Levy, William F. (Advance Professional Group Inductee)
The group honored as the Advance Professionals wrote the book on live event promotion and management. Since the early days of P.T. Barnum it has
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The group honored as the Advance Professionals wrote the book on live event promotion and management. Since the early days of P.T. Barnum it has
Presenting a half-dozen or more crowd-pleasing chimpanzees, they delighted European and U.S. audiences for three decades. After starring on such heralded European circuses as Knie,
Born John Edmond Leclerq on May 11 1927 in Sarasota, Florida, the winter home of the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus billed as
Of the few women to perform on the bounding rope only Tosca Canestrell ever executed the backward double somersault. Born to a famed circus family,
Known as “The High Priestess Of Rhythm Aloft,” it was with the physically demanding one-arm swing that she gained her fame. An established star in
Guy Laliberté was a former street performer who co-founded Cirque du Soleil in 1984 with a one-million-dollar grant from the Canadian government. Feeling that circus
Lillian Leitzel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lillian Leitzel Lillian Leitzel in 1931 Born Leopoldina Alitza Pelikan January 2, 1892 Breslau , Germany (present-day Wrocław,
Loyal Repensky Troupe The Loyal-Repenski (sic) Troupe had roots going back to the French circus dynasty, and although the act that joined Ringling Bros. and
The highest of achievements in circus arts and culture is celebrated annually in Sarasota, Florida. The Circus Ring of Fame Foundation organizes and hosts the dignified ceremony on beautiful St. Armands Circle before thousands of admirers. The end result is part Academy Awards “Lifetime Achievement”mixed with a Hollywood Walk of Fame style plaque, representing permanent recognition for the artist. After the ceremony, the inductees remove elegant red velvet covers revealing large bronze wagon wheels and biographical plaques, providing a synopsis of their lifelong contribution to circus arts and culture.
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