Olivier and Melinda - Revision history

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-[[File:Olivier_et_Melinda_1991.jpg|right|300px]]Born in Valenciennes, France, Olivier Merlier was not, it seemed, destined to become a circus performer. He worked as a welder on nuclear power plant construction sites, and, in his spare time, practiced kickboxing and karate.
+Born in Valenciennes, France, Olivier Merlier was not, it seemed, destined to become a circus performer. He worked as a welder on nuclear power plant construction sites, and, in his spare time, practiced kickboxing and karate.
 Then, while visiting his sister at the [[Budapest Circus School|State Circus School]] in Budapest, Hungary, he was asked by the school to organize a workshop in kickboxing for the students. The instructors at the school were impressed enough by his strength and flexibility to propose that Olivier enroll. It seemed to him that the circus was more fun than welding, so he accepted the invitation. Thus, in 1985, he began training in all the classic circus disciplines. At the same time, he began to study Hungarian&mdash;and to pay increasing amounts of attention to a certain fellow student, [[Melinda Merlier|Melinda Fölnagy]].

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 Before long, Olivier and Melinda began working together on an acrobatic adagio. In April 1988&mdash;two months before their graduation&mdash;Olivier and Melinda were married in Budapest. A few months later, they made their professional debut at the old Hansa Theater in Hamburg, Germany.
-In January 1988, [[Olivier & Melinda]] presented their brand-new act at the [[Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris. Although they didn't win a medal, they caught the attention of the [[Big Apple Circus]]'s talent scouts, who invited them to join the circus's resident company in the United States. A year later, they made their debut as part of the Big Apple Circus's summer tour.
+===International Careers===
 Olivier & Melinda stayed at the Big Apple Circus until 1992, participating in company ensembles. They performed their acrobatic adagio as well as a teeterboard duet. They separated at the end of the 1992 summer tour. Olivier returned to France, where he became a flying-trapeze catcher in the groundbreaking and successful aerial show, [[Les Arts-Sauts]]. Melinda, a versatile acrobat, remained in the Big Apple Circus's resident company until 1998, appearing in an astonishing variety of acrobatic acts, before moving on to explore other opportunities.

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-[[File:Olivier_et_Melinda_1991.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Olivier & Melinda (1991)]]Born in Valenciennes, France, Olivier Merlier was not, it seemed, destined to become a circus performer. He worked as a welder on nuclear power plant construction sites, and, in his spare time, practiced kickboxing and karate.
+[[File:Olivier_et_Melinda_1991.jpg|right|300px]]Born in Valenciennes, France, Olivier Merlier was not, it seemed, destined to become a circus performer. He worked as a welder on nuclear power plant construction sites, and, in his spare time, practiced kickboxing and karate.
 Then, while visiting his sister at the [[Budapest Circus School|State Circus School]] in Budapest, Hungary, he was asked by the school to organize a workshop in kickboxing for the students. The instructors at the school were impressed enough by his strength and flexibility to propose that Olivier enroll. It seemed to him that the circus was more fun than welding, so he accepted the invitation. Thus, in 1985, he began training in all the classic circus disciplines. At the same time, he began to study Hungarian&mdash;and to pay increasing amounts of attention to a certain fellow student, [[Melinda Merlier|Melinda Fölnagy]].

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−	[[File:Olivier_et_Melinda_1991.jpg\|left\|thumb\|~~250px~~\|Olivier & Melinda (1991)]]Born in Valenciennes, France, Olivier Merlier was not, it seemed, destined to become a circus performer. He worked as a welder on nuclear power plant construction sites, and, in his spare time, practiced kickboxing and karate.	+	[[File:Olivier_et_Melinda_1991.jpg\|left\|thumb\|200px\|Olivier & Melinda (1991)]]Born in Valenciennes, France, Olivier Merlier was not, it seemed, destined to become a circus performer. He worked as a welder on nuclear power plant construction sites, and, in his spare time, practiced kickboxing and karate.

	Then, while visiting his sister at the [[Budapest Circus School\|State Circus School]] in Budapest, Hungary, he was asked by the school to organize a workshop in kickboxing for the students. The instructors at the school were impressed enough by his strength and flexibility to propose that Olivier enroll. It seemed to him that the circus was more fun than welding, so he accepted the invitation. Thus, in 1985, he began training in all the classic circus disciplines. At the same time, he began to study Hungarian—and to pay increasing amounts of attention to a certain fellow student, [[Melinda Merlier\|Melinda Fölnagy]].		Then, while visiting his sister at the [[Budapest Circus School\|State Circus School]] in Budapest, Hungary, he was asked by the school to organize a workshop in kickboxing for the students. The instructors at the school were impressed enough by his strength and flexibility to propose that Olivier enroll. It seemed to him that the circus was more fun than welding, so he accepted the invitation. Thus, in 1985, he began training in all the classic circus disciplines. At the same time, he began to study Hungarian—and to pay increasing amounts of attention to a certain fellow student, [[Melinda Merlier\|Melinda Fölnagy]].

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−	[[File:Olivier_et_Melinda_1991.jpg\|left\|thumb\|~~300px~~\|Olivier & Melinda (1991)]]Born in Valenciennes, France, Olivier Merlier was not, it seemed, destined to become a circus performer. He worked as a welder on nuclear power plant construction sites, and, in his spare time, practiced kickboxing and karate.	+	[[File:Olivier_et_Melinda_1991.jpg\|left\|thumb\|250px\|Olivier & Melinda (1991)]]Born in Valenciennes, France, Olivier Merlier was not, it seemed, destined to become a circus performer. He worked as a welder on nuclear power plant construction sites, and, in his spare time, practiced kickboxing and karate.

	Then, while visiting his sister at the [[Budapest Circus School\|State Circus School]] in Budapest, Hungary, he was asked by the school to organize a workshop in kickboxing for the students. The instructors at the school were impressed enough by his strength and flexibility to propose that Olivier enroll. It seemed to him that the circus was more fun than welding, so he accepted the invitation. Thus, in 1985, he began training in all the classic circus disciplines. At the same time, he began to study Hungarian—and to pay increasing amounts of attention to a certain fellow student, [[Melinda Merlier\|Melinda Fölnagy]].		Then, while visiting his sister at the [[Budapest Circus School\|State Circus School]] in Budapest, Hungary, he was asked by the school to organize a workshop in kickboxing for the students. The instructors at the school were impressed enough by his strength and flexibility to propose that Olivier enroll. It seemed to him that the circus was more fun than welding, so he accepted the invitation. Thus, in 1985, he began training in all the classic circus disciplines. At the same time, he began to study Hungarian—and to pay increasing amounts of attention to a certain fellow student, [[Melinda Merlier\|Melinda Fölnagy]].

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 * Video: [[Olivier_and_Melinda_BAC_Video_1990|Olivier & Melinda, Acrobatic Adagio and Teeterboard Act]] in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Ballerinas, Horses and Clowns...'' (1990)
 * Video: [[Olivier_and_Melinda_BAC_1991_Video|Olivier & Melinda, Teeterboard Act]] in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Greetings from Coney Island'' (1991)
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	* Video: [[Olivier_and_Melinda_BAC_1991_Video\|Olivier & Melinda, Teeterboard Act]] in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Greetings from Coney Island'' (1991)		* Video: [[Olivier_and_Melinda_BAC_1991_Video\|Olivier & Melinda, Teeterboard Act]] in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Greetings from Coney Island'' (1991)

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