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  • ...e world’s oldest extant circus building. It is also the world’s oldest circus still in activity: It opened its doors in 1852. Its address, at 110 rue Ame ...e (Paris)|Cirque Olympique]], located some five hundred yards from his new circus, on the portion of the Boulevard du Temple that disappeared in 1862, during
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  • ...[[Achille Zavatta]] to celebrate his seventy-five birthday under Zavatta's circus big top in Massy—a small town in the southern outer boroughs of Paris ...put together a circus festival whose vocation was to celebrate traditional circus, and notably to highlight animal acts.
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  • ...928, in a family connected to show business and animals, albeit not to the circus: Heinz’s father was a movie stuntman who worked with horses for UFA in Be ...of the monumental [[Circus Busch]] in Berlin, and had reigned over a vast circus empire that included circuses in Altona, Hamburg, Breslau, and Vienna, and
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  • Daniel grew up in the circus. He was still a teenager when he was hired by [[Jo Clavel]] to work in [[Je ...as lions were still bred. The following year (1971) Daniel Suskov made his circus debut with that group at [[Cirque Amar]], and then spent the 1972 and 1973
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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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  • ...have made his one of the great names of the twentieth century’s European circus. ...]], a French equestrian who had settled in Sweden, where he originated his circus dynasty in the 19th century.
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  • * Video: [[Robin des Bois (1943)|Alex & Zavatta in the pantomime ''Robin des Bois'']], at the Cirque d'Hiver in Paris (1943 * Video: [[Zavatta_Video_(1966)|Achille Zavatta in ''Soir de Réveillon'']], clown entrée, in the French TV show ''La Pist
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  • ...rque Medrano holds a singular place in the Parisian cultural fabric and in circus history. From its beginnings as Cirque Fernando, in 1873, until the end of ...into genuine circus stars; appearing in its ring was a recognition for any circus artist. Its last performance under Jérôme Medrano’s reign in January 19
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  • ...ed a group of camels and lamas. Wim was not particularly interested in the circus as such, but he was fascinated by its animals. The process of training them ...Wim began his performing career as one of the camel riders at the German [[Circus Roland]], where [[Jos Uyterlinde]]—another of Klant’s pupils—
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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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  • ...he clown [[Foottit]] c. 1880), from the French television show ''Cavalcade Circus'', filmed at the [[Jean Richard|Cirque d'Ermenonvile]]. The beginning of th * Biography: [[Achille Zavatta]]
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  • ==Acrobats, Clowns, Circus Owners== ...022)|Kimberly & Holler Zavatta, roller-skating act]], at the International Circus Festival of Massy (2022)
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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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  • ...& Carmen Segura, roller-skating act, at the 1st ''"Artist"'' Festival at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2023) — ''Document: RusCircus.ru'' * Biography: [[The Zavatta Family]]
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  • ...le directeur autrichien [[Ludwig Svoboda]] renomma son ''Zirkus Lajos'', [[Circus Medrano-Svoboda|''Cirque Medrano de Vienne'']]. Comme il n'existait à l'é ...]] en Angleterre, [[John Ringling North]] aux États-Unis et, avant eux, [[Circus Sarrasani|Hans Stosch]] en Allemagne, Jérôme Medrano appartenait à une r
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