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Pages in category "American circus performers" The following 96 pages are in this category, out of 96 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
His "Rowe's American Circus" played in Melbourne, Australia from June 1852 [3] to October 1854, when he liquidated the establishment. [4] The English acrobat George Lewis was one of his performers. Rowe returned to America in February 1854, leaving his wife Eliza, who was a performing member of the circus, riding a trick pony, as sole manager.
Rajkamal Circus [7] India Rambo Circus [7] India Circus Flórián Richter [197] Hungary Active 2016-present Ringling Brothers Circus: United States of America Merged 1884–1919 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus: United States of America Active 1919–2017; 2023- Rostov State Circus [198] Russia Active c.1890s-present R.T. Richards Circus
A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, ventriloquists, and unicyclists as well as other object manipulation and stunt-oriented artists.
Many are also practiced by non-performers as a hobby. Circus schools and instructors use various systems of categorization to group circus skills by type. Systems that have attempted to formally organize circus skills into pragmatic teaching groupings include the Gurevich system [ 1 ] (the basis of the Russian Circus School's curriculum) and ...
Coulter began his career as a circus performer from 1912 to 1916, [3] including for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. [4] He also worked for US Steel. [4] In the late 1910s, he became a municipal police officer in Lemont Furnace, Pennsylvania. [4] To discourage the use of firearms, Coulter taught hand-to-hand combat in the police ...
Born in Sarasota, Florida, Nock is a seventh-generation circus performer, a descendant of the family that founded Switzerland's famous Circus Nock in the 18th century. [3] He was a star attraction for the Big Apple Circus and for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus before pursuing an independent career as a performer. [4]