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• Leonid Engibarov
  ...Russian pop music—among others. And Leonid Engibarov for the Russian circus. ...odied the moods of a new Soviet youth, which danced the twist, listened to the Beatles, and tried to erase three decades of Stalinist tyranny.
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• Norman Barrett
  ...ve, and as these lines were written in 2011, showed no sign of retirement. The best comments ever made about this most charming man were written by Ken Do ===Barrett’s Canadian Circus===
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• The Nikitin Brothers
  [[File:Circus_Nikitin_in_Moscow.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Circus Nikitin in Moscow (c.1915)]] ==Circus Entrepreneurs==
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• Guangdong Acrobatic Troupe
  ...for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards the extreme refinement of the skills involved in a particular art form. ...inese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• The Great Carmo
  ==Juggler, Magician, Circus Owner== ...ls|Bertram W. Mills]] and his two sons in 1929, prior to the appearance of the full-fledged Mills tenting show in 1930.
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• Arturo Castilla
  ==Circus Director and Impresario== ...ght of the emerging sport arenas’ potential, and the pioneering of trans-national synergies between major European circuses.
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• Marthe and Juliette Vesque
  ==Circus Memorialists== ...visual documentation existing on the European circus of the first half of the twentieth century.
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• Rob Torres
  ...d short the brilliant career of a young, talented clown that had conquered the affection of a large international audience. ...Rob developed a taste for performance and show business that would inform the rest of his life.
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• The Aragón Family
  ...nd Gaby, Fofó y Miliki, from the fourth generation, and their children of the fifth generation, who became major stars on Spanish television. ...ildren—and four sons among them. Little has been recorded of Arturo, the elder, who was probably significantly older than his more famous brothers:
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• Jenda Smaha
  ...ws. To the public at large, his name is certainly not as famous as that of the elephants he presented, ''Bertha'', and then a string of ''Tanyas''. ===The Vinicky-Smahas===
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• William Woodcock, Jr.
  ...erican circus, and his encyclopedic command of the history of elephants in the United States—an interest passed on to him by his father. ...854. As the feisty Babe would often say, "My family was in the circus when the Ringling brothers were still wearing wooden shoes."
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• Scott and Muriel
  ...ssistant. A friend introduced him to Muriel Brugman, a native of Weesp, in the Netherlands, who had a keen interest in physical comedy. Although he didn't ...ttended eighteen months after Muriel, when he finally overcame his fear of the legendary teacher. Scott and Muriel shared common interests (one was unicyc
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• SHORT HISTORY OF THE CIRCUS
  ...common denominator between Roman and modern circuses is the word itself, ''circus'', which means in Latin as in English, "circle". ===Philip Astley: The Father Of The Modern Circus===
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• Circus Williams
  ==Carola Williams And Her Circus== ...reeding ground for three of the best animal trainers of the second half of the twentieth century: [[Charly Baumann]], [[Gunther Gebel-Williams]], and [[Ge
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• Gilbert Houcke
  ...have made his one of the great names of the twentieth century’s European circus. ...trian who had settled in Sweden, where he originated his circus dynasty in the 19th century.
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• Walter Houc
  ...world, as well as on television and on film. In its several incarnations, the act always featured Walter Houc, working at various stages with his brother ...s a very strong man, and he somehow was able to catch Walter before he hit the ground; he had saved his son’s life.
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• Francis Brunn
  ...est juggler of the ages," adding with his usual humor: "Not many people in the world are as perfectly adjusted as Mr. Brunn is. He will never have to visi ...as not so much the tricks he performed (although they were spectacular) as the speed, precision and balletic quality of his act.
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• Dalian Acrobatic Troupe
  ...for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards the extreme refinement of the skills involved in a particular art form. ...inese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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• Nikolai Pavlenko
  ...and the sheer artistry of his presentations make him indeed an outstanding circus artist. ...o, many great Russian animal trainers made their apprenticeship in the Zoo-Circus organization.
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• Tini Berman
  ...to the circus. As a young woman, Tini went on to work as a stenographer at the Dutch Defense Ministry, while studying to become a goldsmith. ...of Cauberg in Valkenburg (in the southeastern Dutch province of Limburg). The zoo was particularly renowned for its animal-trainer school: Adriaan had le
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