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• Michael Christensen
  ...Paris. Michael joined him in this new venture, and on July 18, 1977, the [[Big Apple Circus]] was born. ...ple Circus until 1983—and once more in 1985, in a performance of the Big Apple Circus with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra for a PBS TV special,
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• Lou Jacobs
  ..., Jacobs would be joined in the show by another great German-born clown, [[Otto Griebling]], and by [[Emmett Kelly]].) ...made him easily recognizable in the vast expanses of the Ringling's giant big top (and later, in sport arenas).
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• Anatoly Durov
  Around 1878, Otto Kleist, a balagan acrobat, taught Vladimir and Anatoly a trapeze act. The f ...a clown. His insistence paid off. At last he had reached Moscow—the big time. The talented and tenacious Anatoly was on his way to stardom.
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• Tom Dougherty
  ...al, where he was awarded the Silver Medal. That same year, he joined the [[Big Apple Circus]]’s celebrated Clown Care Unit®, bringing much needed comic ...the circus ring in 2000-2001, where he starred with [[Jeff Gordon]] in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Clown Around Town'', a tale vaguely inspired b
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• Alfred Court
  ...repreneur, [[Ugo Ancillotti]] (1869-1925), with a traveling circus under a big top, the ''Cirque Impérial Russe''. It was a short-lived venture—not ...ste for circus under canvas at Cirque Pinder, and owning his own traveling big top was what he truly wanted. He began to make plans for the creation of a
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• Giuseppe Chiarini
  ...tors, and was luxuriously appointed, with drapes and carpeting, and lit by big chandeliers. Images published in the Australian newspapers show that his big top was now a modern, two-pole American tent—much stabler than a sing
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• Julius Gleich
  ...to present multiple acts simultaneously, or to use the full hippodrome for big spectacles. (After WWII, this hybrid system was reintroduced in Germany by ...how Benito Mussolini presiding social gatherings in Rome inside Gleich’s big top.
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• Jakob Busch
  ...ght years after its modest beginnings, a poster of Circus Busch heralded [[Otto Sailer-Jackson]]—who was on his way to become one of the most famous ...taculars (popularized by Paula Busch in her Berlin circus) to an itinerant big top, and to bring to his traveling show, under the artistic direction of [[
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• SHORT HISTORY OF THE CIRCUS
  ...reated by the [[The Ringling Brothers|Ringling Brothers]], Al (1832-1916), Otto (1837-1911), Alf T. (1863-1919), Charles (1864-1926), and John (1866-1936). ...lays were losing their supremacy to trainers of exotic animals (especially big cats), acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, and clowns. While some trained exoti
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• Arne Arnardo
  Arne Arnardo was born Arne Otto Lorang Andersen on October 12, 1912 in Sarpsborg, on the southeastern tip o The war over, Arne bought a second-hand big top for 1,500 Norwegian Crowns, and began to put together all what was need
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• Cirque Medrano (Paris)
  ...use of its water basin with comic pantomimes that inevitably ended with a big splash in the pool! Novelties and comedy had been so far what had distingui ...arena designed for equestrian spectaculars, the Hippodrome was perhaps too big to be profitable: it would eventually close in 1907. (It was transformed in
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• Alexis Gruss, Jr
  ...right and became very successful—such as [[Circus Roncalli]], the [[Big Apple Circus]], and even [[Cirque du Soleil]]. ...and to two legends of the equestrian circus, [[Adolph Strassburger]] and [[Otto Schumann]] (not related to the [[The Schumann Dynasty|Schumann]] dynasty),
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• Nouveau Cirque (Paris)
  ...nd a spectacular foyer that didn’t need any significant alterations. The big rotunda that was to accommodate the circus itself and its swimming pool was ...[The Hanlon-Voltas]] confirmed that the Nouveau Cirque could accommodate a big flying act, and the Johnson Swimmers (male and female) exhibited their grac
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• Franz Althoff
  ...o improved the circus performing space, introducing innovative concepts in big-top engineering and design. At the same time, he foresaw the potential the ...monumental façade "à la [[Circus Sarrasani|Sarrasani]]"), Franz’s new big top was a clear indication of the taste that would inform his future choice
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• The Schumann Dynasty
  ...ö in the South of Sweden. The show, which opened on May 16, 1885, was not big, and its quality was a little wanting at first, but Albert had sixteen hors Signor Saltarino (Valdemar Otto) described Albert Schumann in his book ''Artisten Lexikon'' (1895) as "a pl
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• Jacko Fossett
  ...troupe. There, they partnered with another diminutive auguste named Kiki (Otto Moskovitz, 1908-1985), a good Romanian comic who was a Cirkus Schumann's fa File:Chapman_Big_Top.jpg|Chapman Circus's big top (1930)
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• Little Billy Merchant
  ...ally included dwarf acrobats. With Boganny, Billy became truly exposed to "big time" variety and what is more, he could fully express his nascent comedic ...ills. There, the duo partnered with another diminutive auguste named Kiki (Otto Moskovitz, 1908-1985), a Romanian who was a Cirkus Schumann's favorite. Whe
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