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  • An index of circus acts featured in the Circopedia archive, sorted by specialty.
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  • ...recognized as one of the greatest horse trainers of his time, both in the circus world and in equestrian circles. ...own as Dédé (1919-2003), a talented bareback rider who became not only a circus director, but also a popular auguste. Alexis’s mother, Hélène Maud (191
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  • ==Circus Websites== '''Eden Brothers''' Circus [http://www.edencircus.com/ www.edencircus.com]
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  • ...p, quite unnaturally, in a cooking institute. Yet Uzeyir never gave up his circus ambitions and continued his acrobatic training. He showed a natural gift fo ...vel of circus training in Russia—one of the world’s most difficult circus competitions.
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  • ...ailey]] in 2003-2004. Oleg's wife, Yana, also a graduate of Moscow's State Circus and Variety College, appeared with [[The Firebirds]]. ...d in Ankara, Turkey. In 2002, when they were featured with the [[Big Apple Circus]] in the United States, the troupe included Oleg Aniskin (principal catcher
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  • == Moscow's "New Circus" == ...ого'' in Russian), better known as Moscow's ''Bolshoi Circus'' ("Grand Circus") was built under the tenure of Leonid Brezhnev as First Secretary of the C
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  • ...for Circus and Variety Arts (Moscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in Moscow, where, under the tutelage of [[Tamara Babayan]], he specialize ...] from 1995-97, and appeared for the last time together at the [[Big Apple Circus]] in 1999, before parting ways.
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  • ...teen, entered the [[Centre National des Arts du Cirque]], the French state circus college in Châlons-en-Champagne. There, he developed a hand-to-hand balanc ...n]] in Paris. They first performed their remarkable act at the [[Big Apple Circus]] in the U.S. in 1996-97 and returned there in 2000-01 for their farewell s
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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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  • ...ar act/attraction, at the International Youth Festival of Circus Arts at [[Circus Nukulin]] in Moscow (2014)
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  • ==Circus Owner, Equestrian== Philip Astley (1742-1814) is considered the creator of the modern circus. He was born January 8, 1742 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the West Midlands,
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  • ==Juggler, Clown, Ringmaster, Circus Director== ...n, he spent a short time at Boston University's School of Fine and Applied Arts, then he worked as the stage manager for Julia Child's TV show, ''The Frenc
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  • ...or Circus and Variety Arts]], and Chimgee Haltarhu, of the Mongolian State Circus. He developed skills in aerial straps, Chinese pole, and juggling. ...childhood, Erika graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a degree in dance. Prior to meeting Andrew, she had danced at the Kenn
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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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  • ...939, in Cartagena, where she performed a small trapeze act in her father's circus, Circo Florida. A very strong girl, both physically and psychologically, Ma ...Florida was performing. Three years later, when Miro Papadopoulos sold his circus to his brother, Cristóforo Cristo, Mara was free to strike out on her own.
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  • ...a clown—an auguste to be specific—even before he saw his first circus. This dream was ingrained in him as a child; as he would say later, reflect ...e Southern tip of Spain—a city famous worldwide for its sherry wine. Circus in Spain, during Fernando’s childhood, was at a peak, and it produced an
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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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  • ...urthered their training at Moscow's [[State College for Circus and Variety Arts]], where Tady created his teeterboard act in 1975. His troupe, composed ex ...rsatile performers, Tady and Teresa Wozniak also appeared at the Big Apple Circus in a bareback riding act in 1984.
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  • ...later, he appeared for the first time in a circus ring, at the [[Big Apple Circus]]. He performed a juggling duet he had created with Jim Strinka, called Dyn ...eer as a street performer. He honed his performance skills with the Circus Arts Troupe, a group with which he performed in schools and shopping malls in 19
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  • Dolly Jacobs was born to a circus family: her father, the celebrated clown [[Lou Jacobs]] (1903-1992), was fo ...orate costumes, and participating in ensemble aerial presentations. Jean's circus career was short-lived. On May 5, 1948, a few days after her debut at Madis
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  • ...rcus troupes that traveled abroad, in shows produced by the Soviet central circus organization, [[SoyuzGosTsirk]]. ...ow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in 1927, the world's first circus university.
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  • The following institutions are schools of circus arts.
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  • ...circus, ''Circo Reina Victoria''; Paulina was, therefore, thrown into the circus world from the very moment she first opened her eyes. In the 1930s, the Rivels toured Europe, appearing in virtually every circus and variety house on the Continent. Then Charlie Rivel, who had performed h
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  • ...ool closest to her hometown. Although she received general training in all circus disciplines, Svetlana demonstrated exceptional talent for hand-balancing. ...nd balancing acts in the history of the Soviet circus—indeed, of the circus anywhere.)
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  • ...exis Gruss]]Marie-Pierre Bénac was not born into the circus. Yet during a circus career that spanned twelve years and two continents, she proved herself a v ...xis Gruss]]. Founded in 1974, the Conservatoire was the first professional circus school in Western Europe.
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  • ...public of Mongolia (Outer Mongolia) to a family that did not belong to the circus. Her father was a construction manager, her mother a housewife who raised t Tunga joined the State Circus School of Ulan-Bator when she was twelve years old. She specialized in the
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  • ...oned a promising career—in his case as an engineer—to join the circus. ...ould remain until 1990, performing their cradle act and, as members of the circus's resident company, a short-distance flying trapeze act.
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  • Cirkus Benneweis was, until 2015, Denmark's premier circus, and one of Europe's oldest circuses still in the hands of the same family: ...ed a license to perform as "artist and musician" and began to give outdoor circus performances in Denmark. Gottfried was the son of August Wilhelm Binneweitz
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  • ...Moscow’s [[State College of Circus and Variety Arts]] (a.k.a. the Moscow Circus School) in 1987, where the famous Russian act director [[Valentin Gneushev] ...[[Circus Knie]] and [[Circus Conelli]] in Switzerland; and, in Germany, [[Circus Krone]], Frankfurt’s TigerPalast, Düsseldorf’s Apollo Varieté, and Be
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  • ...dary juggler [[El Gran Picaso]] (Francisco Tébar Picazo), who was a major circus star in Europe in the 1960s and '70s, and popularized "mouth juggling" with ...Realizing that he couldn't escape his circus heritage, he returned to the circus and made his debut at the Benidorm Palace Dinner-Show in Spain on May 5, 19
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  • ...nciennes, France, Olivier Merlier was not, it seemed, destined to become a circus performer. He worked as a welder on nuclear power plant construction sites, ...cepted the invitation. Thus, in 1985, he began training in all the classic circus disciplines. At the same time, he began to study Hungarian—and to pay
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  • ...r David Balding established Circus Flora in 1987 as a permanent performing arts organization in St. Louis. ...ica killed her mother. For fifteen years, Flora was a beloved star of the circus that bears her name. In 2000, she retired in the elephant sanctuary in Hohe
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