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  • ==Circus Websites== '''Eden Brothers''' Circus [http://www.edencircus.com/ www.edencircus.com]
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  • ...(today the [[Académie Fratellini]], one of the western world's very first circus schools, which [[Annie Fratellini]] had just opened in Paris in 1975. There ...rica, and Asia. He was invited twice to participate in the [[International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo]], in 1990 (Tristan Rémy award) and 1996 (Junior J
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  • ...cus Arts. Its enormous success soon put the school in the shadows, and the circus took over as the principal activity of the organization. It became one of t ...’s prestigious Lincoln Center for The Performing Arts. The new Big Apple Circus quickly abandoned its spring-summer tours of the northeast United States an
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  • ==Juggler, Clown, Ringmaster, Circus Director== ...n after create the grassroots [[Pickle Family Circus]] and trigger the New Circus movement in the United States. Christensen and Pisoni, who had a comedy-jug
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  • ==Monte Carlo, Circus Capital of the World== ...ival was held from December 26 to 30, 1974 under the big top of the French circus [[The Bouglione Family|Bouglione]], installed on what was then the Esplanad
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  • ==Clown, Juggler, Circus Director== ...he San Francisco Mime Troupe, a political street-theater company that used circus techniques to create visual metaphors. As a member of the Mime Troupe, Mich
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  • ...some legitimacy, the Flying Gaonas. And indeed, this has happened. To the circus world, however, there has been one and only one Flying Gaonas: the act in w Victor Gaona Murillo (1925-2016) was born to an old, prolific Mexican circus family that traces its roots to the Circo Gaona y León, created in 1891 by
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  • ...nal clown character that stands as one of the twentieth century's greatest circus icons. ...s, the brothers began performing a trapeze act. Pedro later joined another circus, Circo Alegría, where he met—and later married—a French acroba
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  • ...re Rampe]] in Monte Carlo, the youth circus version of the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]]. ...cus—from acrobatics to horse vaulting—by a series of brilliant circus instructors, including [[The Larible Brothers|Enzo Larible]], [[The Boginos
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  • ...rcus troupe, where he learned a wide range of circus disciplines. (Amateur Circus troupes are the Russian equivalents of Youth Circuses—albeit at a muc ...he performed for twelve years, both in Russia and abroad with the [[Moscow Circus]].
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  • ...Russia and Eastern Europe. His is by far the most famous (and most copied) circus clown in the world. David is the first traditional circus auguste to have brilliantly synthesized the virtuosity of old musical augus
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  • ...to" Jimenez is, on his mother’s side, fifth generation of an old Mexican circus family whose fame dates back to nineteenth century. (His mother was born El ...; Blackpool [[Tower Circus]] in England; [[Circus Scott]] in Sweden; and [[Circus Krone]] in Germany among others.
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  • ...estival Mondial du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris, to represent the Big Apple Circus. To Brunn’s surprise and delight (and Nathalie’s), she won a Gold Medal ...onte-Carlo, where she performed for Prince Rainier III of Monaco; [[Circus Scott]] in Sweden; [[Circo Tihany]] in Mexico; [[Salto Natale]] in Switzerland; '
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  • ...trainer Fritz W. Schulz (1910-2010) was one of Australia's most celebrated circus personalities. He had a long and brilliant career that spanned six decades ===Circus Debut===
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  • ...ish acrobats of the twentieth century, and one of Britain’s most beloved circus and TV personalities. His career spanned seventy years, from his debut in 1 ...cultural Hall in Islington. For Easter, they were at Blackpool’s [[Tower Circus]], and then appeared at the London Palladium, Britain’s legendary music h
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  • Over many years, Norman Barrett has become the most loved and best known circus personality in Great Britain—regarded as "The World’s Greatest Ring ===Barrett’s Canadian Circus===
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  • ...continents, performing in the most prestigious venues of the international circus and variety scene. ...ry thorough and complete training within his family—like all Italian circus kids—became a solo contortionist, and occasionally appeared as a bare
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  • ==Juggler, Magician, Circus Owner== ...gedy. He might also be considered the man who launched the [[Bertram Mills Circus]] on its first tour, having had a short connection with [[Bertram Mills|Ber
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  • ...t''. The gentleman spotting them is [[François Bronett]], owner of Circus Scott.
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  • * Video: [[The_Mascotts_Video_1964|The Mascotts, balancing act]], at Circus Scott (1964)
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  • ...and when he was about thirteen years old, Miguel "ran away and joined the circus," as they say. ...eras, with Miguel as their main flyer, participated in the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in 1977.
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  • ...Anderson]], a puppeteer and stage designer who had developed a passion for circus and flying trapeze. (In 1973, Keith Anderson would create the Hi-Fli Trapez ...ates, where they were featured with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus for two seasons.
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  • ...Pedro and Juan began performing a trapeze act. Pedro later joined another circus, Circo Alegría, where he met—and later married—a French acroba ...name Boby) and Polo performed their first clown entrée in the new family circus.
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  • ...d been a center-ring headliner with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus in the United States for seven consecutive seasons. She was also courageous ...troubles, and in an area also totally devoid of competition. (The Spanish circus scene at the time was particularly rich and active.)
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  • ...iners of his generation. Although he came from a well-established European circus family, he spent most of his career on stage in the United States, working ...enda, was the son of Antonin and Ingebord Vinicky. His father was a famous circus equestrian known in the business as [[Toni Smaha]] (1908-1986), and his mo
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  • ...circus fans, who enjoyed testing his historical knowledge of the American circus, and his encyclopedic command of the history of elephants in the United Sta ...sconsin in 1854. 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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  • ...f [[Andrey Mantchev]] and [[Barry Lubin]] (as Grandma), in the [[Big Apple Circus]] production of ''Dream Big'' (2011) *Biography: [[Scott & Muriel]]
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  • [[File:Scott_%26_Muriel.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Scott & Muriel]]California-born Scott Nelson developed a keen interest in magic at an early age, and started perf ...after Muriel, when he finally overcame his fear of the legendary teacher. Scott and Muriel shared common interests (one was unicycling), and both thought t
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  • ==Carola Williams And Her Circus== ...he Althoff Dynasty|Althoffs]], she ran from 1945 to 1968 a very successful circus that presented elegant shows with excellent artists and outstanding equestr
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  • ...n iconic figure of Britain’s premier circus at the time, [[Bertram Mills Circus]]. In addition to his professional work, he was also noted for his charitab ...taly Lazarenko]] (1890-1939), a clown and acrobat who would become a major circus star in the Soviet Union after the Communist revolution.
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  • Scott & Muriel, comedy magicians, at he [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] (2008) * Biography: [[Scott and Muriel]]
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  • ...Enders on April 16, 1935 in Köln (Cologne), Germany, to an old family of circus equestrians. His parents were Hugo Enders (1899-1952), a jockey and horse t ...von der Gathen (1908-1999), who was Alma’s sister and was married to the circus director and animal trainer [[Adolf Althoff]] (1913-1998). Adi was trained
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  • ==Aerialist, Acrobat, Animal Trainer, Circus Owner== ...ith her husband, [[The Hanneford Family|Tommy Hanneford]] (1927-2005). Her circus career, both as an artist and a producer, spanned the entire second half of
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  • ...28 to Oreste and Tamara Raspini. The Raspinis were one of many old Italian circus families established in the Russian Empire prior to the Bolshevik Revolutio ...was already an accomplished juggler; he made his solo debut in 1942, at [[Circus Mikkenie-Strassburger]] in Holland, with his beautiful sister, Elvira, as h
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  • ...n St. Jules was born July 6, 1959 in Montreal, Canada, a second-generation circus performer. His Father, Maurice St. Jules, was a hand-balancer, and his moth ...g by his father, but in 1967, during an engagement with the [[Garden Bros. Circus]] in Canada, he met the talented and highly skilled French juggler [[Sampio
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  • ...oved to Brooklyn, New York, when Gene was still a child. He wanted to be a circus artist; it was not just a vague childhood dream: As a teenager, he began to ...t was indeed a great exposure, which was duly noticed by the press and the circus community—and by Ed Sullivan who invited Mendez to his television sho
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  • ...man animal trainer [[Gerd Siemoneit]], who was performing that season at [[Circus Knie]. ...s, Jürg was allowed to help Siemoneit with his cats at his [[Circus Barum|Circus Barum-Safari]]. In 1975, Siemoneit finally hired Jürg to become his assist
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  • ==Gröẞter Rennbahn-Circus Europas== ...ee-ring circus and the refinement and intimacy of the traditional European circus.
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  • ==Equestrians, Circus Owners== ...own circus and settled in (and then purchased) [[Ernst Renz]]’s flagship circus in Berlin in 1899—which remained active under Schumann’s ownership
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  • ...he belief that, one day, he would become a true professional juggler and a circus artist—and this dream kept him going. For the time being, he was gain ...he was also asked to teach juggling to the students of their newly created circus school. Being finally recognized as a bona-fide juggler, he began to work i
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  • ...Sarasota area, which has been home to a significant number of circuses and circus performers since [[The Ringling Brothers|John and Charles Ringing]] moved t ...ar a large crowd of circus artists, executives, and members of the greater circus arts appreciation community, who gather to honor the inductees, past and pr
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  • ...Ireland. So numerous the Fossett clan is that it was once said that every circus in the British Isles harbored at least one Fossett! (Jacko Fossett said: "I ...her, John Fossett, was performing as a clown with the [[Sir Robert Fossett Circus]]. His mother was Maria
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  • ...[[Jacko Fossett]], a successful association that began at [[Bertram Mills Circus]] and morphed into a lifelong friendship. ...roli]]'s act. [[Coco]], another great British clown, and a [[Bertram Mills Circus]]'s fixture before the war was also in the show.
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  • ...illy and Nikki, with Coco's granddaughter, in rehearsal at [[Bertram Mills Circus]] in London's Olympia (1962) — ''Document: British Pathé'' * Biographies: [[Coco]], [[Little Billy Merchant]], [[Jimmy Scott]]
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  • [[File:Jacko_Fossett_-_Jimmy_Scott.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Jimmy Scott (right) in 1937]] ...ame—a famous clown who had been a staple of [[Lord George Sanger’s Circus]]. (The original Pimpo, whom Jimmy Freeman replaced, was Herbert Sanger.)
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  • Steve Bor, juggler, at [[Circus Scott]] (1985)
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  • * Video: [[Steve_Bor_Video_(1985)|Steve Bor, juggler]], at Circus Scott (1985)
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