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 ==New Videos==
 * [[Rosemarie_Dorning_Elephant_Video_(1978)|Rosemarie Dorning]], dog and elephant act (1978)
 * [[Americano_Video_(1968)|Circo Americano in Madrid]], documentary (1968)
 * [[Pepin_Leon_Video_(1982)|Pepin León Trio]], clowns (1982)
 * [[Kathy_Donnert_Video_(2021)|Kathy Donnert]], foot juggling (2021)
 ==New Oral Histories==

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 ==New Videos==
 * [[Americano_Video_(1968)|Circo Americano in Madrid]], documentary (1968)
 * [[Pepin_Leon_Video_(1982)|Pepin León Trio]], clowns (1982)
 * [[Kathy_Donnert_Video_(2021)|Kathy Donnert]], foot juggling (2021)
 * [[Alzana_Video_(1938)|Harold, Elsie, and Hilda Alzana]], high wire (1938)
 ==New Oral Histories==

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 ==New Videos==
 * [[Pepin_Leon_Video_(1982)|Pepin León Trio]], clowns (1982)
 * [[Kathy_Donnert_Video_(2021)|Kathy Donnert]], foot juggling (2021)
 * [[Alzana_Video_(1938)|Harold, Elsie, and Hilda Alzana]], high wire (1938)
 * [[Bobby_Roberts_Video_(1985)|Bobby Roberts]], elephant act (1985)
 ==New Oral Histories==

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 ==New Videos==
 * [[Kathy_Donnert_Video_(2021)|Kathy Donnert]], foot juggling (2021)
 * [[Alzana_Video_(1938)|Harold, Elsie, and Hilda Alzana]], high wire (1938)
 * [[Bobby_Roberts_Video_(1985)|Bobby Roberts]], elephant act (1985)
 * [[Gunther_Gebel_Tiger_Video_(1985)|Gunther Gebel-Williams]], tiger act (1985)
 ==New Oral Histories==

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 ==New Videos==
 * [[Alzana_Video_(1938)|Harold, Elsie, and Hilda Alzana]], high wire (1938)
 * [[Bobby_Roberts_Video_(1985)|Bobby Roberts]], elephant act (1985)
 * [[Gunther_Gebel_Tiger_Video_(1985)|Gunther Gebel-Williams]], tiger act (1985)
 * [[Flying_Girls_Video_(2009)|The New Flying Girls]], flying act (2009)
 ==New Oral Histories==

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 In 1896, they were traveling in a hand-drawn wagon when Marie-Louise gave birth to José (the future Charlie, 1896-1983) in Cubelles, a village near Barcelona. Surviving as best as they could, they finally reached France three months later. They soon secured an engagement with the small Cirque Dusoulier. The following year, Marie-Louise gave birth to her second child, a daughter, Neña (Marie-Louise Andreu, 1897-1915). At age two, little José appeared in his father's Risley act. Then the family went on to perform with the Cirque Caignac, where little José appeared in a parody of a strong-man act and in a hand-to-hand balancing act with his sister, for which he was originally dressed as a girl—which made their "all-girl" act look more attractive to agents and directors.
-While they were touring in France, the family continued to grow: Polo (Paul, 1899-1977) was born in Avallon in 1899, and René (1903-1976) in Aubusson in 1903. Then, the Cirque Caignac was destroyed by a storm in 1904, and the Andreu family again fell to performing in village squares&mdash;the children doing a variety of acts, including acrobatic dancing, perch-pole balancing, and a hand-balancing—before joining the Cirque Caron in Grenoble. There, the Andreu siblings learned trick riding and began to play musical instruments.... ([[The Andreu-Rivels|more...]])
+While they were touring in France, the family continued to grow: Polo (Paul, 1899-1977) was born in Avallon in 1899, and René (1903-1976) in Aubusson in 1903. Then, the Cirque Caignac was destroyed by a storm in 1904, and the Andreu family again fell to performing in village squares&mdash;the children doing a variety of acts, including acrobatic dancing, perch-pole balancing, and a hand-balancing act&mdash;before joining the Cirque Caron in Grenoble. There, the Andreu siblings learned trick riding and began to play musical instruments.... ([[The Andreu-Rivels|more...]])
 ==New Essays and Biographies==

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	==In The Spotlight==		==In The Spotlight==
−	~~[[File:Knie_Poster_-_Andreu-Rivels.jpeg\|right\|300px]]~~
−	~~===THE ANDREU-RIVELS===~~

		+	===THE ANDREU-RIVELS===
		+	[[File:Knie_Poster_-_Andreu-Rivels.jpeg\|right\|300px]]
	The career of the Andreu-Rivels (also known as The 3 Rivels) spanned half a century, from 1920 to 1970. With a trio that has seen three different compositions while remaining centered around René Rivel, the brothers Andreu (Charlie, Polo, René, Celito, and Rogelio) were one of Europe’s most successful and celebrated clown act—even though over the years, their fame has been unduly shadowed by the stature (and it can be said, the considerable ego) of one of the trio's original members, Charlie Rivel, who left his brothers in 1935 to replicate the family act with other, anonymous partners and eventually pursue a "solo" career (albeit never without uncredited partners).		The career of the Andreu-Rivels (also known as The 3 Rivels) spanned half a century, from 1920 to 1970. With a trio that has seen three different compositions while remaining centered around René Rivel, the brothers Andreu (Charlie, Polo, René, Celito, and Rogelio) were one of Europe’s most successful and celebrated clown act—even though over the years, their fame has been unduly shadowed by the stature (and it can be said, the considerable ego) of one of the trio's original members, Charlie Rivel, who left his brothers in 1935 to replicate the family act with other, anonymous partners and eventually pursue a "solo" career (albeit never without uncredited partners).