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 [[File:Circus_Gymnasticus_(interior)_1812.jpeg|thumb|left|400px|The Circus Gymnasticus (1812)]]There is a good reason for the Circus Gymnasticus architectural choice: Christoph de Bach was first and foremost an equestrian and riding master, and the Circus Gymnasticus was used for riding lessons in the morning (as Astley had done with his first ''[[Philip Astley|Riding School]]'') and for performances with an emphasis on equestrianism in the afternoon. De Bach didn’t have the theatrical ambitions of a [[Charles Dibdin]], Hughes’s partner&mdash;which forced their competitor, Philip Astley, to follow suit. Furthermore, de Bach, who had been a pupil of [[Pierre Mahyeu]], belonged to the tradition of the Spanish riding masters whose influence defined circus arts in Germany and Austria&mdash;and not to the English tradition of Hughes and Astley (and by extension, the Franconis).
-De Bach and his company performed six months each year at the Circus Gymnasticus in Vienna, starting on Easter Monday, and spent the rest of the year touring the Austrian Empire, the German states and the Italian kingdoms. During Christoph de Bach’s reign, the Circus Gymnasticus had one of Europe’s finest companies of performers, including at a time or another such luminaries as the superb equestrian [[Alessandro Guerra]] (who was de Bach’s son-in-law); the ropedancer [[The Ravel Family|Jean Ravel]]; the clown and tumbler [[Ludovico Viool]]; [[Gatanno Ciniselli]], who was to settle in Russia; the equestrienne [[Virginie Kenebel]]; and de Bach’s second wife, the ballerina on horseback [[Christoph de Bach|Laura de Bach]].
+De Bach and his company performed six months each year at the Circus Gymnasticus in Vienna, starting on Easter Monday, and spent the rest of the year touring the Austrian Empire, the German states and the Italian kingdoms. During Christoph de Bach’s reign, the Circus Gymnasticus had one of Europe’s finest companies of performers, including at a time or another such luminaries as the superb equestrian [[Alessandro Guerra]] (who was de Bach’s son-in-law); the ropedancer [[The Ravel Family|Jean Ravel]]; the clown and tumbler [[Ludovico Viool]]; [[Gatanno Ciniselli]], who was to settle in Russia; the [[The Avrillon Family|Kenebel-Avrillon]] family, whose young daughter was to become the great equestrienne [[Virginie Kenebel]]; and de Bach’s second wife, the ballerina on horseback [[Christoph de Bach|Laura de Bach]].
 Upon the death of Christoph de Bach on April 12, 1834, the Circus Gymnasticus passed into the hands of his widow (and second wife), Laura de Bach (1805-1851). She remarried  with the talented French equestrian and director [[Louis Soullier]], who took over the reins of the company. The couple soon went on to touring the world while their circus was rented out to other companies. They returned to Vienna in 1846, and enlarged parts of the old building&mdash;but it was too late: the circus, which was never properly maintained, was in a sorry state of disrepair, and business was bad. Laura de Bach and Louis Soullier dissolved their company in 1847 and left Vienna. By 1852, when the building was sold at auction for 6,000 florins, it was in such a bad condition that it had to be demolished. The following year, [[Ernst Jakob Renz]] erected a new circus building on Großen Fuhrmanngasse (which was renamed in 1862 Zirkusgasse). Nonetheless, in subsequent years, traveling circus companies continued to erect temporary constructions on the old Circus Gymnasticus's site.

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 [[File:Circus_Gymnasticus_(interior)_1812.jpeg|thumb|left|400px|The Circus Gymnasticus (1812)]]There is a good reason for the Circus Gymnasticus architectural choice: Christoph de Bach was first and foremost an equestrian and riding master, and the Circus Gymnasticus was used for riding lessons in the morning (as Astley had done with his first ''[[Philip Astley|Riding School]]'') and for performances with an emphasis on equestrianism in the afternoon. De Bach didn’t have the theatrical ambitions of a [[Charles Dibdin]], Hughes’s partner&mdash;which forced their competitor, Philip Astley, to follow suit. Furthermore, de Bach, who had been a pupil of [[Pierre Mahyeu]], belonged to the tradition of the Spanish riding masters whose influence defined circus arts in Germany and Austria&mdash;and not to the English tradition of Hughes and Astley (and by extension, the Franconis).
-De Bach and his company performed six months each year at the Circus Gymnasticus in Vienna, atarting on Easter Monday, and spent the rest of the year touring the Austrian Empire, the German states and the Italian kingdoms. During Christoph de Bach’s reign, the Circus Gymnasticus had one of Europe’s finest companies of performers, including at a time or another such luminaries as the superb equestrian [[Alessandro Guerra]] (who was de Bach’s son-in-law); the ropedancer [[The Ravel Family|Jean Ravel]]; the clown and tumbler [[Ludovico Viool]]; [[Gatanno Ciniselli]], who was to settle in Russia; the equestrienne [[Virginie Kenebel]]; and de Bach’s second wife, the ballerina on horseback [[Christoph de Bach|Laura de Bach]].
+De Bach and his company performed six months each year at the Circus Gymnasticus in Vienna, starting on Easter Monday, and spent the rest of the year touring the Austrian Empire, the German states and the Italian kingdoms. During Christoph de Bach’s reign, the Circus Gymnasticus had one of Europe’s finest companies of performers, including at a time or another such luminaries as the superb equestrian [[Alessandro Guerra]] (who was de Bach’s son-in-law); the ropedancer [[The Ravel Family|Jean Ravel]]; the clown and tumbler [[Ludovico Viool]]; [[Gatanno Ciniselli]], who was to settle in Russia; the equestrienne [[Virginie Kenebel]]; and de Bach’s second wife, the ballerina on horseback [[Christoph de Bach|Laura de Bach]].
 Upon the death of Christoph de Bach on April 12, 1834, the Circus Gymnasticus passed into the hands of his widow (and second wife), Laura de Bach (1805-1851). She remarried  with the talented French equestrian and director [[Louis Soullier]], who took over the reins of the company. The couple soon went on to touring the world while their circus was rented out to other companies. They returned to Vienna in 1846, and enlarged parts of the old building&mdash;but it was too late: the circus, which was never properly maintained, was in a sorry state of disrepair, and business was bad. Laura de Bach and Louis Soullier dissolved their company in 1847 and left Vienna. By 1852, when the building was sold at auction for 6,000 florins, it was in such a bad condition that it had to be demolished. The following year, [[Ernst Jakob Renz]] erected a new circus building on Großen Fuhrmanngasse (which was renamed in 1862 Zirkusgasse). Nonetheless, in subsequent years, traveling circus companies continued to erect temporary constructions on the old Circus Gymnasticus's site.

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 [[File:Circus_Gymnasticus_(interior)_1812.jpeg|thumb|left|400px|The Circus Gymnasticus (1812)]]There is a good reason for the Circus Gymnasticus architectural choice: Christoph de Bach was first and foremost an equestrian and riding master, and the Circus Gymnasticus was used for riding lessons in the morning (as Astley had done with his first ''[[Philip Astley|Riding School]]'') and for performances with an emphasis on equestrianism in the afternoon. De Bach didn’t have the theatrical ambitions of a [[Charles Dibdin]], Hughes’s partner&mdash;which forced their competitor, Philip Astley, to follow suit. Furthermore, de Bach, who had been a pupil of [[Pierre Mahyeu]], belonged to the tradition of the Spanish riding masters whose influence defined circus arts in Germany and Austria&mdash;and not to the English tradition of Hughes and Astley (and by extension, the Franconis).
-De Bach and his company performed six months each year at the Circus Gymnasticus in Vienna, atarting on Easter Monday, and spent the rest of the year touring the Austrian Empire, the German states and the Italian kingdoms. During Christoph de Bach’s reign, the Circus Gymnasticus had one of Europe’s finest companies of performers, including at a time or another such luminaries as the superb equestrian [[Alessandro Guerra]] (who was de Bach’s son-in-law); the ropedancer [[The Ravel Family|Jean Ravel]]; the clown and tumbler [[Ludovico Viool]]; [[Gatanno Ciniselli]], who was to settle in Russia; the equestrienne [[Virginie Kennebel]]; and de Bach’s second wife, the ballerina on horseback [[Christoph de Bach|Laura de Bach]].
+De Bach and his company performed six months each year at the Circus Gymnasticus in Vienna, atarting on Easter Monday, and spent the rest of the year touring the Austrian Empire, the German states and the Italian kingdoms. During Christoph de Bach’s reign, the Circus Gymnasticus had one of Europe’s finest companies of performers, including at a time or another such luminaries as the superb equestrian [[Alessandro Guerra]] (who was de Bach’s son-in-law); the ropedancer [[The Ravel Family|Jean Ravel]]; the clown and tumbler [[Ludovico Viool]]; [[Gatanno Ciniselli]], who was to settle in Russia; the equestrienne [[Virginie Kenebel]]; and de Bach’s second wife, the ballerina on horseback [[Christoph de Bach|Laura de Bach]].
 Upon the death of Christoph de Bach on April 12, 1834, the Circus Gymnasticus passed into the hands of his widow (and second wife), Laura de Bach (1805-1851). She remarried  with the talented French equestrian and director [[Louis Soullier]], who took over the reins of the company. The couple soon went on to touring the world while their circus was rented out to other companies. They returned to Vienna in 1846, and enlarged parts of the old building&mdash;but it was too late: the circus, which was never properly maintained, was in a sorry state of disrepair, and business was bad. Laura de Bach and Louis Soullier dissolved their company in 1847 and left Vienna. By 1852, when the building was sold at auction for 6,000 florins, it was in such a bad condition that it had to be demolished. The following year, [[Ernst Jakob Renz]] erected a new circus building on Großen Fuhrmanngasse (which was renamed in 1862 Zirkusgasse). Nonetheless, in subsequent years, traveling circus companies continued to erect temporary constructions on the old Circus Gymnasticus's site.

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 File:Circus_Gymnasticus_(interior)_1812.jpeg|The Circus Gymnasticus in 1812
 File:Circus_Gymnasticus_im_Pratter.jpg|Circus Gymnasticus on the Prater (c.1815)
 File:Circus_Gymnasticus_on_the_Prater.png|Circus Gymnasticus on the Prater (1815)
 File:Circus_Gymnasticus.jpg|Circus Gymnasticus playbill (c.1815)

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 File:Circus_Gymnasticus_(c1810).jpeg|Circus Gymnasticus on the Prater (c.1810)
 File:Circus_Gymnasticus_(interior)_1812.jpeg|The Circus Gymnasticus in 1812
 File:Circus_Gymnasticus_on_the_Prater.png|Circus Gymnasticus on the Prater (1815)
 File:Circus_Gymnasticus.jpg|Circus Gymnasticus playbill (c.1815)

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 De Bach and his company performed six months each year at the Circus Gymnasticus in Vienna, atarting on Easter Monday, and spent the rest of the year touring the Austrian Empire, the German states and the Italian kingdoms. During Christoph de Bach’s reign, the Circus Gymnasticus had one of Europe’s finest companies of performers, including at a time or another such luminaries as the superb equestrian [[Alessandro Guerra]] (who was de Bach’s son-in-law); the ropedancer [[The Ravel Family|Jean Ravel]]; the clown and tumbler [[Ludovico Viool]]; [[Gatanno Ciniselli]], who was to settle in Russia; the equestrienne [[Virginie Kennebel]]; and de Bach’s second wife, the ballerina on horseback [[Christoph de Bach|Laura de Bach]].
-Upon the death of Christoph de Bach on April 12, 1834, the Circus Gymnasticus passed into the hands of his widow, Laura de Bach (1805-1851), who married again with the talented French equestrian and director [[Louis Soullier]], who took over the reins of the company. They soon went on to touring the world and the circus was rented out to other companies. They returned to Vienna in 1846, and enlarged parts of the old building&mdash;but it was too late: the circus was never properly maintained and was in a sorry state of disrepair, and business was bad. Laura de Bach and Louis Soullier dissolved their company in 1847 and left Vienna. By 1852, when the building was sold at auction for 6,000 florins, it was in such a sorry state that it had to be demolished. The following year, [[Ernst Jakob Renz]] erected a new circus building on Großen Fuhrmanngasse (which was renamed in 1862 Zirkusgasse). Nonetheless, in subsequent years, traveling circus companies continued to erect temporary constructions on the old Circus Gymnasticus's site.
+Upon the death of Christoph de Bach on April 12, 1834, the Circus Gymnasticus passed into the hands of his widow (and second wife), Laura de Bach (1805-1851). She remarried  with the talented French equestrian and director [[Louis Soullier]], who took over the reins of the company. The couple soon went on to touring the world while their circus was rented out to other companies. They returned to Vienna in 1846, and enlarged parts of the old building&mdash;but it was too late: the circus, which was never properly maintained, was in a sorry state of disrepair, and business was bad. Laura de Bach and Louis Soullier dissolved their company in 1847 and left Vienna. By 1852, when the building was sold at auction for 6,000 florins, it was in such a bad condition that it had to be demolished. The following year, [[Ernst Jakob Renz]] erected a new circus building on Großen Fuhrmanngasse (which was renamed in 1862 Zirkusgasse). Nonetheless, in subsequent years, traveling circus companies continued to erect temporary constructions on the old Circus Gymnasticus's site.
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	''By Dominique Jando''		''By Dominique Jando''

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 File:Circus_Gymnasticus_on_the_Prater.png|Circus Gymnasticus on the Prater (1815)
 File:Circus_Gymnasticus.jpg|Circus Gymnasticus playbill (c.1815)
-Image:Alessandro_Guerra.jpg|Alessandro Guerra at the Circus Gymnasticus
+File:Guerra_Circus_Gymnasticus.png|Alessandro Guerra at the Circus Gymnasticus (c.1820)
 File:Wien_Prater.jpg|Map of the Prater (1830)
 File:Gymnasticus_Soullier.jpg|Under Louis Soullier's management (1846)

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	''By Dominique Jando''		''By Dominique Jando''