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Circus - Wikipedia
23 Apr 2024 at 9:20pm
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. The term circus also describes the ...

Circus | Definition, History, Acts, & Facts | Britannica
24 Apr 2024 at 1:59am
circus, an entertainment or spectacle usually consisting of trained animal acts and exhibitions of human skill and daring. The word has the same root as circle and circumference, recalling the distinctive environment in which such entertainment is presented?the ring, a circular performance area usually bounded by a short fence (or ?curb ...

History of the Circus | International Circus Hall of Fame
21 Apr 2024 at 7:20pm
History of the Circus. Journey through the Magical World of Circus. The journey begins at the Circus Winter Quarters, in Peru, Indiana home to the Circus Hall of Fame established by Ben Wallace in 1892. Circus wagons were repaired, painted and cravings gold leafed. A thousand horses roamed the fields and hundreds of exotic animals were housed ...

Why the Golden Age of the American Circus Began to Fade | TIME
23 Apr 2024 at 1:27pm
June 15, 2021 2:17 PM EDT. F or the better part of a century?a period that encompassed the Civil War, America?s Gilded Age, WW I, and through the Great Depression?the circus reigned as far ...

Shows & Tickets | Cirque du Soleil
1 Apr 2024 at 10:14pm
Shows by Cirque du Soleil. Not just a circus show, Cirque du Soleil provides live entertainment through more than 20 different experiences. Learn more about all our individual productions.

America?s Big Circus Spectacular Has a Long and Cherished ...
23 Apr 2024 at 11:28pm
One of Astley?s students trained a young Scotsman named John Bill Ricketts, who brought the circus to America. In April of 1793, some 800 spectators crowded inside a walled, open-air, wooden ...

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus | Origins & History
23 Apr 2024 at 10:14am
P.T. Barnum. Philippe Petit. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus became the best-known traveling circus in the United States during the 20th century. Its origins can be traced to a traveling circus founded in Wisconsin in 1867. By 1872, under the direction of showman P.T. Barnum, it was branded as ?The Greatest Show on Earth.?.



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