography: [[Xing Yunwei]]

[[Category:Video Archive|Xing Yunwei]]

Pipo Sosman

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Pipo Sosman, Jr.

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Djando uploaded File:Pipo Sosman father and son.jpg Pipo Sosmann with young Pipo Sosman, Jr. backstage at the Cirque Medrano (1952) — ''Photo X''

Émilien Bouglione/fr

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Émilien Bouglione

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Djando uploaded File:Emilien and Christiane Bouglione.jpg Émilien and Christiane Bouglione backstage at the Cirque Bouglione (c.1970) — ''Photo X''

Circus Krone

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Djando uploaded File:Krone white top.jpg A rare image of Circus Krone traveling under a white big top: blue will soon be the only color used. (c.1965) — ''Photo X''

The Togni Family

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Djando uploaded File:Amerikanischer National Circus poster.jpg Poster for the Tognis' ''Circo Americano'' (or ''American Circus'') on tour in Germany under the title ''Amerikanischer National-Circus'' (1989) — ''Private Collection''

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Kremo Family

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Djando uploaded File:Karl Kremo Family.jpg Advertising postcard for the Karl Kremo Family's Risley act — ''Private Collection''

Kremo Family

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Djando uploaded File:Kremo Familie Poster.jpg Poster for the Kremo Family Risley act (c.1910) — ''Private Collection''

Kremo Family

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Elvira Kremo

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Kremo Family

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Djando uploaded File:Karl Kremo Children.jpg Promotional postcard for the early Karl Kremo Troupe: Karl on the ''trinka'', and his children Bellona, Bianca, and Béla (from left to right) (c.1920) — ''Circopedia Archive''

Kremo Family

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Djando uploaded File:Elvira Kremo.jpg Promotional card for Elvira Kremo, tight wire dancer (1910) — ''Private Collection''

Kremo Family

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‎The Kremo Dynasty

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Kremo Family

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‎Josef Kremka

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 ==New Videos==
 * [[Rasshivkin_Video_(1983)|Trio Rasshivkin]], hand-to-hand balancing (1983)
 * [[Acero_Duo_Video_(2025)|Duo Acero]], hand-to-hand balancing (2025)
 * [[Streltsov_Video_(1990)|Aleksandr Streltsov]], ''Angel'', strap act (1990)
 * [[Larkina_Video_(1993)|Yelena Larkina]], hula-hoop act (1993)
 ==New Oral Histories==

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 * Video: [[China_Troupe_Hand-to-Hand_Video_(2015)|China Acrobatic Troupe, hand-to-hand balancing]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (2015)
 * Video: [[China_Troupe_Video_(2019)|China Acrobatic Troupe, moving poles]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (2019)
 * Video: [[China_Troupe_Juggling_Video_(2024)|China Acrobatic Troupe, juggling act]], at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain (2024)
 * Video: [[China_Troupe_Bicycle_Video_(2024)|China Acrobatic Troupe, bicycle act]], at the Weltweihnachts Circus in Stuttgart (2024)

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 File:Pipo_et_Rhum.jpg|Pipo & Rhum (c.1942)
 File:Pipo.jpg|Pipo (c.1950)
 File:Pipo_et_Dario.jpg|Pipo & Dario (c.1953)
 File:Pipo,_Dario_et_Mimile.jpg|Pipo, Dario et Mimile (c.1960)

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 File:Pipo,_Zippo,_Gaston,_Francesco_Caroli.jpg|Pipo (left) with Bernard Paul (Zippo), Gaston Häni, and Francesco Caroli
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 [[Category:Artists and Acts|Sosman Jr, Pipo]][[Category:Clowns|Sosman Jr, Pipo]]

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−	Pipo Sosmann with young Pipo Sosman, Jr. backstage at the Cirque Medrano (1952) — ''Photo X''	+	Pipo Sosmann with young Pipo Sosman, Jr. backstage at the [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)\|Cirque Medrano]] (1952) — ''Photo X''
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		+	==See Also==
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		+	* Biographies: [[Pipo Sosman]], [[Pipo Sosman, Jr.]]
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		+	[[Category:Photo Archive\|Sosman, Pipo]]

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 File:Emilien_Bouglione.jpg|Émilien Bouglione et sa cavalerie (c.1965)
 File:Emilien_Bouglione Portrait.jpg|Émilien Bouglione (c.1970)
 File:Emilien_Bouglione_Western.jpg|Émilien Bouglione avec sa selle mexicaine (c.1970)
 File:Bouglione_Family.jpg| Émilien Bouglione et sa famille à Monte Carlo (1974)

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 File:Emilien_Bouglione.jpg|Émilien Bouglione and his horses (c.1965)
 File:Emilien_Bouglione Portrait.jpg|Émilien Bouglione (c.1970)
 File:Emilien_Bouglione_Western.jpg|Émilien Bouglione with his Mexican saddle (c.1970)
 File:Bouglione_Family.jpg| Émilien Bouglione and Family in Monte Carlo (1974)

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	Émilien and Christiane Bouglione backstage at the [[Cirque Bouglione]] (c.1970) — ''Photo X''		Émilien and Christiane Bouglione backstage at the [[Cirque Bouglione]] (c.1970) — ''Photo X''
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		+	==See Also==
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		+	* Biography: [[Émilien Bouglione]]
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		+	[[Category:Photo Archive\|Bouglione, Emilien]]

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 File:Frieda_Krone_Elephants.jpeg|Frieda Sembach Krone (1961)
 File:Christel_Sembach_1961.jpg|Christel Krone Sembach (1961)
 File:Krone_Ed_Sullivan.jpg|E''Ed Sullivan Show'' at the Kronebau (1965)
 File:Kronebau_Poster_1966.jpg|Kronebau Poster (1966)

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	A rare image of Circus Krone traveling under a white big top: blue will soon be the only color used. (c.1965) — ''Photo X''		A rare image of Circus Krone traveling under a white big top: blue will soon be the only color used. (c.1965) — ''Photo X''
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		+	==See Also==
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		+	* Circuses: [[Circus Krone]]
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		+	[[Category:Photo Archive\|Krone, Circus]]

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 File:American_Circus_-_Bordeaux.jpg|Circo Americano in Bordeaux (1984)
 Image:Flavio_Togni_1986.jpg|Flavio Togni (1986)
 Image:Il Florilegio 1990.jpg|Il Florilegio: Inside the big top (1990)
 File:Circo_Americano_in_Rotterdam.jpeg|Circo Americano in Rotterdam (1992)

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	Poster for the Tognis' ''Circo Americano'' (or ''American Circus'') on tour in Germany under the title ''Amerikanischer National-Circus'' (1989) — ''Private Collection''		Poster for the Tognis' ''Circo Americano'' (or ''American Circus'') on tour in Germany under the title ''Amerikanischer National-Circus'' (1989) — ''Private Collection''
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		+	==See Also==
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		+	* Biography: [[The Togni Family]]
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−	Poster for a Circus Williams's visit to Brussels. The illustration, featuring the clowns [[The Francescos\|Francescos]], is borrowed from a ~~Bertam~~ Mills Circus's poster (1967) — ''Private Collection''	+	Poster for a Circus Williams's visit to Brussels. The illustration, featuring the clowns [[The Francescos\|Francescos]], is borrowed from a [[Bertram Mills Circus]]'s poster (1967) — ''Private Collection''

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 File:Karl_Kremo_Children.jpg|The Karl Kremo Troupe (c.1920)
 File:Sylvester_Kremo_Family.jpg|The Sylvester Kremo Family (c.1920)
 Image:Kremo_karl_1933.jpg|The Karl Kremo Family (1933)
 </Gallery>
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		+	==See Also==
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		+	* Biography: [[Kremo Family]]
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 Image:Kremo_troup.jpg|The Kremo Family (c.1910)
 File:Elvira_Kremo.jpg|Ella Kremo (1910)
 Image:Les_Kremo.jpg|The Kremo Family (1913)
 File:Karl_Kremo_Children.jpg|The Karl Kremo Troupe (c.1920)

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		+	==See Also==
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		+	* Biography: [[Kremo Family]]
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	==See Also==		==See Also==

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 As was (and still is) the tradition in the circus, they all started training at an early age&mdash;although only ten of Josef's children eventually embraced a circus career. As they grew up, they began to join their father in the ring and performed with him a Risley act which was at first composed of Josef and his two elder sons, Sylvester and Karl. As it was, the ''Kremo Truppe Ikarischen'' ("Kremo Troupe's Icarists")&mdash;the very first Kremo Troupe&mdash;appeared around 1890.
-In time, Sylvester and Karl were joined by other siblings, among whom Anton, Franziska, and Viktor could perform a triple somersault on the feet of their father, the most difficult trick of the specialty, then as now. At some point at the beginning of the twentieth century, Josef fell ill and was eventually confined to a wheelchair. The original Kremo Troupe was dissolved in 1915, and Josef died on December 26, 1917, in Groß Köris, south of Berlin, in Germany, which had become the family seat.
+In time, Sylvester and Karl were joined by other siblings&mdash;among whom Anton, Franziska, and Viktor could perform a triple somersault on the feet of their father, the most difficult trick of the specialty, then as now. The Kremo Troupe became famous and worked all over the world, including the United States and Australia. At some point at the beginning of the twentieth century, Josef fell ill and was eventually confined to a wheelchair. The original Kremo Troupe was dissolved in 1915, and Josef died on December 26, 1917, in Groß Köris, south of Berlin, in Germany, which had become the family seat.
 ===The Kremo Dynasty===
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 File:The_Kremo_Family.jpeg|The Kremo Family (c.1910)
 Image:Les_Kremo.jpg|The Kremo Family (1913)
 File:Sylvester_Kremo_Family.jpg|The Sylvester Kremo Family (c.1920)
 Image:Kremo_karl_1933.jpg|The Karl Kremo Family (1933)
 </Gallery>
-[[Category:Artists and Acts]]
+[[Category:Artists and Acts|Kremo Family]][[Category:Risley Acts (Icarists)|Kremo Family]][[Category:Jugglers|Kremo Family]]
 [[Category:Risley Acts (Icarists)]]
 [[Category:Jugglers]]

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	Promotional postcard for the early Karl Kremo Troupe: Karl on the ''trinka'', and his children Bellona, Bianca, and Béla (from left to right) (c.1920) — ''Circopedia Archive''		Promotional postcard for the early Karl Kremo Troupe: Karl on the ''trinka'', and his children Bellona, Bianca, and Béla (from left to right) (c.1920) — ''Circopedia Archive''
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		+	==See Also==
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		+	* History: [[Kremo Family]]
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		+	[[Category:Photo Archive\|Kremo, Karl]]

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	Promotional card for Elvira Kremo, tight wire dancer (1910) — ''Private Collection''		Promotional card for Elvira Kremo, tight wire dancer (1910) — ''Private Collection''
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		+	==See Also==
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		+	* Biography: [[Kremo Family]]
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		+	[[Category:Photo Archive\|Kremo, Elvira]]

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 ===The Kremo Dynasty===
-Ella Kremo became a tight-wire acrobat and made her debut as such in Ganz, Austria,  in 1901. She was one of the very few women (if not the only one known at the time) to perform a somersault on the wire. She married a photographer, Johann Hötzl. Lina Kremo also had her own career with an act titled ''Kremolina & Partner'', in which she danced with her brother Franz, and which became ''La Kremolina and Darras'' when she left the family act and married Otto Darras in 1926.
+[[File:Kremo_karl_1933.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Karl Kremo Troupe (1933)]]Ella Kremo became a tight-wire acrobat and made her debut as such in Ganz, Austria,  in 1901. She was one of the very few women (if not the only one known at the time) to perform a somersault on the wire. She married a photographer, Johann Hötzl. Lina Kremo also had her own career with an act titled ''Kremolina & Partner'', in which she danced with her brother Franz, and which became ''La Kremolina and Darras'' when she left the family act and married Otto Darras in 1926.
 At least two of the Kremo children, Sylvester and Karl, eventually went on to create their own Risley acts, and continued the family tradition. The Sylvester Kremo Family troupe consisted of Sylvester and his daughters, Sylvia and Selna. The Karl Kremo Family was a larger troupe, consisting of Karl, his brother Mark (1888-1945), his wife Margrit (née Hanus in Hungary, 1891-1923) and their children, Bellona, Béla, Bianca, and Bert, along with occasional partners. Both troupes brilliantly continued the Kremo tradition, performing in Europe's leading circuses and variety theaters until the 1930s. The Karl Kremo Family was the most famous of the two.

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		+	* Biography: [[Kremo Family]]

	[[Category:Photo Archive\|Kremo, Karl]]		[[Category:Photo Archive\|Kremo, Karl]]

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-[[File:Kremo_troup.jpg|right|400px]]The Kremos, a Czech family of acrobats, produced two generations of remarkable icarists, followed by two generations of remarkable jugglers, [[Béla Kremo]], and his son, [[Kris Kremo|Kris]]. All of them have been important circus and variety stars in Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and Kris Kremo, who also became a celebrated international star in America as well as in Europe, continued the tradition well into the twenty-first century.
+The Kremos, a Czech family of acrobats, produced two generations of remarkable icarists, followed by two generations of remarkable jugglers, [[Béla Kremo]], and his son, [[Kris Kremo|Kris]]. All of them have been important circus and variety stars in Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and Kris Kremo, who also became a celebrated international star in America as well as in Europe, continued the tradition well into the twenty-first century.
 ===Josef Kremka===
-The original Kremo troupe was created around 1880 by Josef Kremo (1854-1917), whose real name name was Kremka. His family was of Czech origins&mdash;at a time when Czechoslovakia was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. By age ten, Josef Kremka had been apprenticed to the [[The Scheffers|Scheffers]], an Austrian family of talented acrobats who performed the best and most celebrated Risley act of the late 19th century. (Their name's correct spelling was ''Schäffer'', but was generally spelled ''Scheffer'' in the circus and variety business)
+[[File:The_Kremo_Family.jpeg|thumb|left|300px|Poster for the Kremo Family Troupe]]The original Kremo troupe was created around 1880 by Josef Kremo (1854-1917), whose real name name was Kremka. His family was of Czech origins&mdash;at a time when Czechoslovakia was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. By age ten, Josef Kremka had been apprenticed to the [[The Scheffers|Scheffers]], an Austrian family of talented acrobats who performed the best and most celebrated Risley act of the late 19th century. (Their name's correct spelling was ''Schäffer'', but was generally spelled ''Scheffer'' in the circus and variety business)
 Josef eventually left the Scheffers, and being a polyvalent circus performer, he went to work in any capacity that was required: on the trapeze, the high wire (he performed on stilts on the wire), as a contortionist, and as a tumbler. In 1880 he married the equestrienne [[Franziska Allinger]] (1858-1940). Together, they had twelve surviving children: Sylvester (1881-1962), Karl (1882-1958), Elvira (known as Ella, 1884-1973), Karolina (known as Lina, 1885-1945), Eugenie, Mark (1888-1945), Franziska, the twins Victor and Leon, Siegfried, and two others whose name are not known.
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 ===The Kremo Dynasty===
-Ella Kremo became a tight-wire acrobat and made her debut as such in Ganz, Austria,  in 1901. She was one of the very few women (if not the only one known at the time) to perform a somersault on the wire. She married a photographer, Johann Hötzl. At least three of the Kremo children, Sylvester, Josef's eldest son, and Karl, his younger brother, eventually went on to create their own acts, and continued the family tradition, each with his own Risley troupe.
+Ella Kremo became a tight-wire acrobat and made her debut as such in Ganz, Austria,  in 1901. She was one of the very few women (if not the only one known at the time) to perform a somersault on the wire. She married a photographer, Johann Hötzl. Lina Kremo also had her own career with an act titled ''Kremolina & Partner'', in which she danced with her brother Franz, and which became ''La Kremolina and Darras'' when she left the family act and married Otto Darras in 1926.
-The Sylvester Kremo Family troupe consisted of Sylvester and his daughters, Sylvia and Selna. The Karl Kremo Family was a larger troupe, consisting of Karl, his brother Mark (1888-1945), his wife Margrit (née Hanus in Hungary, 1891-1923) and their children, Bellona, Béla, Bianca, and Bert, along with occasional partners. Both troupes brilliantly continued the Kremo tradition, performing in Europe's leading circuses and variety theaters until the 1930s. The Karl Kremo Family was the most famous of the two.
+At least two of the Kremo children, Sylvester and Karl, eventually went on to create their own Risley acts, and continued the family tradition. The Sylvester Kremo Family troupe consisted of Sylvester and his daughters, Sylvia and Selna. The Karl Kremo Family was a larger troupe, consisting of Karl, his brother Mark (1888-1945), his wife Margrit (née Hanus in Hungary, 1891-1923) and their children, Bellona, Béla, Bianca, and Bert, along with occasional partners. Both troupes brilliantly continued the Kremo tradition, performing in Europe's leading circuses and variety theaters until the 1930s. The Karl Kremo Family was the most famous of the two.
 One of Karl's sons, Belá, became a famous juggler: Belá Kremo (1911=1979), "The Gentleman Juggler", an act he debuted in 1931. His son, Kris Kremo (b.1951), became in turn a world-famous juggler, and a true living legend who has maintained the name alive and at the zenith of juggling history.
 ==See also==

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 ==New Essays and Biographies==
-* [[Émilien Bouglione]], French version
+* [[Émilien Bouglione/fr|Émilien Bouglione]], French version
-* [[The Kremo Family]], icarists
+* [[Kremo Family]], icarists
 * [[The Ziratron]], Israel's first Circus
 * [[Carlos Guity]], acrobat