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 After 1963, both Dora and her husband left the Mills organisation to travel the world with Rogana’s sword-and-dagger balancing act. They appeared in many European leading circuses and variety theatres and cabarets, as well as at Blackpool’s Tower Circus in England in the summers of 1966, 1972 and 1977. American engagements included [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] (1969-1971), and the tented [[Circus Vargas]] (1974-1975). As late as 1996-1997, Rogana was featured in ''The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies''&mdash;a very popular revue whose performers have to be over fifty&mdash;along Hollywood legend Howard Keel.
-Rogana has also appeared in many television shows in Europe and the United States. She and Frank Foster Jnr. established their home for a while in Hamburg, Germany, but after working in America, they finally settled in Tokomis, Florida, where they live in happy retirement. In 2018, Dora "Rogana" Foster was inducted in the [[Circus Ring of Fame]] at Saint Armand Circle in Sarasota, Florida.
+Rogana has also appeared in many television shows in Europe and the United States. She and Frank Foster Jnr. established their home for a while in Hamburg, Germany, but after working in America, they finally settled in Tokomis, Florida, where they live in happy retirement. In 2018, Dora "Rogana" Foster was inducted in the [[Circus Ring of Fame]] at Saint Armands Circle in Sarasota, Florida.
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 After 1963, both Dora and her husband left the Mills organisation to travel the world with Rogana’s sword-and-dagger balancing act. They appeared in many European leading circuses and variety theatres and cabarets, as well as at Blackpool’s Tower Circus in England in the summers of 1966, 1972 and 1977. American engagements included [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] (1969-1971), and the tented [[Circus Vargas]] (1974-1975). As late as 1996-1997, Rogana was featured in ''The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies''&mdash;a very popular revue whose performers have to be over fifty&mdash;along Hollywood legend Howard Keel.
-Rogana has also appeared in many television shows in Europe and the United States. She and Frank Foster Jnr. established their home for a while in Hamburg, Germany, but after working in America, they finally settled in Tokomis, Florida, where they live in happy retirement. In 2018, Dora "Rogana" Foster was inducted in the [[International Ring of Fame]] at Saint Armand Circle in Sarasota, Florida.
+Rogana has also appeared in many television shows in Europe and the United States. She and Frank Foster Jnr. established their home for a while in Hamburg, Germany, but after working in America, they finally settled in Tokomis, Florida, where they live in happy retirement. In 2018, Dora "Rogana" Foster was inducted in the [[Circus Ring of Fame]] at Saint Armand Circle in Sarasota, Florida.
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-[[File:Pinder-Rogana_Poster_1967.jpeg|thumb|right|250px|Rogana at Cirque Pinder (1967)]]In the winter of 1957-58, a young East-German performer, [[Marco]], appeared on the bill at Bertram Mills Circus in London; his was a very successful number in which he ascended a swaying ladder, holding in his mouth a dagger, on the tip of which he balanced a sword, tip-to-tip. Circus director [[Cyril Mills]], who held an engineering degree, was able to recreate Marco’s apparatus for a new act for Dora. Thus, as Rogana, Dora Rogge created a magnificent act in the same vein, to which she added her juggling and rolling-globe balancing skills.
+In the winter of 1957-58, a young East-German performer, [[Marco]], appeared on the bill at Bertram Mills Circus in London; his was a very successful number in which he ascended a swaying ladder, holding in his mouth a dagger, on the tip of which he balanced a sword, tip-to-tip. Circus director [[Cyril Mills]], who held an engineering degree, was able to recreate Marco’s apparatus for a new act for Dora. Thus, as Rogana, Dora Rogge created a magnificent act in the same vein, to which she added her juggling and rolling-globe balancing skills.
 Rogana's act made its debut at the Bertram Mills’ tenting show in 1961, remaining with the touring version until 1963, and appearing at Olympia in London for the winter season of 1961-62. Her husband, Frank Foster Jnr., later said, "There is nothing new in this business, but a copy must be better and improved in every way."  While Marco was undoubtedly the best post-war male exponent of this particular specialty, Rogana became its first and best female performer, and was later widely copied around the world.

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 * Video: [[Rogana_Video_(c.1965)|Rogana, sword balancing act]], in the British TV show ''Hippodrome'' (c.1965)
 * Video: [[Rogge_Sisters_Video_(1966)|The Rogge Sisters, rolling globe act]], in ABC TV's ''Hollywood Palace'' (1966)

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	* Video: [[Rogana_Video_(c.1965)\|Rogana, sword balancing act]], in the British TV show ''Hippodrome'' (c.1965)		* Video: [[Rogana_Video_(c.1965)\|Rogana, sword balancing act]], in the British TV show ''Hippodrome'' (c.1965)
		+	* Video: [[Rogge_Sisters_Video_(1966)\|The Rogge Sisters, rolling globe act]], in ABC TV's ''Hollywood Palace'' (1966)
	* Video: [[Rogana_Video_(c.1970)\|Rogana, sword balancing act]], at the Hannover Messe (c.1970)		* Video: [[Rogana_Video_(c.1970)\|Rogana, sword balancing act]], at the Hannover Messe (c.1970)