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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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• Kio
  ...million worldwide, which arguably makes theirs the most widely seen act in the history of Magic. ...s—and by the Soviet gossipmongers, who showed a tabloid interest for the peculiar intricacies of their multiple marriages, notably Igor’s matrimon
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• Circus Sarrasani
  ...al undertones, dominated (and occasionally brought close to bankruptcy) by the larger-than-life personality and extravagant vision of its famous founder, ==HANS STOSCH’S CIRCUS SARRASANI==
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• The Lorch Family
  ==Acrobats, Circus Owners== ===Circus Lorch===
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• Gia Eradze
  ==Animal Trainer, Circus Producer== ...ome and abroad, and eventually propelled him to new heights in the Russian circus artistic hierarchy.
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• Arne Arnardo
  ==Circus Owner, Magician== ...its reputation and is still recognized today (2020) as Norway’s premier circus.
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• Oleg Popov
  ...15, for the first (and short-lived) [[Master Festival]] in Sochi, became a national cultural event of first magnitude. ...ndparents lived. They settled in an apartment on Leningradsky Avenue, near the old Dynamo Central Stadium. Oleg’s father, Konstantin, made a living as a
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• Yury Nikulin
  ==Clown, Actor, Circus Director== ...o the modern age, and restoring its prominence on the Russian and European circus scenes at a critical moment in Russian history.
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• Cirque Medrano (Paris)
  ...vies, and even popular songs. Its history is also closely intertwined with the life of its three historic directors: Louis Fernando, [[Geronimo Medrano]], ...drano’s reign in January 1963 was an event attended by the Tout-Paris of the arts, and its demolition in December 1973 caused a massive uproar that even
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• Xinjiang 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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• Alexis Gruss, Jr
  ==Circus Owner, Equestrian== ...recognized as one of the greatest horse trainers of his time, both in the circus world and in equestrian circles.
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• Norman Crider
  ...lso offered rare and precious circus prints and other wonderfully selected circus artifacts. ...ned baton-twirling, and went on to become the American champion and to win national and international competitions. Eventually, he created a juggling act with
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• Circus Krone
  =="Größter Circus Europas"== ...t circus building in Munich, the Kronebau, has been home to regular winter circus productions since 1919.
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• Baptiste Loisset
  ==Equestrian, Circus Owner and Director== ...er in the position of director of the Royal Riding Academy at The Hague in the Netherlands—a country this Frenchman called home for most of his prof
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• Tianjin 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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• William Vos
  ...ly interested in the circus as such, but he was fascinated by its animals. The process of training them would become his passion. ...where [[Jos Uyterlinde]]—another of Klant’s pupils—presented the act. At that time, Wim also took care of all sorts of animals.
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• Dimitri
  ...a career in the circus and, therefore, he is indeed an important figure of circus history. ...d also an artist who expressed himself in pottery, sculpture and painting. The recipient of several international awards and celebrated worldwide as an ou
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• Jürg Jenny
  ...man animal trainer [[Gerd Siemoneit]], who was performing that season at [[Circus Knie]. ...p of seven lionesses from the Künzler Zoo in Romanshorn, (a Swiss city on the Lake Constance), and built his first cage act in just four months.
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• Nouveau Cirque (Paris)
  ...se its prominence before the first World War and proved unable to adapt to the post-war era. ...ndsetting house whose rich and often glorious life had lasted forty years, the Nouveau Cirque finally called it quits.
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• Franz Althoff
  ==Gröẞter Rennbahn-Circus Europas== ...ee-ring circus and the refinement and intimacy of the traditional European circus.
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• The Schumann Dynasty
  ==Equestrians, Circus Owners== ...lin in 1899—which remained active under Schumann’s ownership until the end of World War I.
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• Gerry Cottle
  ==Circus Owner and Producer== ...ized the opportunity, and his name soon became synonymous with "circus" in the United Kingdom and would remain so until Cottle’s untimely death in 2021.
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• Pablo Noel
  ...iners, Pablo Noel (1926-2018) was an original, and his humoristic style in the midst of a group of roaring lionesses (and a phlegmatic lion) has never bee ...father, Jean-Antoine, nor his mother, Louise, née Escoda, belonged to the circus. Paul was only seven years old when he lost his mother; he was adopted by L
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• Guangzhou 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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• Natalya Jigalova
  ...anova]] and [[Marina Golovinskaya]], who developed under [[Victor Fomine]] the new style of swinging trapeze originated by [[Tereza Durova]], Fomine and P ...ccepted in Moscow’s [[State College for Circus and Variety Arts]]. Under the guidance of Victor Fomine, she created her swinging trapeze act, with which
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• Jacko Fossett
  ...joyed a very successful career that spanned nearly sixty years not only in the British Isles, but also abroad. ...her, John Fossett, was performing as a clown with the [[Sir Robert Fossett Circus]]. His mother was Maria
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• Alessandro Guerra
  ==Equestrian, Circus Entrepreneur== ...the nickname of "Il Furioso," he was also a versatile performer, a gifted circus director, a pioneer who managed a very talented company and traveled with i
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• The Reverhos
  ...sh;and the sheer difficulty of their vast repertoire prevented imitations. The fact that they worked principally on variety stages is perhaps another fact ===From Bricklaying to The Variety Stage===
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• Virginie Kenebel
  ...rts, it was these ballerinas on horseback who truly defined the equestrian circus's Romantic period. ===The Kenebel-Avrillon family===
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