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-* Video: [[Rudy_Horn_Video_(1960)|Rudy Horn, juggler]], at the [[Cirque d'Hiver]] in Paris (1960)
+* Video: [[Rudy_Horn_Video_(1960)|Rudy Horn, juggler]], at the Cirque d'Hiver in Paris (1960)
 * Video: [[Rudy_Horn_Video_(1968)|Rudy Horn, juggler]], on German Television (1968)

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		+	* Video: [[Rudy_Horn_Video_(1960)\|Rudy Horn, juggler]], at the [[Cirque d'Hiver]] in Paris (1960)
	* Video: [[Rudy_Horn_Video_(1968)\|Rudy Horn, juggler]], on German Television (1968)		* Video: [[Rudy_Horn_Video_(1968)\|Rudy Horn, juggler]], on German Television (1968)

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-In 1948, he was contracted by [[Circus Krone]] for their winter season at Munich’s [[Kronebau]], their permanent circus building. (The original building had been destroyed by the bombings, but Frieda Krone rebuilt another circus, in wood, in 1945, right after the end of the war. The present Kronebau replaced it in 1961.) Krone was indeed Germany’s premier circus, and Rudy’s engagement definitely launched his hitherto burgeoning career&mdash;especially since it was followed by a three-year contract with the touring Circus Krone, Europe’s largest circus. Rudy Horn was only fifteen years old!
+[[File:Rudy_Horn_at_Tower_Circus.jpeg|thumb|right|300px|Rudy Horn at Blackpool's Tower Circus (1961)]]In 1948, he was contracted by [[Circus Krone]] for their winter season at Munich’s [[Kronebau]], their permanent circus building. (The original building had been destroyed by the bombings, but Frieda Krone rebuilt another circus, in wood, in 1945, right after the end of the war. The present Kronebau replaced it in 1961.) Krone was indeed Germany’s premier circus, and Rudy’s engagement definitely launched his hitherto burgeoning career&mdash;especially since it was followed by a three-year contract with the touring Circus Krone, Europe’s largest circus. Rudy Horn was only fifteen years old!
 His technique continued to improve: Beside his classic juggling with balls, clubs and rings, he could now pile up ten saucers and cups on his head and, with his foot, throw a coffee spoon balancing on his forehead&mdash;a rare exploit that only the very best jugglers have achieved. However, his cup and saucer routine was so popular that other jugglers began to copy it. Rudy counteracted by doing it on a high unicycle that he had to build himself, since this kind of apparatus was still hard to find. By 1950, the juggling on unicycle was part of his act&mdash;as well as juggling in rebound on a drum with seven balls.

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-[[File:Rudy_Horn_Ad.jpeg|thumb|right|300px|Rudy Horn c.1949]]Rudy went through the usual training of all circus children, starting with acrobatics, to which were added tap dance and, four hours a day, juggling practice with his father and his maternal grandfather, Benedikt Schiefer, the family’s juggler, who owned a small touring circus. In late 1942, Rupert Horn contacted the manager of Nuremberg’s WinterGarten Theater and suggested that he hired his son for the WinterGarten’s Christmas show. (Rupert had been drafted by the Wehrmacht, and although he was based in Nuremberg, he and his wife couldn’t work anymore.)
+[[File:Rudy_Horn_Ad.jpeg|thumb|left|300px|Rudy Horn c.1949]]Rudy went through the usual training of all circus children, starting with acrobatics, to which were added tap dance and, four hours a day, juggling practice with his father and his maternal grandfather, Benedikt Schiefer, the family’s juggler, who owned a small touring circus. In late 1942, Rupert Horn contacted the manager of Nuremberg’s WinterGarten Theater and suggested that he hired his son for the WinterGarten’s Christmas show. (Rupert had been drafted by the Wehrmacht, and although he was based in Nuremberg, he and his wife couldn’t work anymore.)
 Rudy, who was only nine years old, was indeed very young, but he could fit in the "young prodigy" category: He juggled three balls, three clubs, five hoops, and ended with sending atop his head with his foot a saucer, a cup in the saucer, a spoon in the cup, and a piece of sugar to crown it all. The manager was reluctant at first, but he eventually caved in: As the war dragged on, good performers were increasingly hard to find. Thus, Rudy made his debut in 1942 in the WinterGarten’s Christmas Show in Nuremberg, adding to his act a little acrobatic routine and some passing that he performed with his grandfather: Young Rudy stopped the show!

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	* Video: [[Rudy_Horn_Video_(1968)\|Rudy Horn, juggler]], on German Television (1968)		* Video: [[Rudy_Horn_Video_(1968)\|Rudy Horn, juggler]], on German Television (1968)
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