FÉDÉRATION MONDIALE DU CIRQUE

FÉDÉRATION MONDIALE DU CIRQUE
children
and
the
circus
Fédération Mondiale Du Cirque 2012 Calendar
FÉDÉRATION MONDIALE DU CIRQUE
mmer 2005
unich, Germany, su
Festival, M
Boy clown, LILALU
cher,
Photo by Thomas Ro
January
january
hts reserved
Germany © - All rig
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1883 Birth of famous wild
animal trainer Alfred Cou
rt, Toulouse,
France
World Premiere 142nd
RBBB, Tampa, Florida
www.ringling.com
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1969 Gunther Gebel-W
illiams debut in America
2007 John Ringling Nor
th II buys Kelly Miller Circ
us
www.kellymillercircus.c
om
1768 World’s first moder
n circus presented in Lon
don, England
Opening 36th Festival Inte
rnational du Cirque de Mo
nte-Carlo
www.montecarlofestival
s.com
1991 Indian circuses com
bine to create Rambo Circ
us
www.rambocircus.org
FÉDÉRATION MONDIALE DU CIRQUE
Gigi Greene, Kelly
gust 2010
chusetts, USA, Au
kbridge, Massa
Miller Circus, Stoc
rta, France © - All
Photo by Valerie Be
february
rights reserved
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sat
al Circus Festival of
Opening 9th Internation
/
www.fnc.hu/festival/en
Budapest, Hungary
many
building in Dresden, Ger
1945 Circus Sarrasani’s
ck
destroyed by bomb atta
o
tion Competition, Monac
Opening 1st New Genera
s.com
www.montecarlofestival
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FÉDÉRATION MONDIALE DU CIRQUE
st,
Circus Festival of Budape
Closing 9th International
tival/en/
Hungary www.fnc.hu/fes
Circus Season
9 February Kelly Miller
om
s.c
ircu
www.kellymillerc
as
Opening, Brownsville, Tex
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rich, Switzerland,
l Circus Knie, Zu
iere Swiss Nationa
em
Chris Rui Knie, pr
ber, Germany © - All
Photo by Tobias Er
MARCH
May 2011
rights reserved
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Circus Knie Opening New
Touring Show,
Rapperswill Switzerland
www.knie.ch
1875 Birth of world-reno
wned escapologist Harry
Houdini,
Budapest, Hungary
FÉDÉRATION MONDIALE DU CIRQUE
1919 First Ringling Bros.-B
arnum & Bailey Combin
ed Show,
New York
FÉDÉRATION MONDIALE DU CIRQUE
Unknown child in
Knie, Geneva,
iss National Circus
the ring, Sw
Photo by Christian
APRIL
ember 2007
Switzerland, Sept
Hamel, France © -
All rights reserved
us Finlandia,
1976 First show of Sirk
d
lan
Fin
i,
aar
mis
Tam
h re-established
1992 Circus Gerd Sperlic
.de
lich
per
www.circus-s
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wed
ance in America,
1793 First Circus perform
ia
lvan
nsy
Pen
,
Philadelphia
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FÉDÉRATION MONDIALE DU CIRQUE
1993 U.S. stamp issued,
200 years of American
1871 First performance
Brooklyn, New York
circus
of the P.T. Barnum Circus,
a, Peru
Lim
al Festival of the Circle,
Opening 5th Internation
m
www.festivaldelcirculo.co
Opening Circus Fans of
www.cfa.org
tion, Tampa, Florida
America National Conven
FÉDÉRATION MONDIALE DU CIRQUE
-old son, Nicolas,
and his six-month
bs
m
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an
Ry
n
USA, June 2011
nt with circus clow
ille, Pennsylvania,
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ea
st
um
Becky the elepha
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,
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erved
Kelly Miller Ci
ca © - All rights res
d States of Ameri
d Justin Senft, Unite
Photo by Jason an
MAY
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1966 U.S. stamp issued
honoring John Ringling
Zurich debut of Circus Kni
e, Switzerland
www.knie.ch
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FÉDÉRATION MONDIALE DU CIRQUE
1884 First performance
of the Ringling Bros. Circ
us
1920 Birth of Fredy Kni
e, Geneva, Switzerland
1866 Birth of famous circ
us master John Ringling,
McGregor, Iowa
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JUNE
us Dimitri,
se Augustine, Circ
ay, 2010
Vienna, Austria, M
enting mou
Leon Alberto pres
ürschl,
Photo by Dimitri W
Austria © - All rights
reserved
y
o founded in Verona, Ital
1969 Club Amici del Circ
t
.ne
rco
elci
www.clubamicid
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, Baraboo, Wisconsin
Society Convention
Opening Circus Historic
.org
tory
shis
ircu
www.c
1919 First performance
Berne, Switzerland
of Swiss National Circus
Knie,
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tarumba.com
umba, Lima, Peru www.la
Season premiere La Tar
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i di Paride Orfei”,
colo Circo dei Sogn
ic
“P
ow
sh
ar
May 2010
ye
end of school
eo (Milano), Italy,
Giulia Cantarella,
Peschiera Borrom
reserved
ria Campagna, Italy
Photo by Bruno Ma
JULY
© - All rights
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1959 Circus World Museu
m opened in Baraboo, Wis
1810 Birth of American
consin
showman P.T. Barnum,
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Bethel, Connecticut
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FÉDÉRATION MONDIALE DU CIRQUE
1956 Final Ringling Bro
1907 Ringling Bros. pur
1982 World’s first quad
1804 J-B Gautier presen
chase Barnum & Bailey
on trapeze by Miguel Vas
Circus
quez, Tucson, Arizona
s.-Barnum & Bailey ten
t show
ted 1st elephants in Fin
land
Opening LILALU Festiva
l “Umsonst & Draußen”
Munich,
Germany www.lilalu.org
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AUGUST
th his family,
ntina performing wi
ge
Ar
s,
re
Ai
os
en
ptember 2010
Adrian Poema of Bu
ds, Illinois, USA, Se
oo
W
e
th
in
ke
La
,
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Kelly Miller Circus
ates of America © dsky, United St
Photo by Alex Zapru
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1896 Danish Ducander
Bros. offer first circus in
Finland
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1980 Calle Jernström Jr.
repeals “amusement “ taxborn on same day Finland
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1928 World’s 1st circus
museum opened in St.
Petersburg
1902 Famous Indian ani
www.damoodohtre.com mal trainer Damoo Dhotre born, Pune, India
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Circus Knie,
re Swiss National
ie
em
pr
on
as
se
,
nior
erland, March 2011
and Fredy Knie Ju
Rapperswill, Switz
Ivan Frédéric Knie
erved
pia, Switzerland ©
Photo by Katja Stup
SEPTEMBER
- All rights res
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Closing LILALU Festival
www.lilalu.org
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nich, Germany
“Umsonst & Draußen” Mu
Opening Eastern States
www.thebige.com
field, Massachusetts
Exposition, West Spring
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1970 Debut of the Super
Massachusetts
st Springfield,
Circus at The Big E, We
osition, West Springfield,
Closing Eastern States Exp
www.thebige.com
Massachusetts
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n Zoppé,
Giovanni and Julie
, USA,
eland, Mississippi
2011
World Circus Day
mily Circus, Ridg
Zoppé An Italian Fa
d States of America
e, Unite
Photo by Rick Purdu
october
ed
© - All rights reserv
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1916 Founding of “The
Big E” Eastern States Exp
osition
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1870 Birth of Carl Krone
Jr, founder of Circus Kro
Osnabrück, Germany
ne,
Closing 14th City of Lat
ina Festival, Latina, Italy
www.festivalcircolatina.co
m
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Opening 14th Internation
www.festivalcircolatina.coal Circus Festival “City of Latina”, Latina, Italy
m
2008 Circus Gerd Sperlic
h is 1st circus certified
educational work
for its
FÉDÉRATION MONDIALE DU CIRQUE
irkus, Saratoga
er After”, Circus Sm
Finale “Smirkus Ev
, USA, July 2009
Springs, New York
ates of America ©
nson, United St
Photo by Robert Sa
november
- All rights reserved
s Ringling Bros.
1967 Irvin Feld family buy
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nce
g trapeze debut, Paris, Fra
1859 Jean Leotard’s flyin
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ijk,
s Martin Hanson, Waalw
34th Premiere Wintercircu
.nl
cus
rcir
inte
The Netherlands www.w
FÉDÉRATION MONDIALE DU CIRQUE
FÉDÉRATION MONDIALE DU CIRQUE
Leandro Segu
nuary 2011
o City, Mexico, Ja
rmanos, Mexic
ra, Circo Atayde He
Photo by Fernando
Velasco, Mexico ©
APRIL
december
- All rights reserved
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1982 First performance
of Brian Boswell’s Circus,
South Africa
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1962 Opening of Circus
Krone building in Munic
h, Germany
FÉDÉRATION MONDIALE DU CIRQUE
1937 Birth Martin Hanson
, Co-Founder European
www.wintercircus.nl
Circus Association
2008 Fédération Mondi
ale du Cirque formed in
Monaco
1974 First International
Circus Festival in Monte
-Carlo, Monaco
1877 First stationary circ
us opened in Russia
1911 Boswell family arri
1847 RA Radford held 1st
successful circus perform
ance in
ved in South Africa
Australia
1992 First elephant born
at Ringling Conservation
Center, Florida
3rd Annual
FÉDÉRATION MONDIALE DU CIRQUE
21 April 2012
Cirque
The Fédération Mondiale du
under the patronage of
naco
H.S.H. Princess Stephanie of Mo
celebration of the
invites YOU to join in a worldwide
Circus Arts and Culture!
FÉDÉRATION MONDIALE DU CIRQUE
Saturday, 21 April 2011
for families all over the world
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ate your own circus, complete
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us Day?
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