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  ==Circus Websites== '''Eden Brothers''' Circus [http://www.edencircus.com/ www.edencircus.com]
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• Uzeyir Novruzov
  ...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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• Aniskin Troupe
  ...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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• Bolshoi Circus
  == 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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• Valdis Yanovskis
  ...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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• Virgile Peyramaure
  ...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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• Big Apple Circus
  ...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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• Plotnikovi Bears Video (2014)
  ...ar act/attraction, at the International Youth Festival of Circus Arts at [[Circus Nukulin]] in Moscow (2014)
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• Philip Astley
  ==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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• Paul Binder
  ==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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• Duo Adamo
  ...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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• International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo
  ==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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• Miss Mara
  ...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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• Pancracio
  ...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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• Michael Christensen
  ==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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• Wozniak Troupe
  ...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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• Dynamotion Jugglers
  ...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
  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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• Moscow Circus
  ...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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• Paulina Schumann
  ...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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• Svetlana Gololobova
  ...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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• Marie-Pierre Bénac
  ...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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• Tunga
  ...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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• Les Casaly
  ...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
  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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• Yelena Larkina
  ...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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• Picaso Jr.
  ...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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• Olivier and Melinda
  ...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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• Circus Flora
  ...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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• Ivor David Balding
  ==Circus Producer and Artistic Director== ...famous Parisian circus. There, David had an invaluable initiation into the circus world.
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• Sophie and Virgile
  ...om one to five days a week. Eventually she decided to pursue a career as a circus artist. ...e in 1986, at age fifteen. He came from the circus: His father ran a small circus company.
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• Elena Panova
  ...developed quite by accident at the [[State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in Moscow along with her teachers, [[The Durov Dynasty|Tereza Durova]] an ...his wife, Klavdia, née Kazanskaya. Her parents had nothing to do with the circus: they came from peasant stock and both worked in a local factory.
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• Oleg Izossimov
  ...was twelve years old, he saw the Russian hand balancer Nikolai Kasse in a circus performance, and he was so impressed that he decided then and there that th ...te College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in Moscow, the celebrated "Moscow Circus School". He was refused three years in a row, and was finally accepted in 1
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• Duo Mouvance
  ...f Quebec, Canada. Since her middle-class family had no connection with the circus world, Hélène went through a traditional schooling, graduating in 1982 wi ...still a fledging school—albeit already making its mark in the “New Circus” community. At the same time, she studied acrobatic dance with Michel Jod
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• Circus Nikulin
  == The Circus On Tsvetnoy Boulevard == ...cus, is another one. And in Moscow, there is Circus Nikulin—"the Old Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard."
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• Cirque d'Hiver
  ...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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• Valentin Gneushev
  ...eth century, and the creator of some of the most innovative and celebrated circus acts of the 1990s. ...g original acts for them, he eventually influenced the style of many young circus artists and companies, including [[Cirque du Soleil]].
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• Vladimir Tsarkov
  ...scow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]]—the famous "Moscow Circus School"—where he was accepted in 1978, at age fifteen. After the usual basic training in all classic circus disciplines, Vladimir went on to specialize in juggling under Firs Petrovic
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• Circus Oz
  ...al base upon which Circus Oz was founded. Many of the original members of Circus Oz were active in the new wave of Australian performance and brought to the === From "New Circus" To "Circus Oz" ===
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• Elena Borodina
  === From Ballet Dreams To Circus Challenges === ...other, Martha Avdeeva, was a scion of the old [[The Avdeev Family|Avdeev]] circus family. Martha and her sister, Svetlana, had inherited the legendary "giant
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• Elena Serafimovich
  ...the USSR) on February 18, 1972 in a family that was not connected with the circus: Both her parents worked for import-export companies. As a child, the mixtu ...there did: she enrolled in Kiev’s State Institute of Variety and Circus Arts in Ukraine (still part of the Soviet Union at the time). The year was 1987.
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• Kuznetsov Troupe
  ...oscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]]—the famous Moscow Circus School. ...cus]]. In 1991, Kuznetsov left the Zemskov Troupe for Moscow’s [[Bolshoi Circus]], where he started working on a Russian Barre act of his own.
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• Nathalie Enterline
  ...nterline began her dance training at age three at the Enterline Performing Arts Center in Milton and with the Williamsport Civic Ballet, which were both ow ...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
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• Tom Dougherty
  When his circus contract was over, he returned to the stage, but didn’t abandon clowning: ...he was awarded the Silver Medal. That same year, he joined the [[Big Apple Circus]]’s celebrated Clown Care Unit®, bringing much needed comic relief to ho
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• Simon Chaban
  ...d a Russian one, Serguei Zenov. He also trained in Taiko drumming, martial arts, ballet, stage combat, magic, and break dancing. ...isco's [[Pickle Family Circus|New Pickle Circus]] and with Switzerland's [[Circus Monti]], among many other venues, before creating his acrobatic staff manip
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• Nanjing Acrobatic Troupe
  .... Over several millennia, its peoples have created many form of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...nd association with a Western circus was in 1988-1989 with the [[Big Apple Circus]], which also marked its first appearance in the United States.
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• The Chinese Acrobatic Theater
  ...embers of the former Soviet Union have been the most inventive and skilled circus artists of the twentieth century, the Chinese, who come from a different, a ...lthough its artists perform acts of a similar genre and share with Western circus artists a similar background—that of the traveling fairground enterta
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• Carlos Guity
  ...[[Big Apple Circus]]. For over ten years he trained there in a variety of circus disciplines, including tumbling, foot juggling and risley, partnered acroba ...ngside some exceptional circus artists who were working with the Big Apple Circus: [[Francis Brunn]], [[Lottie Brunn]], [[Marie Pierre Benac]], [[David Dimit
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• Alfred Court
  ==Acrobat, Circus Owner, Animal Trainer== ...the greatest wild animal trainers of all times—and as such, a major circus star in Europe and America.
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• Nikolai Chelnokov
  ...Circus and Variety Arts]] in Moscow in 1982, where he trained in all major circus disciplines, and specialized as an aerialist under the legendary team of [[ ...ween classical and "new" circus, and was instrumental in redefining circus arts for generations to come. Chelnokov was awarded a Silver Medal in this festi
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• Pieric
  ...omedy on horseback, which was present in the very first days of the modern circus, is a very difficult genre—as is, actually, any act performed on hors ...e Fratellini’s school had acquired at various times the services of such circus equestrian luminaries as [[Chotachen Courtault]] and [[Francesco Caroli]].
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• Simeon Krachinov Video (2007)
  ...ирк/Circus.doc (Russian State Circus Company) [http://www.circus.ru www.circus.ru]''
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• Simeon Krachinov
  ...|Simeon Krachinov, juggler]], at Moscow's International Festival of Circus Arts (2007)
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• The Indian Circus
  ...y where the level of extreme poverty is still fairly high, a few traveling circus entrepreneurs may have resorted to methods that have fortunately vanished m [[File:Rambo_Circus_(2011).jpeg|thumb|right|375px|Rambo Circus (2011)]]
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• Les Bario
  ...no (Freddy, 1922-1988) was born in Brussels on December 18, 1922. Like all circus children, the two sons of Manrico Meschi, known as Bario (1888-1974), and L In 1938, the Dario-Barios were in England, at Blackpool’s [[Tower Circus]]. Nello took advantage of the occasion to learn tap-dancing, of which Engl
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• Los Quiros
  ...Quiros Video (2002)|Los Quiros, high wire act]] at the 26th International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (2002) ...)|Los Quiros, high wire act]], at the 2nd International Festival of Circus Arts in Moscow (2005)
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• Sarah Schwarz
  ...vacations training in circus arts, and performing on tour with the circus. Circus quickly became Sarah’s true passion. ...avant-garde [[Cirque de Barbarie]], at [[Circo da Madrugada]] in Brazil, [[Circus Roncalli]] in Germany, and Berlin’s WinterGarten varieté, among other ve
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• LaSalle Brothers
  ...ociation Team Championships, and they won a Bronze Medal and the Big Apple Circus Award at the 2003 [[Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris. After ...se to stay in show business, taking a managerial position at the Big Apple Circus. They have not turned their back to their performing career, however, and h
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• Flying Cortes
  ...ith their parents, when the Cortes Troupe were contracted by [[Hoxie Bros. Circus]] to perform their high wire and flying trapeze acts. Young Robinson perfor ...pyramid with the [[The Wallenda Family|Wallendas]] at the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in 2004, along with his wife, Alida. (That year,
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• Duo Silver Stones Video (2013)
  ...i), aerial straps, at the International Youth Festival of Circus Arts at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2013)
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• Rodion Troupe
  ...ticipated in international gymnastics competitions before switching to the circus&madash;as many Russian gymnasts do when their competitive career comes to a ...r Nikolai Zemskov’s untimely and sudden death during the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in 1995, his act was taken over for some time by
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• Crystalle
  ...mnastics and ballet. But when her father heard of her intention to go to a circus school, he stopped talking to Cryzta for two years! To him, she had chosen ...irque et du Mime, France’s—and Western Europe’s—very first circus school, created in 1974.)
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• David Martins
  ...us" held in his native country. This radically changed David’s life: The circus was [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]], and David was hired to perform ...vid Martins made his debut with his spectacular new act in the [[Big Apple Circus]] production of ''Bello Is Back!''
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• Russia's First National Circus
  ...n [[Alessandro Guerra]] and his troupe gave their first performance in the circus they had just built on the old Place des Manèges—the "merry-go-round ...in Rimini, Italy, Guerra (1782-1862) had started his career at Vienna's [[Circus Gymnasticus]], under the management of the Latvian equestrian [[Christoph d
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• Anhui Acrobatic Troupe
  ...Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...2005)|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe, Risley & Teeterboard Act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Grandma Goes To Hollywood'' (2005)
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• Bertram Mills
  ==Circus Owner and Director== ...unced the "Death of Britain’s Nº 1 Showman" and the "King of the Modern Circus," indicating the unrivalled position in which the showman was revered.
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• Garamov Troupe
  ...oscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] (better known as Moscow Circus School), and graduated in 1970. He made his professional debut as a flyer w ...by Valentin Gneushev. The troupe also participated in the [[International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo]] in 1998.
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• Elena Drogaleva
  ...s (Moscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] (the famous "Moscow Circus School") in 1980. There she specialized as a juggler, and graduated in 1987 ...medal at the All-Union Circus Competition—the old USSR’s ultimate circus competition. But in the turmoil of the post-Soviet era, it was not easy to
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• Cyril Mills
  ==Circus Owner and Director== ...break for National Service in the Royal Air Force. After the Bertram Mills Circus closed down in 1967, he and Cyril Mills remained close friends.''
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• Leonid Engibarov
  ...Russian pop music—among others. And Leonid Engibarov for the Russian circus. ...he ringmaster in the circus ring, or [[SoyuzGosTsirk]], the central Soviet circus organization, in real life. In this, he embodied the moods of a new Soviet
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• Fedunovi Duo
  ...(born October 17, 1972) met at the [[State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in Moscow, Russia, where both were students. They graduated in 1991 with ...agements at the [[Tower Circus]] in Blackpool, England, and [[Circus Krone|Circus Kronebau]] in Munich, Germany.
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• Duo Perfilyev
  ...when they were thirteen years old. As a child, Irina already worked in the circus; she had started training in gymnastics and ballet at age four. Andrey also ...for Circus and Variety Arts (Moscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]], and she convinced Andrey to come with her. But if Irina, with her backgr
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• Denis Lacombe Maestro Video 1996
  Denis Lacombe in ''The Maestro'', comedy act, at the 1st International Circus Arts Festival of Moscow (1996)
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• Denis Lacombe
  ...enis Lacombe in ''The Barber Shop'' with Bill Woodcock]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Carnival and Mardi Gras'' (1986) ..._Lacombe_BAC_Video_1986|Denis Lacombe, ''The Maestro'']], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Carnival and Mardi Gras'' (1986)
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• Kristina Kokorina Video 2005
  ...рк/Circus.doc (Russian State Circus Company) [http://www.circus.ru/ www.circus.ru]''
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• Kristina Kokorina
  ...Kristina Kokorina, Juggling Act]], at the International Festival of Circus Arts, Moscow (2005)
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• Natalia Yakubova
  ...for Circus and Variety Arts (Moscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in Moscow, where he graduated in 1970 as an acrobat on perch pole. Four y ...ildan Yakubovi, Trained Baboons]], at the International Festival of Circus Arts in Moscow (2005)
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• Natalia Yakubova Video 2005
  ...ирк/Circus.doc (Russian State Circus Company) [http://www.circus.ru www.circus.ru]
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• Zhengzhou Acrobatic Troupe
  .... Over several millennia, its peoples have created many form of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...al competition, notably winning a Silver Clown at the 11th [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] with a chair-balancing act in 1985.
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• The Kurziamovi
  ...an acrobat and a clown, before becoming ringmaster of Moscow’s [[Bolshoi Circus]] from 1971 to 1986. ...in Moscow (the Russian Academy of Theatrical Arts), where he graduated as circus "regisseur" (director) in 1995. It is at that time that he met his wife, Ol
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• Beijing Acrobatic Troupe Pole Act 2007
  Beijing Acrobatic Troupe, Chinese Poles, at the International Circus Arts Festival of Moscow (2007)
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• Beijing Acrobatic Troupe
  ...Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...in 2007 for its remarkable Chinese Pole act, which was also feratured at [[Circus Krone]] in Munich in 2011.
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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
  ...Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...including three ''Prix du Président de la République''), [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo|Monte Carlo]] (two Gold Clowns), Italy and Sweden,
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• Circus Gymnasticus
  [[File:Circus_Gymnasticus_1815.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The Circus Gymnasticus on the Prater (1815)]] ...ristoph de Bach]] (1768-1834), who had settled in Austria around 1805. The Circus Gymnasticus’s elegant building was erected in 1808 on the Prater—th
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• The Great Carmo
  ==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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• China Acrobatic Troupe
  ...Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...of [[International Circus Festival of Budapest|Budapest]], [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo|Monte Carlo]], Russia, Poland, and [[Festival Mondi
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• Shenyang Acrobatic Troupe
  ...Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...l du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris, two Silver Clowns at the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] and the First Prize and the Grand Prize at the [[
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• Angélina
  ...tinue her art education, and she applied for the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. Unfortunately, she was not accepted. This dramatically changed th ...elaxed place to consider her future. Toulouse was the seat of a well-known circus school, the Lido, which had shown over the years a remarkable talent for cr
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• Stephanie Gasparoli
  ...ipated in the [[Festival Première Rampe]], Monaco’s international youth circus festival, where she obtained a Silver Medal. It was evident that Stephanie ...er: Immediately afterwards, in 1999, she was featured at the prestigious [[Circus Knie]], in her native Switzerland.
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• The Flying Caceres
  ...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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• Arturo Castilla
  ==Circus Director and Impresario== ...evements were the introduction of theatrical aesthetics into the traveling circus performance, a modern approach to public relations and marketing, his fores
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• The Casartelli Family
  ...e of its famous name) with the legendary [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Parisian circus]]. ...sartelli family managed to become in just a few decades one of the largest circus families in Europe; it counts today about one hundred members.
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• Circus Medrano-Swoboda
  .... The name of that circus was homonymous to that of the legendary Parisian circus, but had no connection with it. It was “the other Medrano”—and st ...t and although they didn’t come from a circus family, they owned a small circus that traveled in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They always called Ludwig, wh
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• Marthe and Juliette Vesque
  ==Circus Memorialists== ...perhaps the most remarkable visual documentation existing on the European circus of the first half of the twentieth century.
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• Wang Lixin
  ...ited States, she has been featured as a solo performer in the [[Big Apple Circus]] production of ''Happy On!'' (1998). ...xin_BAC_Video_1998|Wang Lixin, cup and saucer juggling]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Happy On!'' (1998)
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• Changchun Acrobatic Troupe
  ...Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...globe. The Changchun Acrobatic Troupe participated in the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in 1987, where it was awarded the ''City of Monac
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• Liaoning Acrobatic Troupe
  ...Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...y]]. The Liaoning Acrobatic Troupe won a Gold Medal at the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in 1987 with a hoop diving act. One of its artist
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• Inner Mongolia Acrobatic Troupe
  ...Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...1990 for its juggling on unicycles act, and the Gold Prize at the [[Golden Circus]] Festival in Italy in 2007. The troupe was awarded again at the Festival M
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• Tokar and Hyobagy
  ...oltan Hyobagy won the Circus Academy award at the 1st International Circus Arts in Moscow in 1996. ...96|Magdalena Tokar & Zoltan Hyobagy, aerial cradle]], at the International Circus Festival of Moscow (1996)
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• Vorobiev Troupe Video 2007
  ...biev Troupe, Russian swing act (excerpts), at the 3rd International Circus Arts Festival of Moscow (2007)
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• Vorobiev Troupe
  ...deo_2007|Vorobiev Troupe, Russian swing act]], at the International Circus Arts Festival of Moscow (2007)
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• Liubov Pisarenkova
  ...for Circus and Variety Arts (Moscow)|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]]. She graduated four years later, in 1965, as an "estrade" (variety) artis ...technique, and her magnetic personality soon made her a star of the Soviet circus. She married the acrobat [[Borisenko and Burdetsky|Viacheslav Borisenko]].
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• Wuqiao Acrobatic Troupe
  .... Over several millennia, its peoples have created many form of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...including the United States (where they were featured with the [[Big Apple Circus]] in 2010-2011), England, France, Germany, Australia, Holland, Belgium, Swe
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• Pinito del Oro
  ...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 active.)
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• Shandong Acrobatic Troupe
  ...Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...batic Festival]] in 1995; and the Bronze Bear award at the [[International Circus Festival of Moscow]] in 1996. Their award-winning bicycle act (Monte Carlo,
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• Viktor Tikhonov
  A major star of the Soviet Circus, Viktor Tikhonov (1917-1991) was an outstanding and amazingly innovative an ...|State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in 1927 to provide the Soviet circus with a new generation of native performers.
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• The Durov Dynasty
  ...and during the Soviet regime, originated one of Russia’s most important circus dynasties. Their name still resonates today in Russian lore and culture, an To the circus historian, however, finding one’s way into the intricacy of their expande
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• Anna Volodko
  ...as youth circuses in the West. She began performing at age twelve in Youth Circus shows and festivals, winning awards in the process at the festivals of Mosc ...Club Med in Bali and Morocco, and in the United States in the [[Big Apple Circus]] production of ''Dream Big'' in 2011-2012.
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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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• Molly Saudek
  ...s eleven years old, she joined [[Circus Smirkus]], a very successful youth circus based in Greensboro, Vermont, whose summer camp’s young students go on to ...or circus arts, and at age eighteen, she enrolled in Montreal’s National Circus School, in nearby Quebec. There she trained as a tight wire dancer, a speci
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• Mstislav Zapashny Tiger Video (2005)
  ...ирк/Circus.doc (Russian State Circus Company) [http://www.circus.ru www.circus.ru]''
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• The Zapashny Dynasty
  ...alter_Zapashny_Video_(1964)|Walter Zapashny, mixed cage act]], at the "Old Circus" in Moscow (1964) ...slav & Dolores Zapashny, tiger and elephant attraction]] at Stochi's State Circus (1980)
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• Nazi Shiraï
  ...enticeship at the [[College for Circus and Variety Arts|Studio for Variety Arts]] in Moscow. The very original juggling act that made her a household name ...ormed extensively in the USSR after WWII, and was a member of the Armenian circus collective of Erevan. She was made Artist Emeritus of the Armenian Socialis
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• Dosov Troupe
  ...atic Festival]] in China (1999), and the Gold Clown at the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] (2000). ...stival in China. In 2004, the troupe won again Gold at the [[International Circus Festival of Budapest]] in Hungary.
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• The Cranes Video (2005)
  ...ash; ''Document Росгосцирк/Circus.doc ([http://www.circus.ru www.circus.ru]'')
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• The Cranes
  ...ranes'', flying trapeze act]], at the 2nd International Festival of Circus Arts in Moscow (2005)
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• Merdenov Troupe Video (2005)
  ...ирк/Circus.doc (Russian State Circus Company) [http://www.circus.ru www.circus.ru]''
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• Yury Merdenov
  ...iding, in ''The Kuban Cossacks'']] at the International Festival of Circus Arts in Moscow (2005)
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• The Polish "Cyrk" Posters
  ...ral media: concerts, exhibitions, film, jazz, opera, theater, etc. and the circus (''cyrk'' in Polish). ...boards and events’ notices as well as support for the art of the street. Circus became both the most internationally recognized and acclaimed subject depic
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• Margarita Koroleva
  ..., [[Sergei Korolev]], was trained at National Studio of Circus and Variety Arts of Tashkent, the capital of the Republic of Uzbekistan, where he graduated ...arita began her career as an aerialist. ''Kaleidoscope'' was featured at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow, and toured Europe, visiting Norway, Italy, Finland, Fr
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• Angelo Rodriguez
  ...a scholarship to train at Moscow’s [[State College of Circus and Variety Arts]]. There, he was trained by the legendary acrobat and hand-balancer, [[Vale ...ow based in the United States. In 2013, Angelo returned to Peru to produce circus shows in Lima.
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• Quiros Video (2005)
  ...рк/Circus.doc (Russian State Circus Company) [http://www.circus.ru/ www.circus.ru]''
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• Adi Enders
  ...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 ...act, and by his uncle Adolf, who took care of his education in equestrian arts and animal training.
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• Dalian Acrobatic Troupe
  ...Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...Cirque de Demain]] in Paris and a Silver Clown at the 23rd International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo. Its bicycle act won a Silver Medal at the 27th Fes
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• Desire Of Flight
  ...ember of the Russian National Gymnastics Team. Valeriy converted to circus arts when his competitive career came to an end—as many former Russian gym ...17), and in the United States, where they were featured in the [[Big Apple Circus]] 35th anniversary production of ''Legendarium'' in 2012, and again in 2018
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• Quinterion Troupe
  ...hant Award at the 9th [[International Youth Festival of Circus Arts]] at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow in 2010. ...roupe_Video_(2012)|The Quinterion Troupe, banquine act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Legendarium'' (2012)
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• The Circuses Of Moscow
  ...ses in Moscow, [[Circus Nikulin]] on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, and the [[Bolshoi Circus]] (''bolshoi'' means ''big'', in Russian) on Vernadsky Avenue—and the ...Ciniselli (St. Petersburg)|Circus Ciniselli]] stands today. Tourniaire’s circus had only a short existence: it was bought back by the government of St. Pet
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• Achille Zavatta
  ...vatta, ''The Ballerina On Horseback'']], in the French TV show ''Cavalcade Circus'' (1970) ...ue Denis, ''Achille Zavatta, Star du Cirque'' (Aulnay-sous-Bois, Éditions Arts des 2 Mondes, 2010) — ISBN 978-2-915189-21-6
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• Pellegrini Brothers
  ...o-hand balancing]] (excerpt), at Moscow's International Festival of Circus Arts (2007) ...i Brothers, hand-to-hand balancing]] (full act), at the 40th International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (2016)
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• Pellegrini Brothers Video (2007)
  ...-hand balancing (excerpt: finale), at the International Festival of Circus Arts of Moscow (2007)
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• Eliza Khachatryan
  ...gh wire troupes, before creating his own high wire act; her mother, also a circus artist, presented trained pigeons. ...of Education, and had a keen interest in children’s psychology. But the circus ultimately took a prominent place in her life, as it generally does with th
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• Uuve Jansson
  ...holm’s Cultural Department. Eva was instrumental in helping a then small circus organization, [[Cirkus Cirkör]], to settle in Botkyrka, a suburb of Stockh ...ne (c.2008)]]Cirkus Cirkör was (and still is) both a circus company and a circus school. Uuve went to see a performance of Cirkus Cirkör, and saw there a s
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• Sergei Ignatov
  ..., in the former German Democratic Republic (or East Germany), to a Russian circus family. His grandfather, Ivan Petrovich (1900-?), was an equestrian, and hi ...d-balancer who was, with her brother Aleksandr, a major star of the Soviet circus in the 1950's and 1960's.
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• Chernevsky Troupe
  ...hernevsky_Troupe_Video_(1988)|Chernevsky Troupe, teeterboard act]], Moscow Circus U.S. Tour (1988) ...oupe_Video_(2000)|Chernevsky Troupe, teerboard act]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (2000)
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• The Dobrich Family
  ==Acrobats, Circus Owners and Directors== ...n. He was also a writer and magazine editor, and he wrote two books on the circus that were published soon after his death.
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• Die Maiers
  ...Switzerland, where he worked at various jobs, none of them related to the circus. ...se of humor, they enrolled together in the École sans Filet, a well-known circus school in Brussels, Belgium, and eventually created their comedy trapeze ac
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• Kio
  ..., where they performed extensively on international tours of the "[[Moscow Circus]]." Kio’s illusions had a unique particularity: they were created to be p ...more than their illustrious father, who was a bona fide star of the Soviet circus, Emil, Jr. and Igor became celebrities in their own right; they appeared on
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• Claudius Specht Video 2013
  ...s Specht, juggler, at the International Youth Festival of Circus Arts at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2013)
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• Struppi Hanneford
  ==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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• Idol Circus Festival 2014
  ...t the [[Bolshoi Circus]] in Moscow, the second ''Idol'' Festival of Circus Arts included the acts whose videos are listed below. * [[Idol Circus Festival 2015]]
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• Flag Circus of China
  .... Over several millennia, its peoples have created many form of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ===The Flag Circus of China Today===
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• Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe
  .... Over several millennia, its peoples have created many form of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...festivals, including a spectacular appearance at the 2018 [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]], where they obtained the coveted Gold Clown award
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• Tremblay et Bruneau-Dumoulin Video (2014)
  ..., hand balancing, at the International Youth Festival of Circus Arts, at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2014)
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• Bourre and Leclair Video (2014)
  ...Ball), jugglers, at the International Youth Festival of Circus Arts, at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2014)
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• Trio Rodion Video (2014)
  ...), Russian barre, at the International Youth Festival of Circus Arts, at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2014)
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• Angela Bongiovonni Video (2014)
  ...ovonni, roue Cyr, at the International Youth Festival of Circus Arts, at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2014)
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• Sakaino Video (2014)
  ...i & Yuka Sakaino, unicycle act, at the Youth Festival of Circus Arts, at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2014)
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• Belay and Wosene Video (2014)
  ...om Nigussie Wosene, Risley act, at the Youth Festival of Circus Arts, at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2014)
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• Dmitry Sokolov
  ...idered the world's best teeterboard act, the [[Kovgar Troupe]], based at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow. Andrey Kovgar disbanded his troupe around 2010, and Dm ...featured at [[Circus Carré]] in Amsterdam in the winter of 2014, and at [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland for its 2015 season.
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• Andrey Dementiev-Kornilov (2011)
  ...e Mystery of The Giant Elephants'', elephant attraction, at the 5th Circus Arts Festival, at the Luzhniki Small Sport Arena in Moscow. The elephants are Ch
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• Zapashny Brothers Tigers Video (2011)
  Askold & Edgard Zapashny, tiger and lion act, at the 5th Circus Arts Festival, at the Luzhniki Small Sport Arena in Moscow (2011)
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• Gia Eradze Video (2011)
  ...Eradze, ''The Sheik's Visit'', exotic animal attraction, at the 5th Circus Arts Festival, at the Luzhniki Small Sport Arena in Moscow (2011)
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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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• Averik Seyranyan Video (2011)
  ..., hand-balancer contortionist, at the 5th International Festival of Circus Arts, at the Lizhniki Small Sport Arena in Moscow (2011)
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• Averik Seyranyan
  ...nd-balancing/contortion act]], at the 5th International Festival of Circus Arts in Moscow (2011) ...013)|Averik and Tatevik Seyranyan, ccontortion act]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (2013)
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• Rubtsova and Efremkin Video (2014)
  ...rial straps, at the 13th International Youth Frstival of Circus Arts, at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2014)
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• Chernevsky Troupe Video (2011)
  The Chernevsky Troupe, teeterboard act, at the 5th Circus Arts Festival, at the Luzhniki Small Sport Arena in Moscow (2011)
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• Vitaliy Smolyanets
  ...ness Empire'', and won the coveted Russian ''Golden Bear''. He had reached circus star status. On February 9, 2015, during an engagement at the State Circus of Tver, Vitaliy was driving in the region when he saw the scene of a car a
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• Oleg Popov
  ...ed to settle in Germany, where he toured for a while with his own ''Moscow Circus''. Yet, his return to Russia in 2015, for the first (and short-lived) [[Mas ...en visited with his mother the "Old Circus" on Tsvetnoy Boulevard (today [[Circus Nikulin]]), and he remembered (in hindsight, perhaps a little disingenuousl
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• Eva Vida
  ...that Vidos, a clown at the [[Fővárosi Nagycirkusz]] (Budapest municipal circus), was not her biological father. Her act was glamorous: She was pretty, sex ...6 Elves"), with which she toured the country as part of the school's Youth Circus troupe. At the same time, she was seriously trained in juggling by Zoltan D
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• Circopedia Award
  ...rts, in terms of either performance, education, or promotion of the circus arts. ''Circopedia.org'' is solely responsible for the choice of its award's rec ...Presented the 18th of August 2015 at the International Festival of Circus Arts of Israel, in Ashdod, Israel.
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• Circus Vesar Video (2013)
  ...e 2015 '''[[Circopedia Award|Circopedia Award for Excellence in the Circus Arts]]''', performing in Norway in 2013.
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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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• Owl and Pussycat Video (2017)
  ...ze duet, at the 16th [[International Youth Festival of Circus Arts]], at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2017)
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• Idol Circus Festival 2015
  ...y]] at the [[Bolshoi Circus]] in Moscow, the third Idol Festival of Circus Arts included the acts whose videos are listed below. * [[Idol Circus Festival 2014]]
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• Cirque Medrano (Paris)
  ...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 ...o’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 eventuall
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• Heinrich Lang
  ...siasts and collectors. Lang learned his craft at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich (Königliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste), which was at the ti ...restigious annual "Salon." His interest in horses naturally led him to the circus, which was still predominantly an equestrian show in the 19th century. Duri
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• Xinjiang Acrobatic Troupe
  ...Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...cts that have won several gold, silver, and bronze awards in international circus festivals and national and regional competitions. The Troupe has been comme
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• Les Bario/fr
  Em 1938, les Dario-Bario étaient en Angleterre, au [[Tower Circus]] de Blackpool. Nello profita de son séjour pour apprendre à danser les c ...armistice du 22 juin 1940, la France était occupée par l’Allemagne. [[Circus Busch|Paula Busch]], qui était à la tête de l’empire du cirque alleman
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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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• Kiko, Popol et Baba Fratellini
  * Dominique Denis, ''Les Craddock Fratellini'' (Aulnay-sous-Bois, Editions Arts des 2 Mondes, 2004) — ISBN 2-915189-07-2 File:Fratellini_Jrs.jpeg|Kiko, Popol & Baba Fratellini at Circus 59 (1959)
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• Pasternak Sisters Video (2015)
  ...hoop, in the Graduation Show of the [[State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] in Moscow (2015)
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• Aleksandra and Darya Pasternak
  ...& Darya Pasternak, cerceau]], at the State College for Circus and Variety Arts in Moscow (2015)
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• Irina Bugrimova
  ...tion in that domain was [[Margarita Nazarova]] (1926-2005), another Soviet circus legend, who began performing in the cage fourteen years after her! ===From Competitive Sports to The Circus===
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• Garabova Troupe Video (2011)
  ...gling group, at Moscow's International Youth Festival of Circus Arts, at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow. The nine-person juggling act, put together for the Fes
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• Garabova Troupe
  ...ut together especially for Moscow's International Youth Festival of Circus Arts in 2011 by Svetlana Garabvova in Kazan. The group was composed of Viachesla * Video: [[Garabova_Troupe_Video_(2011)|Garabova Troupe, group juggling]], at Circus Nikulin in Moscow (2011)
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• Pukhova Video (2011)
  ...Roman rings, at Moscow's International Youth Festival of Circus Arts, at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow. (2011)
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• Tokar and Jobbágy
  ...y won the Circus Academy award at the 1st International Festival of Circus Arts in Moscow in 1996. ...)|Magdalena Tokar & Zoltan Jobbágy, aerial cradle]], at the International Circus Festival of Moscow (1996)
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• Franz Czeisler (Tihany)
  ==Magician, Circus Owner== ...brated traveling shows, and had been a beloved figure in the international circus community, highly respected by his colleagues and the artists who had been
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• Dementiev-Kornilov Video (2016)
  ...rnilova, at the 15th [[International Youth Festival of Circus Arts]], at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2016)
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• Pogorelova-Dubinin Video (2016)
  ...bambou, at the 15th [[International Youth Festival of Circus Arts]], at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2016)
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• Aleksandrovi Video (2016)
  ...dog act, at the 15th [[International Youth Festival of Circus Arts]], at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2016)
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• Tazlauanu and Ciobotaru Video (2016)
  ...adagio, at the 15th [[International Youth Festival of Circus Arts]], at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2016)
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• Kornilova and Valiev Video (2016)
  ...mal act, at the 15th [[International Youth Festival of Circus Arts]], at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2016)
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• Ethiopia Troupe Video (2016)
  ...obatics, at the 15th [[International Youth Festival of Circus Arts]], at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2016)
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• Korolevi Video (2016)
  ...to-hand balancing, at the International Youth Festival of Circus Arts at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2016)
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• Sergei Korolev
  ...mers of the Soviet era (and even after), he started training in an amateur circus troupe at age eleven in Shymkent, South Kazakhstan. These troupes were the ...me, after the fall of the Soviet Union, [[RosGosTsirk]], the Russian State Circus Company.
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• Grechushkin Video (2016)
  ...upe, tumbling act, at the International Youth Festival of Circus Arts at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2016)
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• Sky Angels Video (2016)
  ...aerial strap act, at the International Youth Festival of Circus Arts at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2016)
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• Darya Zayats Video (2016)
  ...straps, at the 15th [[International Youth Festival of Circus Arts]], at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow. At the time of filming, Darya Zayats was ten years old
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• Zhejiang Acrobatic Troupe
  .... Over several millennia, its peoples have created many form of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...Cirque de Massy]] in 2009, the first prize at the 4th Russia International Circus Festival in 2009, and has obtained two Guinness World Records Certificates.
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• Circus Juventas Video (2017)
  ...the 2017 [[Circopedia Award|Circopedia Award for Excellence in the Circus Arts]] (2017) [[Category:Video Archive|Juventas Circus]]
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• The Kornilov Dynasty
  There never have been many elephant acts in the Soviet and Russian circus. Several members of the [[The Durov Dynasty|Durov]] family have included on ...Circus Competition, the most prestigious talent competition of the Soviet circus world—which was then closed to the outside world. Yet, Aleksandr Korn
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• Walter Nones
  ==Acrobat, Animal Trainer, Circus Director== ...built true circus empires in their own countries equating in strength the circus empires of yore.
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• Stynka Trio Video (2017)
  ...n barre, at the 16th [[International Youth Festival of Circus Arts]], at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2017)
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• The Owl and The Pussycat
  Paul Tracogna and Adrienne Jack-Sands met in Seattle at Emerald City Trapeze Arts in 2012, though it wasn’t until 2015 that they had the opportunity to cre ...ed, he started working professionally as an aerialist at [[Lennon Brothers Circus]] in Australia in 2005. He furthered his training under Rodleigh Stevens (o
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• Rokardy
  ...et dancer who went to study circus arts and graduated from Cuba's National Circus School in 1995. Even before graduation, Rokardy had begun touring as hand b ...he [[Idol Festival]] in Moscow, and a Special Prize at the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]].
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• Joel Baker
  ...ded him in San Francisco, where he discovered and fell in love with circus arts. ...as an acrobatic clown in San Francisco's [[Pickle Family Circus|New Pickle Circus]]'s production of ''Circumstances'', directed by [[Gypsy Snider]].
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• Ivan and Maria Video (2017)
  ...a, upright standing cradle, at the [[Youth Festival of Circus Arts]], at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2017)
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• Victor Fomine
  ...discharge in 1979, he was hired by [[SoyuzGosTsirk]], the USSR’s central circus organization, to replace another gymnast in the [[Rostsov Troupe]], whose h ...and Variety Arts]] in Moscow—better known in the West as the "Moscow Circus School"—he seized the occasion!
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• The Steben Sisters
  ...many—the "temple" of German varieté—and participated in the [[Circus Prinsessan Festival]] in Stockholm, Sweden, where they were awarded a Silve ...d, while they were in Europe, the participated in the 1996 [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]], where they won the coveted Silver Clown award. T
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• Baptiste Loisset
  ==Equestrian, Circus Owner and Director== ...urope’s greatest equestrians and circus directors, a major figure in the circus world. He was one of the first horsemen to perform a somersault on horsebac
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• Dandies Video (2018)
  ...the 2018 [[Circopedia Award|Circopedia Award for Excellence in the Circus Arts]].
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• Selyna Bogino Video (2018)
  Selyna Bogino, foot juggling, at Moscow's Youth Festival of Circus Arts, at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2018)
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• Tianjin Acrobatic Troupe
  .... Over several millennia, its peoples have created many form of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...Its was the People's Republic of China's reincarnation of the former China Circus & Acrobats that was created in 1948. The troupe is based in Tianjin, one of
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• Duo Rose Video (2011)
  ..., at Moscow's [[International Youth Festival of Circus Arts]], filmed at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2011)
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• Mikhail Shuydin
  ...of the Soviet Union and have since become two legendary figures of Russian Circus history. Although [[Yury Nikulin]] pursued a parallel career as a very succ ...aining at the Circus Studio that was operating at the [[Circus Nikulin|Old Circus]] on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. Attracted by comedy, Shuydin began his clown appre
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• Dimitri
  ...a career in the circus and, therefore, he is indeed an important figure of circus history. ...major influence in reshaping the western clown image. Merging traditional circus clown techniques and classic theatrical pantomime, while escaping the clich
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• Rasshivkin Video (2019)
  ...rap act, at the 18th [[International Youth Festival of Circus Arts]], at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2019)
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• Selnikhin Video (2019)
  ...ley act, at the 18th [[International Youth Festival of Circus Arts]], at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2019)
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• Mercure Video (2019)
  ...rap act, at the 18th [[International Youth Festival of Circus Arts]], at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2019)
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• Ershova Video (2010)
  ...hoop act, at the 9th [[International Youth Festival of Circus Arts]], at [[Circus Nikulin]] in Moscow (2010)
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• Yunnan Acrobatic Troupe
  ...Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...s establishment, the troupe has been inspired by the colorful cultures and arts of the twenty-five ethnic minorities native to the Yunnan Province. Both do
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• Nell Gifford
  ==Equestrienne, Circus Owner== ...l Gifford wanted hers to be a "village-green circus." And indeed, Giffords Circus has this unique quality: it takes its audience into a nostalgic world of qu
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• Wuhan Acrobatic Troupe
  ...Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...lver and bronze prizes, including a Gold Clown at the 38th [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]] in 2014. both home and abroad.
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• Nouveau Cirque (Paris)
  ...d, for that matter, of Europe. For many years, it was the High Society’s circus of choice. Its relatively small size gave it warmth and intimacy (it was so ...irque d’Hiver]], completely refurbished, returned to the presentation of circus shows after a rather futile hiatus as a movie-house and theater; the [[Cirq
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• The Schumann Dynasty
  ==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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• Rex Williams
  ...espected elephant trainers, and a true legend of the 20th century American circus. He devoted his lifetime to the care, training, and presentation of elephan ...ear-old, Rex followed the old saying: He ran away from home and joined the circus. There, he soon fell in love with animals.
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• Sarah Chapman
  ...Sarasota wants to run away and join the circus, it is relatively easy: The circus is all over the place! ...s fabled youth circus (today the Sailor Circus Academy, part of the Circus Arts Conservatory), and became a showgirl on the Ringling show.
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• Gerry Cottle
  ==Circus Owner and Producer== ...y Cottle seized the opportunity, and his name soon became synonymous with "circus" in the United Kingdom and would remain so until Cottle’s untimely death
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• Barbette
  ...was immediately hooked and, then and there, decided that he would become a circus performer. It was a time when the American circus industry was still flourishing, and circus was still the country's most popular form of entertainment; hundreds of cir
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• Guangzhou Acrobatic Troupe
  ...Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have foll ...the [[International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo]], the [[International Circus Festival of Wuqiao]] in China, as well as many other festivals and competit
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• Natalya Jigalova
  ...for and was accepted in Moscow’s [[State College for Circus and Variety Arts]]. Under the guidance of Victor Fomine, she created her swinging trapeze ac Yet, her professional debut was postponed. She had met at the circus college her husband, the clown [[Andrey Jigalov]], who graduated one year l
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• Circus Ring of Fame
  ...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 ...rge crowd of circus artists, executives, and members of the greater circus arts appreciation community, who gather to honor the inductees, past and present
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