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Viacheslav Zolkin

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Svetlana Mikityuk

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Mikityuk and Zolkin

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‎Foot Jugglers, Bear Trainers

Mikityuk and Zolkin

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==Foot Jugglers, Bear Trainers==

* Video: [[Mikityuk_and_Zolkin_Video_(1984)|Svetlana Mikityuk & Viacheslav Zolkin, foot juggling with bears]], at Moscow's Old Circus (1984)

[[Category:Artists and Acts|Mikityuk & Zolkin]][[Category:Foot Juggling|Mikityuk & Zolkin]][[Category:Animal Trainers|Mikityuk & Zolkin]][[Category:Bear Acts|Mikityuk & Zolkin]]

Mikityuk and Zolkin Video (1984)

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Svetlana Mikityuk & Viacheslav Zolkin, foot juggling with bears, at Moscow's [[Circus Nikulin|Old Circus]] on Tsvetnoy Boulevard (1984)

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==See Also==

* Biography: [[Mikityuk and Zolkin]]

[[Category:Video Archive|Mikityuk & Zolkin]]

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Pyongyang State Circus

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Pyongyang Flyers Video (2012)

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Pyongyang Flyers Video (2012)

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Pyongyang Young Flyers, flying act, at the State Circus of Pyongyang (2012)

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* Biography: [[Pyongyang Flying Troupe]]

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Gérard Edon

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Gilbert Houcke

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Gilbert Houcke

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‎Circus Knie’s Tigers

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Pipo Sosman, Jr.

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Gaston Häni

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Gaston, Rolfi and Pipo Video (1986)

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Gaston Häni, Rolf Knie & Pipo Sosman (with Kurt Felix), restaurant entrée, on SFR Television (''in German'') (1976)

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* Biographies: [[Rolfi Knie]], [[Gaston Häni]], [[Pipo Sosman, Jr.]]

[[Category:Video Archive|Häni, Gaston]]

Francescos Video (1960)

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David Larible

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David Larible Video (1986)

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David Larible, clown reprise, on the German television show ''Ein Abend für Freddy Quinn'' (1983)

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* Biography: [[David Larrible]]

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Lilly Yokoi

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‎The Ballerina On The Golden Bicycle

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Lilly Yokoi

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The Aratas

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Egor Sukhorukov

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Maria Andreeva

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Andreeva and Sukhorukov Video (2026)

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Maria Andreeva & Egor Sukhorukov, corde lisse, at the 25th [[Festival International des Artistes de Cirque]] of Saint-Paul-lès-Dax (2026) — ''Document: Festival International des Artistes de Cirque''

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==See Also==

* Biography: [[Maria Andreeva]], [[Egor Sukhorukov]]

[[Category:Video Archive|Andreeva, Maria]]

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 ==New Videos==
 * [[Pyongyang_Flyers_Video_(2012)|Pyongyang Flyers]], flying act (2012)
 * [[Gaston,_Rolfi_and_Pipo_Video_(1986)|Gaston Häni, Rolf Knie & Pipo Sosman]], clown entrée (1986)
 * [[David_Larible_Video_(1986)|David Larible]], clown (1986)
 * [[Andreeva_and_Sukhorukov_Video_(2026)|Maria Andreeva & Egor Sukhorukov]], corde lisse (2026)
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	* Video: [[Mikityuk_and_Zolkin_Video_(1984)\|Svetlana Mikityuk & Viacheslav Zolkin, foot juggling with bears]], at Moscow's Old Circus (1984)		* Video: [[Mikityuk_and_Zolkin_Video_(1984)\|Svetlana Mikityuk & Viacheslav Zolkin, foot juggling with bears]], at Moscow's Old Circus (1984)

−	[[Category:Artists and Acts\|Mikityuk & Zolkin]][[Category:Foot ~~Juggling~~\|Mikityuk & Zolkin]][[Category:Animal Trainers\|Mikityuk & Zolkin]][[Category:Bear Acts\|Mikityuk & Zolkin]]	+	[[Category:Artists and Acts\|Mikityuk & Zolkin]][[Category:Foot Jugglers\|Mikityuk & Zolkin]][[Category:Animal Trainers\|Mikityuk & Zolkin]][[Category:Bear Acts\|Mikityuk & Zolkin]]

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 ==New Videos==
 * [[Gaston,_Rolfi_and_Pipo_Video_(1986)|Gaston Häni, Rolf Knie & Pipo Sosman]], clown entrée (1986)
 * [[David_Larible_Video_(1986)|David Larible]], clown (1986)
 * [[Andreeva_and_Sukhorukov_Video_(2026)|Maria Andreeva & Egor Sukhorukov]], corde lisse (2026)
 * [[Adar_Video_(2026)|Yahav Adar]], roue Cyr (2026)
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 * Video: [[Moonyang_Troupe_Video_(c2005)|Moonyang Troupe, flying act]], at the State Circus of Pyongyang (c.2005)
 * Video: [[Flying_Girls_Video_(2009)|New Flying Girls, flying act]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (2009)
 * Video: [[Pyongyang_Flying_Troupe_Video_(2013)|Pyongyang Troupe, flying act]], at the at the Weltweihnachtscircus in Stuttgart (2013)
 * Video: [[Pyongyang_Flying_Troupe_Video_(2014)|Pyongyang Troupe, flying act]], at the Bolshoi Circus in Moscow (2014)

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 File:Edon_-_Blackpool.jpg|Gérard Edon at Blackpool Tower Circus (1970)
 File:Edon_-_Bouglione.jpeg|Gérard Edon poster (c.1970)
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−	Gérard Edon at the Cirque d'Hiver, during a filming of the long-running television show ''La Piste aux Étoiles'' — ''Photo X''	+	Gérard Edon at the [[Cirque d'Hiver]], during a filming of the long-running French television show ''[[La Piste aux Étoiles]]'' — ''Photo X''
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		+	==See Also==
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		+	* Biography: [[Gérard Edon]]
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		+	[[Category:Photo Archive\|Edon, Gérard]]

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 File:Sterne_über_Colombo.jpg|''Sterne über Colombo'' Poster (1953)
 File:Etoiles_sur_Colombo_Poster.jpeg|''Étoiles sur Colombo'' Poster (1953)
 File:Houcke_Die_Blonde_Frau.jpg|Gilbert Houcke in ''Der blonde Frau des Maharadscha'' (1954)
 File:Vojtech_Trubka_Kronebau.jpg|Vojtech Trubka (1954)

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	Gilbert Houcke and his tigers at [[Zirkus Aeros]] (1953) — ''Photo X''		Gilbert Houcke and his tigers at [[Zirkus Aeros]] (1953) — ''Photo X''
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		+	* Biography: [[Gilbert Houcke]]
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 The only prop used in the act was a huge contraption made of a revolving hoop surrounded by six stools, which was lowered down into the cage from the cupola toward the end of the act: Three tigers jumped one after another through the revolving hoop, in what looked like a beautifully choreographed ballet. Then the contraption was hauled back up and the cage was empty again. The act ended with a spectacular series of standing jumps by one of Houcke’s huge Siberian tigers. The act would remain practically unchanged until the end.
-After his season with Circus Knie, Gilbert Houcke and his tigers appeared in Berlin for the Holiday season in one of Europe’s most prestigious Christmas shows, [[‘’Menschen-Tiere-Sensationen’’]] at the Deutschlandhalle. Then, in February and March, he returned to Wien, Austria, in the no-less prestigious [[“Artisten, Tiere, Attraktionen”]] (or ATA) at the Wienerstadthalle. After these two relatively short engagements, he went on tour for the 1965 season with the French [[Cirque Pinder]], which was then associated with the French national broadcasting company (ORTF)&mdash;and thus, like its predecessor the Radio-Circus, enjoyed an immense popularity. Gilbert shared the bill with his brother Sacha, who presented a liberty act from Circus Knie.[[File:Gilbert_Houcke_and_Tiger_-_Knie.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Gilbert Houcke at Circus Knie (1964)]]
+After his season with Circus Knie, Gilbert Houcke and his tigers appeared in Berlin for the Holiday season in one of Europe’s most prestigious Christmas shows, ''[[Menschen-Tiere-Sensationen]]'' at the Deutschlandhalle. Then, in February and March, he returned to Wien, Austria, in the no-less prestigious ''[[Artisten, Tiere, Attraktionen]]'' (or ATA) at the Wienerstadthalle. After these two relatively short engagements, he went on tour for the 1965 season with the French [[Cirque Pinder]], which was then associated with the French national broadcasting company (ORTF)&mdash;and thus, like its predecessor the Radio-Circus, enjoyed an immense popularity. Gilbert shared the bill with his brother Sacha, who presented a liberty act from Circus Knie.[[File:Gilbert_Houcke_and_Tiger_-_Knie.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Gilbert Houcke at Circus Knie (1964)]]
-In December 1965, Gilbert returned to the Cirque d’Hiver, in a superb program where he shared the bill with [[Gunther Gebel-Williams]] and his wife, [[Jeanette Williams]]. Gunther presented his tiger on elephants and [[Circus Williams]]’s herd of eleven pachyderms, and Jeanette rode in high school and presented, in alternance with her husband, Circus Williams’s spectacular group of twenty-four Lipizzan horses. However, in the cage, Gilbert had the star position, appearing just before intermission after Gunther, whose amazing act was nonetheless the curtain opener!
+In December 1965, Gilbert returned to the Cirque d’Hiver, in a superb program where he shared the bill with [[Gunther Gebel-Williams]] and his wife, [[Jeanette Williams]]. Gunther presented his tiger on elephants and [[Circus Williams]]’s herd of eleven pachyderms, and Jeanette rode in high school and presented, alterning with her husband, Circus Williams’s spectacular group of twenty-four Lipizzan horses. However, in the cage, Gilbert had the star position, appearing just before intermission after Gunther, whose amazing act was nonetheless the curtain opener!
 While the Williamses stayed at the Cirque d’Hiver for the rest of the winter season, Gilbert Houcke embarked with his tigers on a ship to South Africa, where he would spend the 1966 season with [[Circus Boswell-Wilkie]], the African continent’s premier circus and a favorite of European performers because of its two-year, advantageous contracts (although Houcke spent only one year there). During this tour, Gilbert lost a tiger, Madras, to a dental infection; he returned to Europe with seven tigers. (This number would remain the same until Gilbert’s final season in 1972, when a new tiger was added to the act).

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 * Video: [[Rolf,_Gaston,_Pipo_Video_(1983)|Pipo Sosman, Rolf Knie & Gaston Häni, boxing entrée]], from their stage show (1983)
 * Video: [[Pipo Gaston_Zippo_Video_(1993)|Pipo Sosman, Gaston Häni & Zippo, balloon entrée]], at Circus Roncalli (1993)
 * Video: [[Pipo_Gougou_Zippo_Video_(2004)|Pipo Sosman, Petit Gougou & Zippo, balloon entrée]], at Circus Roncalli (2004)

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 * Video: [[Rolf,_Gaston,_Pipo_Video_(1983)|Gaston Häni, Rolf Knie & Pipo Sosman, boxing entrée]], from their stage show (1983)
 * Video: [[Pipo_Gaston_Zippo_Video_(1993)|Pipo Sosman, Zippo, & Gaston Häni, balloon entrée]], at Circus Roncalli (1993)
 * Video: [[Gaston_und_Roli_Video_(2004)|Gaston & Roli, boxing entrée]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (2004)

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 ==See Also==
-* Biographies: [[Rolfi Knie]], [[Gaston Häni]], [[Pipo Sosman, Jr.]]
+* Biographies: [[Rolf Knie]], [[Gaston Häni]], [[Pipo Sosman, Jr.]]
 [[Category:Video Archive|Häni, Gaston]]

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 The Francescos, clown entrée, in the French Television's long running show, ''La Piste aux Etoiles'', filmed at the [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Cirque Medrano]] in Paris (1960) &ndash; ''Document INA, France [http://www.ina.fr (ina.fr)]''
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-* Video:[[David_Larible_Video_(2007)|David Larible, ''The Orchestra'' entrée]], at Circus Roncalli (2007)
+* Video: [[David_Larible_Video_(1986)|David Larible, clown reprise]], on German television (1983)
-* Video:[[David_Larible_Video_(2014)|David Larible, plates entrée]], in the French TV show ''Le plus grand cabaret du monde'' (2014)
+* Video: [[David_Larible_Video_(2007)|David Larible, ''The Orchestra'' entrée]], at Circus Roncalli (2007)
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 ==See Also==
-* Biography: [[David Larrible]]
+* Biography: [[David Larible]]
 [[Category:Video Archive|Larible, David]]

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 ===The Ballerina On The Golden Bicycle===
-[[File:Lilly_Yokoi_on_Bicycle.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Lilly Yokoi (c.1960)]]Lilly Yokoi became one of the highest paid solo performers in the circus and variety world. In his memoirs, ''Bertram Mills Circus &mdash; Its Story'', [[Cyril Mills]] remembers: “…she was about the highest paid circus artiste in the world and having had to do battle with all the great circuses, I still had to wait two years until she was free.” And he added, “I think she was one of the greatest performers I ever engaged. She was an artiste down to her fingertips, her costumes were magnificent, and she had a smile which was so infectious that her audience was with her in the first minute.” Just before her engagement with Bertram Mills Circus in 1962, Lilly had her bicycle gold plated; she became known as "The Bellerina On The Golden Bicycle."
+[[File:Knie_poster_-_Lilly_Yokoi.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Lilly Yokoi at Circus Knie (1975)]]Lilly Yokoi became one of the highest paid solo performers in the circus and variety world. In his memoirs, ''Bertram Mills Circus &mdash; Its Story'', [[Cyril Mills]] remembers: “…she was about the highest paid circus artiste in the world and having had to do battle with all the great circuses, I still had to wait two years until she was free.” And he added, “I think she was one of the greatest performers I ever engaged. She was an artiste down to her fingertips, her costumes were magnificent, and she had a smile which was so infectious that her audience was with her in the first minute.” Just before her engagement with Bertram Mills Circus in 1962, Lilly had her bicycle gold plated; she became known as "The Bellerina On The Golden Bicycle."
 She made numerous appearances on television. In the United States, she was introduced by host Joan Crawford on ABC Television’s ''Hollywood Palace'', and she was featured three times on CBS’s ''The Ed Sullivan Show''. She was also one of the mystery guests on the popular game show ''What’s My Line'' on CBS. In France, she appeared on the long-running television circus show, ''[[La Piste aux Etoiles]]'', and in England on ITV’s ''The Paul Daniels Magic Show''. While performing at the London Palladium in 1975, she was invited to participate in a Royal Variety Performance for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, which was also broadcast on British television: She was in the company of Dudley Moore, Peter Sellers, Jack Benny, Peter, Paul & Mary, and the French upcoming "nouvelle vague" star, Johnny Halliday, among others.  In addition, Lilly was featured in Gilbert Cates's circus movie documentary, ''Rings Around The World'' (1966).
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 File:Lilly_Yokoi_Portrait.jpg|Lilly Yokoi (c.1970)
 File:Lilly_Yokoi.jpg|Lilly Yokoi (c.1970)
 File:Knie_Program-_Lilly_Yokoi.jpg|Circus Knie Program Cover (1975)
 File:Knie_poster_-_Lilly_Yokoi.jpg|Lilly Yokoi at Circus Knie (1975)
-File:Lilly_Yokoi_on_handle.jpg|Lilly Yokoi (c.1970)
+File:Lilly_Yokoi_-_one_wheel.png|Lilly Yokoi (1977)
 File:Lilly_Yokoi_-_old_age.jpg|Lilly Yokoi in retirement (c.2010)
 </Gallery>
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	Lilly Yokoi performing on one wheel (1977) — ''Photo © Alan Gilbert Purcell''		Lilly Yokoi performing on one wheel (1977) — ''Photo © Alan Gilbert Purcell''
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		+	==See Also==
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		+	* Biography: [[Lilly Yokoi]]
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 ==In The Spotlight==
-===THE ARATAS===
+===LILLY YOKOI===
-[[File:Anna_and_Billy_Arata.jpg|right|300px]]
+[[File:Lilly_Yokoi_on_Bicycle.jpg|right|300px]]
-The Aratas performed a truly original and outstanding tight wire act, which was very successful in Europe in the 1960s and early 1970s. The act originated in 1957 as a trio, with Anna Arata, and her younger brothers, Billy and Vittorio. At that time, Anna performed an amazing wire crossing with her brother Billy head-balancing on her head. Following Anna’s retiring from the act in 1962, Vittorio and Billy continued to work as a duet (and continued to perform together Anna’s original head-to-head balancing trick).
+In the 1960s and 1970s, Lilly Yokoi (1929-2026) was considered the world's greatest acrobat on bicycle. Her act was indeed technically outstanding, and the ease with which she performed it, her grace, and her unmatched elegance 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 acknowledged as such by all those who were lucky enough to see her perform.
-The Aratas came from a large Italian circus family that originated in the late nineteenth century. Its founder, Amedeo Arata (c.1872-1947), was a strongman from Massa Carrara who worked on the fairgrounds. Amedeo married Claudia Rizzoli, a Bolognese tight-wire dancer, and together they created the Circo Tea Arata, which remained active until 1943. Amedeo and Claudia had five children: Alfredo, Elena, Fanny, Violetta, and Guido. Guido (1911-?) married Cleofe Denji, who came from another Italian circus family, and together they had three children, Anna (b. January 5, 1940), Vittorio (b. January 26, 1942), and Francesco, known as Billy (February 23, 1946- April 25, 2004).
+Although of 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 bicycle who went to work in the United States in the 1920s. They had trained their four daughters, Mary, Lilly, Olga (Akimo), and Kimiko (Kimi, 1939-1990), and their son, George, in their craft.
-Circo Tea Arata was not prosperous enough to support such a large family, especially after the siblings had reached adulthood. Guido, his wife and their children left the family cocoon and, in the mid-1950s, went on to work with Circus Medrano-Swoboda in Austria, where Guido presented a perch-pole act with his daughter Anna. It was the final years of the famous Austrian circus (before it went bankrupt and became an Italian circus), and the Aratas returned to their country, where they worked for a time with Circo Gerardi. Meanwhile, Guido began to put together a low-wire act for his children.
+The four girls reached a remarkable technical level in bicycle acrobatics, doing tricks rarely or never seen in their time with an uncanny facility. The children worked together with their parents in a bicycle and unicycle act billed as The Yokoi Family. Then, the act was featuring only three of the the four Yokoi Sisters, Mary, Olga, and Lilly. The Trio Yokoi, as they were billed, appeared on CBS's ''Toast of The Town'' (the forerunner of ''The Talk of the Town'', which became ''The Ed Sullivan Show'') in 1954.
-From its inception, the new act was very impressive indeed, with such tricks as Anna’s and Billy’s head-to-head crossing, and Vittorio’s one-arm stand with Anna’s and Billy’s head-stands, together on the same wire. In 1957, Anna, Vittorio, and Billy debuted their act at one of Europe’s most prestigious circuses, Cirkus Schumann, where Anna and her father also presented their perch-pole act. In the winter of 1958-1959, both acts were featured in another top European circus, Bertram Mills Circus at Olympia, in London. It was the beginning of a long string of engagements in Europe’s premier circuses and variety theaters..... ([[The Aratas|more...]])
+Mary was the original star of the family, but Lilly quickly caught up with her: Pretty and naturally elegant, she had a remarkable stage presence and charisma. During an engagement, she met the Swedish hand-balancer Rolando, who became her husband. She then left the family act (she was replaced by Kimi) and began working solo in 1956. (In time, Kimi would embark into a successful solo career of her own, and George would complete the trio.) That very year (1956), Lilly made her first television appearance as a soloist on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'', which certainly helped boost her budding career.
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 File:Lilly_Yokoi_-_Knie.jpeg|Lilly Yokoi at Circus Knie (1962)
 File:Lilly_Yokoi_-_London.png|Lilly Yokoi at the London Palladium (1965)
 File:Lilly_Yokoi_Collector_Card.jpeg|British Collector Card of Lilly Yokoi (c.1965)
 File:Lilly_Yokoi_Portrait.jpg|Lilly Yokoi (c.1970)

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	+	Lilly Yokoi on ABC Television's ''Hollywood Palace'' (1965) — ''Photo: ABC Archives''

	+	==See Also==
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	+	* Biography: [[Lilly Yokoi]]
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	+	[[Category:Photo Archive\|Yokoi, Lilly]]

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		+	* Biography: [[Lilly Yokoi]]
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 Billy married Carmen Garcia, whose mother was a [[The Fossett Dynasty|Fossett]]. Together they had three children, Billy, Jr., Vittorio (known as Victor), and Emelia; Carmen and Emelia developed a very good roller-skating act, which has been continued by Victor and his wife, Jenny, as [[The Skating Aratas]]. Billy Arata was a colorful and engaging character, a true circus personality; he died prematurely on April 25, 2004, at age fifty-eight.
-Vittorio continued to work as a solo performer and, in 1979, got a contract in the United States with Cliff Vargas’s original [[Circus Vargas]], the last of the giant American circuses under a big top. Vittorio eventually retired from performing to become Technical Director of the circus. He remained with Circus Vargas after the death of [[Cliff Vargas]] in 1989, and continued under the ownership of [[Roland Kaiser]] and [[Joseph Muscarello]], rising to the position of General Manager. Vittorio married Ingrid Kaiser (the daughter of Roland Kaiser). Their daughter Katya married Nelson Quiroga, of the [[Flying Tabares]], who had become a star flying act at Circus Vargas. When Kaiser and Muscarello retired in 2004, Nelson and Katya Quiroga decided to purchase the circus, which they acquired in 2005.
+Vittorio continued to work as a solo performer and, in 1979, got a contract in the United States with Cliff Vargas’s original [[Circus Vargas]], the last of the giant American circuses under a big top. Vittorio eventually retired from performing to become Technical Director of the circus. He remained with Circus Vargas after the death of [[Cliff Vargas]] in 1989, and continued under the ownership of [[Roland Kaiser]] and [[Joseph Muscarello]], rising to the position of General Manager.
-Today (2024), the youthful Vittorio Arata, who is blessed with, like is late brother, a warm and outgoing personality, is still involved with Circus Vargas&mdash;which has indeed become to him a true family affair.
+Vittorio married Ingrid Kaiser (the daughter of Roland Kaiser), with whom he had two daughters, Diane and Katya. Katya married Nelson Quiroga, of the [[Flying Tabares]], who had become a star flying act at Circus Vargas. When Kaiser and Muscarello retired in 2004, Nelson and Katya Quiroga decided to purchase the circus, which they acquired in 2005.
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 ==New Videos==
 * [[Adar_Video_(2026)|Yahav Adar]], roue Cyr (2026)
 * [[Cavarettas_Video_(c.1980)|The Flying Cavarettas]], flying trapeze (c.1980)
 * [[Isaakyan_Video_(1984)|Stepan Isaakyan]], mixed animal act (1984)
 * [[Quincy_and_Rubel_Video_(2026)|Quincy & Rubel]], rola-bola (2026)
 ==New Oral Histories==

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	* Video: [[Andreeva-Sukhorukov_Video_(2025)\|Egor Sukhorukov & Maria Andreeva, corde lisse]], at Circus Nikulin in Moscow (2025)		* Video: [[Andreeva-Sukhorukov_Video_(2025)\|Egor Sukhorukov & Maria Andreeva, corde lisse]], at Circus Nikulin in Moscow (2025)
		+	* Video: [[Andreeva_and_Sukhorukov_Video_(2026)\|Egor Sukhorukov & Maria Andreeva, corde lisse]], at the Festival International des Artistes de Cirque (2026)

	==See Also==		==See Also==

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 * Video: [[Andreeva_Video_(2019)|Maria Andreeva, cloud swing/corde lisse combo]], at the Festival International des Artistes de Cirque (2019)
 * Video: [[Andreeva-Sukhorukov_Video_(2025)|Maria Andreeva & Egor Sukhorukov, corde lisse]], at Circus Nikulin in Moscow (2025)
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