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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.
Clarence Chesterfield Howerton (February 9, 1913 – November 18, 1975), also known as Major Mite, was an American circus performer who starred in the sideshow for over 25 years, 20 of which were with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He was 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) tall and performed with several groups from the early 1920s through the ...
Aesthetic International Circus [3] China Active 2023-present Al G. Barnes Circus: United States of America Defunct 1895–1938 Albert & Friends Instant Circus [4] [5] United Kingdom Aloft Circus Arts [6] United States of America 1941–present Amar Circus [7] India Antonio Franconi: Italy Defunct Archaos: France Active 1986–present
As a circus performer, Carlisle is known for establishing the Risley act; he is noted as being the first to perform this act in the Guinness Book of World Records. [1] The act involves the performer lying on his or her back on a chair and juggling children with the feet, an act also used by the Hanlon-Lees and others. [ 8 ]
Zhao Liang (circus performer) This page was last edited on 11 May 2024, at 17:49 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4. ...
Pitch photo of sideshow performer Josephine Joseph, c. 1935 In 1930, Joseph and her husband George Waas—described only in newspaper reports as "an American couple"— who were presenting a Coney Island -style attraction in Blackpool , England under the title of "Josephine-Joseph", were prosecuted in the United Kingdom for false pretences and ...
Eli Bowen (October 14, 1844 – May 4, 1924) was an American sideshow performer known as "The Legless Wonder", or "The Legless Acrobat". [1] He was also billed as "The Handsomest Man in Showbiz" and the "Wonder of the Wide, Wide World". [2] His peak weight was 140 pounds (64 kg); his height was 24 inches (61 cm).
Dimitri in 2014. David Dimitri (born March 7, 1963) is a Swiss tightrope acrobat. [1]Combining an education at the State Academy for Circus Arts in Budapest and at New York’s Juilliard School, David Dimitri performed his wire dances at circuses, arts festivals, and concert halls throughout the world – Canada’s Cirque du Soleil, New York’s Big Apple Circus, [2] [3] Switzerland's Circus ...