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Circo Americano
Reviewd By
Dario Duranti
Italian Circus Fans |
On november 1963 the "American
Circus" (produced by the society Ferdinando Togni, Fejoo-Castilla and
Carola Williams) made his first European appearance in Turin, north-west of
Italy. The show was one of the biggest ever seen in Italy: 60 horses and 25
elephants in the 3 rings. 2 Flying trapeze troupe (Jarz and Cardona) and a
lots of dancers and acts.
From 21 november 2002
(so, after 40 years from the first italian time) the "American Circus"
produced by Togni family (Enis and the sons Flavio and Daniele) works in
Turin. The show is complitely changed, but it has again the greatest
elephant act in Europe: 12 elephants in the 3 ring. 22 horses. 5 coloured
tigers (tiger of bengala, white tiger, snow-white tiger, golden tabi tiger)
trained by Flavio Togni.
The acts of the programmes are
in part the same that worked in Cirkus Arena in 2000: Palazovi teetboard
troupe (14 people). the 9 elephants (presented in Danmark by Kim
Benneweis) and the 3 elephants belonging to Cesare Togni family; Paolo Folco's
dogs; 3 horses acts; the elastonautes (aerial ballet); the Dubsky's sealions;
the equestrian pyramids of Cesare Togni family; the russian jugglers
Gibadoulin; and the clown reprises of Andrew and Yves Miletti (Bubù).
For the first time American
Circus works without live orchestra. There are nor flying trapeze, neither
clown entrée.
The shoe starts with a "gipsy
parade" which includes teetboard act, equestrian act and high school.
Then there are the dog act of Folco and then the "Elephants of the space"
trained by Flavio. With the elephants stop the first part of the show.
The second part starts with
cage act (nice, original act) and continues with jugglers, elastinautes
and sealions. At the end of the show there is a great parade (called
"white parade" because everything is white, also the cloths of the
artists). During this parade are presented "aerial tissue" acts.
After Turin, "American
Circus" will be in Milan (for Christmas) and rumors say that they will do
a tour in Benelux.
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