Ringling Bros. Blue Unit clown Henry Higinio Castillo hails from Lima, Peru. Because he is bi-lingual, he temporarily joined the Ringling Red Unit while it recently played dates in Mexico.
This site is dedicated to the men and women of today's traditional American circus, As a running series of photos, it includes pictures of performers, producers, owners, animal handlers, concessionaires and behind the scene personnel, many of whom are the most talented, most dedicated and hardest working people living today. These photos are not to be used for any promotional or comercial purpose without my consent or the subjects in the photograph.
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Friday, August 29, 2014
Southern Charmer
New to the 2014 edition of Cole Brothers Circus is the lovely Nicole Sanders. She is an aerial lyre artist and hails from the great city of New Orleans.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Large Responsibilities
Former Ringling Red General Manager and great guy, Mark Gaipo, now has large obligations working in entertainment operations and transportation planning for Feld Entertainment, Inc. out of Ellenton, Florida.
Monday, August 25, 2014
Tiger Tamer
German native circus performer Judit Nerger performs with her husband Juergen in presenting a fine trained tiger act.
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Bouncing Along
Featured on Kelly-Miller Circus 2014 edition is Ethiopian native Abrham Gebre. Friendly Abrham performs a unique bounce-juggling act..
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Step Right Up!
Monterey, Mexico native Penelope Onofre , a five year veteran concessionaire and part of the Alain Zerbini Circus, serves one of the best midway hot dogs around
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Style Setter
Point Pleasant, New Jersey native, Jessie Pike, gives two thumbs up to his colorful wardrobe which is part of the 2014 edition of the Ringling Blue Show.
Sunday, August 17, 2014
From Russia With Love
Walker Bros. Circus 2014 performer Alena Chernova is a native of Russia and performs both a hula hoop and an aerial lyre act.
Friday, August 15, 2014
Out For A Spin
In addition to doing a fine hand balancing act, circus performer
Eric Aguiar joins other family members in the daring motorcycle globe act.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Bedazzling Brazilian
Currently on tour, Natalia Barbosa de Oliviera joins other South American dancers
on the Ringling Blue Unit show "Legends".
Monday, August 11, 2014
Roman Rider
Circus performer, Timi Loyal, comes by horseback riding naturally as his family is the famous Loyal-Repensky Riding Troupe. Timi is also known for his great gorilla parody act.
Saturday, August 9, 2014
Pretty Hoopster
7th generation circus performer, Chiara Anastasini, is a multi-talented young lady.
In addition to presenting a fine hula hoop act, she also wows the audience while doing aerial lyre.
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Keepimg The Show On The Road
Kelly Miller Circus counts on cheery head mechanic, Castro Alonso, to keep all of the vehicles moving down the road. Castro is originally from Colombia, South America.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
All Eyes Above
Ringling's Monica Neves is a third generation circus performer and hails from Brazil. She is an accomplished trapeze performer and can currently be seen in the Red Unit performing an upside down loop walk.
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Rigger/Performer
Stefan Terni not only performs a cube act during the 2014 edition of Walker Bros. Circus, he also does rigging on the show.
Friday, August 1, 2014
High Rider
Whether suspended beneath a motorcycle on a trapeze or perched atop an elephant, Ringling performer Denitza Dennis, always has a smile for the audience.
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