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 The brothers also flew in other acts, and at various times appeared with such great flying troupes as the [[Flying Gaonas]], the [[Flying Caceres]], and the [[Flying Vargas]], and Robinson appeared in the French all-aerial circus, [[Les Arts-Sauts]]. For his part, Alex has also performed in an aerial cradle act, and as a juggler. Robinson didn’t forget his high wire past either, and performed the seven-person pyramid with the [[The Wallenda Family|Wallendas]] at the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in 2004, along with his wife, Alida. (That year, the Wallendas won the prestigious Silver Clown Award.)
-Alida Wallenda-Cortes has a rich circus pedigree: She is a seventh-generation Wallenda, and also belongs to the Italian [[Alberto Zoppé|Zoppé]] family on her father’s side, and to the Czech [[The Bertini Family|Bertini]] familiy on her mother’s side. She began walking on the high wire at age eight, and became a member of the Wallenda-Zoppé troupe at age ten, with her father [[Tino Wallenda-Zoppé]], and her mother, Olinka Bertini.
+Alida Wallenda-Cortes has a rich circus pedigree: She is a seventh-generation Wallenda, and also belongs to the Italian [[Alberto Zoppé|Zoppé]] family on her father’s side, and to the Czech [[The Bertini Family|Bertini]] familiy on her mother’s side. She began walking on the high wire at age eight, and became a member of the Wallenda-Zoppé troupe at age ten, with her father [[Tino Wallenda|Tino Wallenda-Zoppé]], and her mother, Olinka Bertini.
 Alida has performed in a wide range of aerial specialties, including cloud swing, aerial cradle, Spanish web, lyra, and of course flying trapeze, but she has also worked as a bareback rider (the Zoppés’ specialty), and as a unicyclist (the Bertinis’ specialty). In the Wallendas’ seven-person pyramid, she was the first woman to hold the front base position. She and Robinson Cortes were married in 1999, and together they have a daughter, Ysabella, born in 2001.

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 When the Flying Cortes’s main flyer left the troupe, Robinson replaced him. At age thirteen, he threw his first triple somersault to the hands of his father, Edmundo. Alex was soon caught by the flying trapeze bug too, and began flying at the tender age of five. The family’s flying act, headed by Edmundo Cortes, lasted twenty-one years; when Edmundo finally retired from performing, Robinson replaced him as the catcher of the act, and Alex became the main flyer.
-The brothers also flew in other acts, and at various times appeared with such great flying troupes as the [[Flying Gaonas]], the [[Flying Caceres]], and the [[Flying Vargas]], and Robinson appeared in the French all-aerial circus, [[Les Arts-Sauts]]. For his part, Alex has also performed in an aerial cradle act, and as a juggler. Robinson didn’t forget his high wire past either, and performed the seven-person pyramid with the [[The Wallendas|Wallendas]] at the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in 2004, along with his wife, Alida. (That year, the Wallendas won the prestigious Silver Clown Award.)
+The brothers also flew in other acts, and at various times appeared with such great flying troupes as the [[Flying Gaonas]], the [[Flying Caceres]], and the [[Flying Vargas]], and Robinson appeared in the French all-aerial circus, [[Les Arts-Sauts]]. For his part, Alex has also performed in an aerial cradle act, and as a juggler. Robinson didn’t forget his high wire past either, and performed the seven-person pyramid with the [[The Wallenda Family|Wallendas]] at the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in 2004, along with his wife, Alida. (That year, the Wallendas won the prestigious Silver Clown Award.)
-Alida Wallenda-Cortes has a rich circus pedigree: She is a seventh-generation Wallenda, and also belongs to the Italian [[Alberto Zoppé|Zoppé]] family on her father’s side, and to the Czech [[The Bertini Family|Bertini]] familiy on her mother’s side. She began walking on the high wire at age eight, and became a member of the Wallenda-Zoppé troupe at age ten, with her father Tino Wallenda-Zoppé, and her mother, Olinka Bertini.
+Alida Wallenda-Cortes has a rich circus pedigree: She is a seventh-generation Wallenda, and also belongs to the Italian [[Alberto Zoppé|Zoppé]] family on her father’s side, and to the Czech [[The Bertini Family|Bertini]] familiy on her mother’s side. She began walking on the high wire at age eight, and became a member of the Wallenda-Zoppé troupe at age ten, with her father [[Tino Wallenda-Zoppé]], and her mother, Olinka Bertini.
 Alida has performed in a wide range of aerial specialties, including cloud swing, aerial cradle, Spanish web, lyra, and of course flying trapeze, but she has also worked as a bareback rider (the Zoppés’ specialty), and as a unicyclist (the Bertinis’ specialty). In the Wallendas’ seven-person pyramid, she was the first woman to hold the front base position. She and Robinson Cortes were married in 1999, and together they have a daughter, Ysabella, born in 2001.

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−	[[Image:Flying_Cortes_2008.jpg\|right\|~~4000px~~]]Robinson and Alex Cortes are fourth generation of a Columbian circus family. They came to the United States in 1977 with their parents, when the Cortes Troupe were contracted by [[Hoxie Bros. Circus]] to perform their high wire and flying trapeze acts. Young Robinson performed in both acts; brother Alex was only six months old then.	+	[[Image:Flying_Cortes_2008.jpg\|right\|400px]]Robinson and Alex Cortes are fourth generation of a Columbian circus family. They came to the United States in 1977 with their parents, when the Cortes Troupe were contracted by [[Hoxie Bros. Circus]] to perform their high wire and flying trapeze acts. Young Robinson performed in both acts; brother Alex was only six months old then.

	When the Flying Cortes’s main flyer left the troupe, Robinson replaced him. At age thirteen, he threw his first triple somersault to the hands of his father, Edmundo. Alex was soon caught by the flying trapeze bug too, and began flying at the tender age of five. The family’s flying act, headed by Edmundo Cortes, lasted twenty-one years; when Edmundo finally retired from performing, Robinson replaced him as the catcher of the act, and Alex became the main flyer.		When the Flying Cortes’s main flyer left the troupe, Robinson replaced him. At age thirteen, he threw his first triple somersault to the hands of his father, Edmundo. Alex was soon caught by the flying trapeze bug too, and began flying at the tender age of five. The family’s flying act, headed by Edmundo Cortes, lasted twenty-one years; when Edmundo finally retired from performing, Robinson replaced him as the catcher of the act, and Alex became the main flyer.

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−	[[Image:Flying_Cortes_2008.jpg~~\|thumb~~\|right\|~~250px\|The Flying Cortes (2008)~~]]Robinson and Alex Cortes are fourth generation of a Columbian circus family. They came to the United States in 1977 with their parents, when the Cortes Troupe were contracted by [[Hoxie Bros. Circus]] to perform their high wire and flying trapeze acts. Young Robinson performed in both acts; brother Alex was only six months old then.	+	[[Image:Flying_Cortes_2008.jpg\|right\|4000px]]Robinson and Alex Cortes are fourth generation of a Columbian circus family. They came to the United States in 1977 with their parents, when the Cortes Troupe were contracted by [[Hoxie Bros. Circus]] to perform their high wire and flying trapeze acts. Young Robinson performed in both acts; brother Alex was only six months old then.

	When the Flying Cortes’s main flyer left the troupe, Robinson replaced him. At age thirteen, he threw his first triple somersault to the hands of his father, Edmundo. Alex was soon caught by the flying trapeze bug too, and began flying at the tender age of five. The family’s flying act, headed by Edmundo Cortes, lasted twenty-one years; when Edmundo finally retired from performing, Robinson replaced him as the catcher of the act, and Alex became the main flyer.		When the Flying Cortes’s main flyer left the troupe, Robinson replaced him. At age thirteen, he threw his first triple somersault to the hands of his father, Edmundo. Alex was soon caught by the flying trapeze bug too, and began flying at the tender age of five. The family’s flying act, headed by Edmundo Cortes, lasted twenty-one years; when Edmundo finally retired from performing, Robinson replaced him as the catcher of the act, and Alex became the main flyer.

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 The fourth member of the Flying Cortes is New York-born Chrystie Toth, a former competition gymnast, who got her first taste of circus when she performed and taught circus arts in Club Med Resorts in Florida, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic from 2003 to 2006. She worked her way up to being a supervisor of their circus program, and from there, she joined the Flying Vargas at Circus Circus Hotel and Casino in Reno, Nevada&mdash;where she performed in their flying trapeze act and with her own tissu act.
-The Flying Cortes have performed in most of the United States’ major circuses, including [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]], [[Royal Hanneford Circus]], and St. Louis, Missouri-based [[Circus Flora]]. In 2008-2009, they were featured in the [[Big Apple Circus]] production of ''Play On!''. They returned to the Big Apple Circus in 2011, where they created a different act for the finale of its production ''Dream Big'' that included Robinson and Alexander Cortes, Chrystie Toth, Gemma Kirby, Isabel Patrowicz, and ten-year-old Ysabella Wallenda-Cortes.
+The Flying Cortes have performed in most of the United States’ major circuses, including [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]], [[Royal Hanneford Circus]], and St. Louis, Missouri-based [[Circus Flora]]. In 2008-2009, they were featured in the [[Big Apple Circus]] production of ''Play On!''. They returned to the Big Apple Circus in 2011, where they created a different act for the finale of its production ''Dream Big'', which included Robinson and Alexander Cortes, Chrystie Toth, Gemma Kirby, Isabel Patrowicz, and ten-year-old Ysabella Wallenda-Cortes.
 ==See Also==

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	* Video: [[Flying Cortes BAC Video 2008\|The Flying Cortes, Flying Trapeze]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Play On!'' (2008)		* Video: [[Flying Cortes BAC Video 2008\|The Flying Cortes, Flying Trapeze]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Play On!'' (2008)
		+	* Video: [[Flying_Cortes_Video_(2011)\|The Flying Cortes, Flying Trapeze]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Dream Big!'' (2011)

	==Picture Gallery==		==Picture Gallery==

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−	[[Image:Flying_Cortes_2008.jpg\|thumb\|right\|~~150px~~\|The Flying Cortes (2008)]]Robinson and Alex Cortes are fourth generation of a Columbian circus family. They came to the United States in 1977 with their parents, when the Cortes Troupe were contracted by [[Hoxie Bros. Circus]] to perform their high wire and flying trapeze acts. Young Robinson performed in both acts; brother Alex was only six months old then.	+	[[Image:Flying_Cortes_2008.jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px\|The Flying Cortes (2008)]]Robinson and Alex Cortes are fourth generation of a Columbian circus family. They came to the United States in 1977 with their parents, when the Cortes Troupe were contracted by [[Hoxie Bros. Circus]] to perform their high wire and flying trapeze acts. Young Robinson performed in both acts; brother Alex was only six months old then.

	When the Flying Cortes’s main flyer left the troupe, Robinson replaced him. At age thirteen, he threw his first triple somersault to the hands of his father, Edmundo. Alex was soon caught by the flying trapeze bug too, and began flying at the tender age of five. The family’s flying act, headed by Edmundo Cortes, lasted twenty-one years; when Edmundo finally retired from performing, Robinson replaced him as the catcher of the act, and Alex became the main flyer.		When the Flying Cortes’s main flyer left the troupe, Robinson replaced him. At age thirteen, he threw his first triple somersault to the hands of his father, Edmundo. Alex was soon caught by the flying trapeze bug too, and began flying at the tender age of five. The family’s flying act, headed by Edmundo Cortes, lasted twenty-one years; when Edmundo finally retired from performing, Robinson replaced him as the catcher of the act, and Alex became the main flyer.

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−	Robinson and Alex Cortes are fourth generation of a Columbian circus family. They came to the United States in 1977 with their parents, when the Cortes Troupe were contracted by [[Hoxie Bros. Circus]] to perform their high wire and flying trapeze acts. Young Robinson performed in both acts; brother Alex was only six months old then.	+	[[Image:Flying_Cortes_2008.jpg\|thumb\|right\|150px\|The Flying Cortes (2008)]]Robinson and Alex Cortes are fourth generation of a Columbian circus family. They came to the United States in 1977 with their parents, when the Cortes Troupe were contracted by [[Hoxie Bros. Circus]] to perform their high wire and flying trapeze acts. Young Robinson performed in both acts; brother Alex was only six months old then.

	When the Flying Cortes’s main flyer left the troupe, Robinson replaced him. At age thirteen, he threw his first triple somersault to the hands of his father, Edmundo. Alex was soon caught by the flying trapeze bug too, and began flying at the tender age of five. The family’s flying act, headed by Edmundo Cortes, lasted twenty-one years; when Edmundo finally retired from performing, Robinson replaced him as the catcher of the act, and Alex became the main flyer.		When the Flying Cortes’s main flyer left the troupe, Robinson replaced him. At age thirteen, he threw his first triple somersault to the hands of his father, Edmundo. Alex was soon caught by the flying trapeze bug too, and began flying at the tender age of five. The family’s flying act, headed by Edmundo Cortes, lasted twenty-one years; when Edmundo finally retired from performing, Robinson replaced him as the catcher of the act, and Alex became the main flyer.

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 <Gallery>
-Image:The_Flying_Cortes.JPG|The Flying Cortes (2008)
+Image:Flying_Cortes_2008.jpg|The Flying Cortes at Circus Flora (2008)
 </Gallery>
 [[Category:Artists and Acts|Cortes, Flying]][[Category:Flying Acts|Cortes, Flying]]