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Li Suang

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Jacko Fossett

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Cirque Medrano (Paris)/fr

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Cirque Medrano (Paris)

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The Melvilles

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==Jugglers==

* Video: [[Melvilles_Video_(1939)|The Melvilles. jugglers]], in a British newsreel (1939)

[[Category:Artists and Acts|Melvilles, The]][[Category:Jugglers|Melvilles, The]]

Melvilles Video (1939)

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* Biography: [[The Melvilles]]

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The Frediani Family

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Marthe and Juliette Vesque

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Marthe et Juliette Vesque

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Marthe and Juliette Vesque

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‎Les Demoiselles Vesque

Philippe Gruss

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Philippe Gruss

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Philippe Gruss

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The Gruss Dynasty

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Philippe Gruss

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Philippe Gruss Video (1982)

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* Biography: [[Philippe Gruss]]

[[Category:Video Archive|Gruss, Philippe]]

Fredy Knie Sr Video (1961)

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Sidorova Video (2026)

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Irina Sidorova

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==Animal Trainer==

* Video: [[Sidorova_Video_(2026)|Irina Sidorova, trained coatis]], at Circus Nikulin (2026)

[[Category:Artists and Acts|Sidorova, Irina]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Sidorova, Irina]][[Category:Exotic Animals|Sidorova, Irina]]

Sidorova Video (2026)

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* Biography: [[Irina Sidorova]]

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Hng Thean Leong

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Hng Thean Leong Video (2026)

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Hng Thean Leong, diabolo act, at the 4th [[''Artist'' Festival]] at Moscow's [[Circus Nikulin]] (2026)

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* Biography: [[Hng Thean Leong]]

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Cirque Medrano (Paris)

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‎Berthe Medrano’s Circus

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 ==Rope Dancer==
 * Video: [[Li_Suang_Video_(1972)|Li Suang, bouncing rope]], at the Cirque d'Hiver in Paris (1972)
 [[Category:Artists and Acts|Li Suang]][[Category:Acrobats|Li Suang]][[Category:Bouncing Rope|Li Suang]]

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	Li Suang (Serge Barello) at the [[Cirque Bouglione]] (c.1970) — ''Photo X''		Li Suang (Serge Barello) at the [[Cirque Bouglione]] (c.1970) — ''Photo X''
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		+	==See Also==
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		+	* Biography: [[Li Suang]]
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-[[File:Jacko_Fossett.jpg|right|300px]]
+[[File:Jacko_Fossett_mufti.jpg|right|400px]]
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 File:Jacko_Fossett.jpg|Jacko Fossett (c.1980)
 File:Jacko_Fossett_and_Elephant.jpg|Jacko Fossett and friend at Belle Vue (1983)
 File:Fossett_-_Ashwood.jpg|Jacko Fossett by Jennifer Ashwood (2020)
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 [[Category:Artists and Acts|Fossett, Jacko]][[Category:Clowns|Fossett, Jacko]]

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		+	* Biography: [[Jacko Fossett]]
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 File:Fratellini_Jrs_-_Medrano.jpg|carte postale promotionnelle pour Kiko, Popol et Baba Fratellini (1958)
 File:Medrano_Program_1960.jpeg|Couverture de programme par André Troy (1960)
 File:Bario_-_Cavalcade_sur_Glace.jpg|Les Bario dans ''Cavalacade sur Glace'' (1960)
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 File:Fratellini_Jrs_-_Medrano.jpg|Advertising Postcard for Kiko, Popol & Baba Fratellini (1958)
 File:Medrano_Program_1960.jpeg|Program Cover by André Troy (1960)
 File:Bario_-_Cavalcade_sur_Glace.jpg|Les Bario in ''Cavalacade sur Glace'' (1960)
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−	Poster for Volette Medrano's production of ''Cavalcade sur Glace'' at Paris's Cirque Medrano, featuring [[Les Bario]] &mdash' ''Private Collection''	+	Poster for Volette Medrano's production of ''Cavalcade sur Glace'' at Paris's Cirque Medrano, featuring [[Les Bario]] — ''Private Collection''
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		+	==See Also==
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		+	* History: [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)]]
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		+	[[Category:Art Gallery\|Medrano, Cirque]]

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 * [[Philippe_Gruss_Video_(1982)|Philippe Gruss]], liberty act (1982)
 * [[Sidorova_Video_(2026)|Irina Sidorova]], trained coatis (2026)
 * [[Hng_Thean_Leong_Video_(2026)|Hng Thean Leong]], diabolo act (2026)
 * [[Fredy_Knie_Sr_Video_(1961)|Frédy Knie, Sr.]], liberty act (1961)
 ==New Oral Histories==

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 <Gallery>
 File:Fredianis_3_men_high.jpg|The Fredianis (c.1890)
-File:The_Fredianis_Nouveau_Cirque.jpg|The Fredianis (1909)
+Les_Frediani_-_Vesque.jpg|The Fredianis at the Nouveau Cirque (1909)
 File:Antonet_et_Beby_-_Vesque.jpg|Antonet & Béby (1929)
 File:Antonet_et_Beby.jpg|Antonet & Béby (c.1930)

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 File:Geronimo_Medrano_4_spt_1904.jpg|Geronimo Medrano (1904)
 File:The_Fredianis_Nouveau_Cirque.jpg|The Fredianis at the Nouveau Cirque (1909)
 File:Vesque_-_Cookes_1912.jpg|The Cookes (1912)
 File:Vesque_Florimond-Bastien_1914.jpg|Florimond-Bastien Troupe (1914)

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	The Fredianis at the [[Nouveau Cirque (Paris)\|Nouveau Cirque]] by Marthe and Juliette Vesque (1910) — ''Musée du Cirque Alain Frère''		The Fredianis at the [[Nouveau Cirque (Paris)\|Nouveau Cirque]] by Marthe and Juliette Vesque (1910) — ''Musée du Cirque Alain Frère''
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		+	==See Also==
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		+	* Biography: [[Marthe et Juliette Vesque]], [[The Fredianis]]

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−	The Fredianis at the [[Nouveau Cirque (Paris)\|Nouveau Cirque]] by Marthe and Juliette Vesque. The drawing was signed in 1930 by Béby Frediani: "Affectionate souvenir of friendship to Mlles Vesque" (1909) — ''Document: Musée national des Arts et Traditions Populaires''	+	The Fredianis at the [[Nouveau Cirque (Paris)\|Nouveau Cirque]] by Marthe and Juliette Vesque. The drawing was signed in 1930 by [[Béby Frediani]]: "Affectionate souvenir of friendship to Mlles Vesque" (1909) — ''Document: Musée national des Arts et Traditions Populaires''

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 ===Les Demoiselles Vesque===
-[[File:Marthe_Vesque.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Marthe Vesque]][[File:Juliette_Vesque.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Juliette Vesque]]
+[[File:Marthe_Vesque.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Marthe Vesque]]
 Known in the French circus milieu as "les demoiselles Vesque," or&mdash;somewhat more fittingly because it rings like the name of a circus act&mdash;"les sœurs Vesque" (the Vesque sisters), Marthe and Juliette Vesque spent their lives together, never married, and shared not only the same occupation, but also the same passions. Marthe was born in 1879 in Joinville-le-Pont, a suburb of Paris, and Juliette, who was born in Paris, followed her in 1881.
 Their father, Julien Vesque (1848-1895), was a respected botanist; he was Maître de Conférences (Professor) at the Institut Agronomique in Paris and had published an important ''Traité de Botanique agricole et industrielle'' in 1885. Like most botanists of his era, Julien Vesque used to make meticulous drawings of his observations. He passed his artistic talents on to his daughters, and was not only their first art teacher, but he also taught them how to do precise and accurate renderings through careful observation.
-Marthe and Juliette developed a passion for the circus at an early age. In the first half of the twentieth century, Paris was Europe’s circus capital. During their lifetime, they were able to visit regularly not only the [[Cirque d’Hiver]] and [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Cirque Medrano]], which preceded and survived them, but also other Parisian circuses: The [[Nouveau Cirque]], until 1926; the [[Cirque Métropole]] (later Cirque de Paris) from 1906 to 1930; the [[Hippodrome de la Place Clichy]] from 1900 to 1907; and the [[Empire Music-Hall Cirque]] from 1924 to 1937.
+[[File:Juliette_Vesque.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Juliette Vesque]]Marthe and Juliette developed a passion for the circus at an early age. In the first half of the twentieth century, Paris was Europe’s circus capital. During their lifetime, they were able to visit regularly not only the [[Cirque d’Hiver]] and [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Cirque Medrano]], which preceded and survived them, but also other Parisian circuses: The [[Nouveau Cirque]], until 1926; the [[Cirque Métropole]] (later Cirque de Paris) from 1906 to 1930; the [[Hippodrome de la Place Clichy]] from 1900 to 1907; and the [[Empire Music-Hall Cirque]] from 1924 to 1937.
 They may also have visited, in their childhood and adolescence, the [[Hippodrome de l’Alma]], which gave its last performance in November 1892, and the legendary [[Cirque des Champs-Elysées]], which closed in 1898. To this list, one must add the many traveling circuses that visited Paris and its suburbs and the few they saw in their travels, and an equally important number of Parisian revue and variety theaters, such as the Folies Bergère, the Casino de Paris, the Olympia, the ABC, and the Alhambra. All those great theaters presented circus acts regularly.

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 File:Philippe_Gruss_and_Thoas.jpg|Philippe Gruss on Thoas (1955)
 File:Philippe_Gruss_-_Radio_Circus.jpg|Philippe Gruss at the Radio Circus (1955)
 File:Philippe_Gruss_1959.jpg|Philippe Gruss and Batam (1959)
 File:Philippe_Gruss_-_Mills_(1960).jpeg|Philippe Gruss and Batam (1960)

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		+	==See Also==
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		+	* Biography: [[Philippe Gruss]]
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 File:Philippe_Gruss_-_Mills_(1960).jpeg|Philippe Gruss and Batam (1960)
 File:Philippe_Gruss_-_Arlette_Jeannet.jpg|Mireille and Philippe Gruss, Arlette jeannet, and Tonino Zavatta (1960)
 File:Poster_Philippe_Gruss.jpg|Poster featuring Philippe Gruss (c.1960)
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		+	==See Also==
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		+	* Biography: [[Philippe Gruss]]
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		+	==See Also==
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		+	* Biography: [[Philippe Gruss]]
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 * [[The Charlivels]], acrobats
 * [[Guangxi_Acrobatic_Troupe|The Guangxi Acrobatic Troupe]], Chinese acrobatics
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 ==New Videos==
 * [[Sidorova_Video_(2026)|Irina Sidorova]], trained coatis (2026)
 * [[Hng_Thean_Leong_Video_(2026)|Hng Thean Leong]], diabolo act (2026)
 * [[Fredy_Knie_Sr_Video_(1961)|Frédy Knie, Sr.]], liberty act (1961)
 * [[Podlyatsky_Video_(2026)|Roman Podlyatsky & Kristina Kisileva]], monkey act (2026)
 ==New Oral Histories==

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 * Video: [[Gruss_Jockey_Video_(1977)|Alexis, Jr., Patrick & Martine Gruss, triple jockey act]], at the Cirque Gruss in Paris (1977)
 * Video: [[Gruss_Benac_Video_(1977)|Alexis Gruss, Jr. & Marie-Pierre Bénac, ''Les Poses Équestres'']], at the Cirque Gruss in Paris (1977)
 * Video: [[Armand_Gruss_and_Toffy_(1984)_Video|Armand Gruss and Toffy, elephant act]], at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain (1985)
 * Video: [[Stephan_Gruss_Juggling_on_Horseback_1985|Stephan Gruss, juggling on horseback]], at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain (1985)

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 ==Equestrian, Animal Trainer==
-* Video: [[Philippe_Gruss_Video_(1965)|Philippe Gruss, leopard act]], at the Cirque Jean Richard (1965)
+* Video: [[Philippe_Gruss_Video_(1965)|Philippe Gruss, leopard act]], at Cirque Jean Richard (1965)
 ==See Also==

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 * Video: [[Hng_Thean_Leong_Video_(2023)|Hng Thean Leong, diabolo juggling]], at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain (2023)
 * Video: [[Hng_Thean_Leong_Video_(2024)|Hng Thean Leong, diabolo juggling]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (2024)
 [[Category:Artists and Acts|Hng Thean Leong]][[Category:Jugglers|Hng Thean Leong]][[Category:Diabolo Acts|Hng Thean Leong]]

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 In December 1914, the Nouveau Cirque reopened. Most theatres, however, remained closed until the beginning of 1915. Then, little by little, they came back to life, including Medrano. Casting the shows had become difficult since a large number of male performers had been drafted, and although the circus is international by essence, the situation made it impossible to tap into the large reservoir of performers from countries that happened to be at war with France.
-[[File:Fratellini_Trio_(1932).jpeg|thumb|right|400px|The Fratellinis (1932)]]Like the majority of their colleagues, the Fratellinis disliked William Parish, the owner of Madrid’s Circo Parish (the old [[Circo Price (Madrid)|Circo Price]]), and they let Bonten know that they were available and ready to come back to Paris. Between the three of them and their late brother Louis, they had a large family to support, and their nationality was perhaps a little too difficult to sort out (Paul was born in Sicily, François in Paris, and Albert in Moscow): They were exempt from military service. Bonten jumped on the opportunity.
+[[File:Fratellini_Trio_(1932).jpeg|thumb|right|400px|The Fratellinis (1932)]]Like the majority of their colleagues, the Fratellinis disliked William Parish, the owner of Madrid’s Circo Parish (the old [[Circo Price (Madrid)|Circo Price]]), and they let Bonten know that they were available and ready to come back to Paris. Between the three of them and their late brother Louis, they had a large family to support, and their nationality was perhaps a little too difficult to sort out (Paul was born in Sicily, François in Paris, and Albert in Moscow): François and Paul were exempt from military service, and Albert had not be called. Bonten jumped on the opportunity.
 The Fratellinis were not only extremely talented, they also offered something new: A clown trio. Until then, clowns had worked solo, or as a clown/auguste team, like Foottit & Chocolat and many others after them. To the traditional duet of François (the clown, charmingly light and graceful) and Paul (a ridiculous and bombastic auguste), they had added Albert, who had developed an extravagant and phantasmagoric auguste character that injected a good dose of mirthful surrealism in everything the brothers did. Additionally, they had a vast repertoire of classic entrées and musical interludes to which the unusual composition of their team&mdash;and their imagination&mdash;added a veneer of novelty.