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There have been many famous modern circuses since the first modern circus was staged by Philip Astley in London on January 9, 1768. Many are best known by the name of their principal owner. The following is a list of both circuses and their country of origin. For more information on circuses in general see Circus, or for information regarding the ancient Roman circus, see Circus Maximus.

List

Name Country
Abuhadba Circo Internacional[1] Bolivia
Adam Forepaugh U.S.
Aerialize[2] Australia
Al G. Barnes Circus U.S.
Albert & Friends Instant Circus[3][4] UK
Aloft Circus Arts [5] U.S.
Antonio Franconi Italy
Archaos France
Artcirq[6] Canada
Batty's Hippodrome U.S.
Bertram Mills Circus UK
Big Apple Circus U.S.
Billy Smart[7] UK
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus U.S.
Blackpool Tower Circus UK
Bobby Roberts Super Circus[8] UK
Capital Circus of Budapest Hungary
Carson & Barnes Circus[9] U.S.
Chaplin's Circus[10] UK
Chinese State Circus UK
Chipperfield's Circus UK
Circa[11][12] Australia
Circo Atayde Hermanos[13] Mexico
Circo de los Horrores [14] Spain
Circo de Teresa Rabal[15] Spain
Circo Orfei [16] Italy
Circo Osorio[17] U.S.
Circuba Cuba
Circus Aotearoa[18] N.Z.
Circus Amok U.S.
Circus Avalon[19] Australia
Circus Bassie & Adriaan Netherlands
Circus Carl Busch[20] Germany
Circus Contraption U.S.
Circus Dire Dawa [21] Ethiopia
Circus Flora U.S.
Circus Gatti[22][23] U.S.
Circus Hargeisa[24] Somaliland
Circus Herman Renz Netherlands
Circus Joseph Ashton Australia
Circus Juventas U.S.
Circus Knie Switzerland
Circus Krone Germany
Circus Mondao[25][26] UK
Circus Mundus Absurdus[27] Finland
The Circus of Horrors[28] UK
Circus of Tiny Invisibility[29] U.S.
Circus Olympia[30][31] Australia
Circus Oz Australia
Circus of Pepin and Breschard U.S.
Circus Renz Germany
Circus Roncalli Germany
Circus Royale Australia
Circus Smirkus U.S.
Circus Sarasota[32] U.S.
Circus Sunrise[33] Australia
Circus Tyanna[34] UK
Circus Vargas U.S.
Circus Vegas[35] Ireland
Cirkus Agora Norway
Cirkus Cirkör Sweden
Cirque Amar[36] Algeria
Cirque Berzerk[37] U.S.
Cirque de Flambé[38] U.S.
Cirque de la Symphonie U.S.
Cirque du Soleil Canada
Cirque Éloize Canada
Cirque Fernando France
Cirque Medrano France
Cirque Plume France
Circus Redickuless U.S.
Continental Circus Berlin UK
Darix Togni[39][40] Italy
De La Guarda[41] Argentina
Dorato Circus[42] Israel
Dream Science Circus[43] U.S.
El Circo[44] U.S.
End of the World Cirkus[45] U.S.
Eroni's Circus Australia
Flying Fruit Fly Circus Australia
Fossett's Circus[46][47] Ireland
Foolhardy Circus Arts[48] UK
Dragone Belgium
FSU Flying High Circus U.S.
Gerry Cottle[49][50][51] UK
The Great Pakistani Circus[52] Pakistan
The Great American Royal Circus[53] U.S.
The Bite-sized Circus - The Littlest Show on Earth[54] Australia
Great British Circus UK
Gasaui [55] Bolivia
Great Bombay Circus[56][57] India
Great Royal Circus[58] India
Hamid Circus[59] U.S.
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus U.S.
Hippodrome Circus[60] UK
Hungarian National Circus Hungary
Humboldt Circus U.S.
ISU Gamma Phi Circus[61] U.S.
Janbaz Circus[62] Pakistan
Jordan World Circus[63][64] U.S.
Jumbo Circus[65][66] India
Jim Rose Circus U.S.
Kelly Miller Circus[67] U.S.
Lennon Bros Circus Australia
Lewis and Clark circus U.S
Long Shadow Stilt Theatre[68] AU
Loomis Bros. Circus [69] U.S.
Lucent Dossier Experience U.S.
Lucky Irani Circus[70] Pakistan
Midnight Circus [71] U.S.
Moscow Circus Russia
New Pickle Circus[72] U.S.
Nofit State Circus Wales
P. T. Barnum U.S.
Pablo Fanque UK
Perry Bros Circus[73][74] Australia
Pickle Family Circus U.S.
Ramos Bros. Circus U.S.
Ringling Brothers Circus U.S.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus U.S.
Royal Hanneford Circus U.S.
The Royal London Circus Malaysia
Royal Circus and Equestrian Philharmonic Academy UK
Sarrasani Germany
Shrine Circus U.S.
Silvers Circus Australia
Sole Brothers' Circus Australia
Stardust Circus Australia
Stilt Circus[75] U.S.
Steel City Clown Brigade U.S.
Taylor Circus Stars[76] U.S.
Tbilisi Circus Georgia
Teatro ZinZanni U.S.
Tirana Circus Albania
Turkmen State Circus Turkmenistan
Tom Arnold UK
Tom Duffy's Circus[77] Ireland
Travelling Light Circus[78] UK
Two Bit Circus [79] U.S.
UniverSoul Circus U.S.
Vau De Vire Society[80] U.S.
Wanderlust Circus U.S.
Webers Circus Australia
Circus Gerbola[81] Ireland
Will-o'-the-Wisp Fire Circus[82] AU
Zippos Circus[83] UK
Zirka Circus[84] N.Z.
Zoppé Family Circus[85] U.S
Name Country

References

  1. ^ Abuhadba Circo Internacional
  2. ^ Aerialize - Sydney Aerial Theatre Archived 2010-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Albert & Friends Instant Circus
  4. ^ Barbara Rosen. "A Short Course in the Circus". New York Times. March 6, 1998.
  5. ^ http://www.aloftaerialdance.com/Aloft_Aerial_Dance/Welcome.html
  6. ^ Linda Matchan. "Bringing circus – and new hope – to a remote Arctic village".[permanent dead link] The Christian Science Monitor. December 22, 2009.
  7. ^ Billy Smart - Circopedia
  8. ^ Laurence Cawley (23 November 2012). "What next for the Bobby Roberts Super Circus?". BBC News. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  9. ^ Ryan Boldrey (9 May 2012). "Controversy under the Big Top". Our Colorado News. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Chaplins Circus". Archived from the original on 2014-04-26. Retrieved 2014-04-26. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ Circa
  12. ^ Sarah Frater. "Circa shows more wizards from Oz". Archived 2010-08-09 at the Wayback Machine London Evening Standard.
  13. ^ Circo Atayde Hermanos
  14. ^ [1]
  15. ^ Reuters (12 December 2012). "El circo de Teresa Rabal consigue levantar el telón". Diario Vasco. Retrieved 13 December 2012. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  16. ^ http://www.moiraorfei.it
  17. ^ Jeff Pope. "Circus a way of life for family: American Crown Circus and Circo Osorio perform in Summerlin". Las Vegas Sun. March 7, 2009.
  18. ^ Circus Aotearoa
  19. ^ Circus Avalon Archived 2013-04-09 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ Circus Carl Busch
  21. ^ http://www.lefourneau.com/artistes/circus/ethiopie/cirques/circushargeisa/hargeisaddexch.htm
  22. ^ Circus Gatti
  23. ^ Carl Kieke. "Circus Gatti Performance Entertains, Enthralls Youngsters of All Ages". Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine Abilene Reporter-News Mobile. February 29, 2008.
  24. ^ Circus Hargeisa - Somaliland
  25. ^ Circus Mondao
  26. ^ Douglas McPherson. "Reviews: Circus Mondao". The Stage. 23 March 2009.
  27. ^ "Circus Mundus Absurdus". Archived from the original on 2013-09-10. Retrieved 2012-12-14. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  28. ^ The Circus of Horrors
  29. ^ The Circus of Tiny Invisibility
  30. ^ Circus Olympia
  31. ^ "Circus back in town". Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine The Advocate. 5 May 2009.
  32. ^ Sarasota, Florida: Home of the American Circus Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
  33. ^ "Work and family balancing act". The Age. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 13 December 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  34. ^ Circus Tyanna
  35. ^ Yvonne Gordon. "Behind the scenes at the big top". Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine The Irish Times. 12 February 2003.
  36. ^ "Les 85 ans du cirque Amar". La Dépêche du midi (in French). Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  37. ^ Cirque Berzerk
  38. ^ Cirque de Flambé
  39. ^ Raffaele De Ritis. "Darix Togni". Circopedia. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
  40. ^ Circo Darix Togni
  41. ^ Robert Dominguez (16 August 1998). "Flying Circus Our Reporter Soars To New Heights At Off-broadway's 'Villa Villa'". NY Daily News. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  42. ^ Dorato Circus Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  43. ^ Dream Science Circus Archived 2013-01-17 at archive.today
  44. ^ El Circo Archived 2009-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
  45. ^ J. Dee Hill (2004). Freaks & Fire: The Underground Reinvention Of Circus. Soft Skull Press. pp. 162–165. ISBN 9781932360523. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  46. ^ Fossett's Circus
  47. ^ Anthony Garvey. "Fossett’s Circus show honours Irish arts minister O’Donoghue". The Stage. 23 May 2007. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
  48. ^ Foolhardy Circus
  49. ^ Stroud, Clover. "Big top, bigger life". Telegraph. September 17, 2006. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
  50. ^ "Cottle leaves big top behind". BBC. October 4, 2003. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
  51. ^ "Gerry Cottle and Gerry Cottle Jr". Interview in The Sunday Times. May 1, 2005. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
  52. ^ [2] Archived 2015-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
  53. ^ The Great American Royal Circus Archived 2011-01-28 at the Wayback Machine
  54. ^ The Bite-sized Circus
  55. ^ http://www.circogasaui.com
  56. ^ Great Bombay Circus
  57. ^ Kannadasan, Akila. "The circus comes to town". The Hindu. July 18, 2010. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
  58. ^ "Great Royal Circus begins soon". The Times of India. March 24, 2004. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
  59. ^ Hamid Circus
  60. ^ Hippodrome Circus
  61. ^ ISU Gamma Phi Circus
  62. ^ Fawad Ali Shah. "Female artists perform at Janbaz Circus in Peshawar after 5 years". Daily Times. June 04, 2008. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
  63. ^ LeRae Haynes. "Elephant protest grows in Williams Lake". Welcome to Williams Lake. 4 August 2009. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
  64. ^ Jordan World Circus
  65. ^ "Jumbo Circus hits Bangalore after six years". Thaindian News. January 10, 2008. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
  66. ^ Bindu Shajan Perappadan. "Good old Jumbo Circus is back to enthral Delhiites". The Hindu. September 30, 2004. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
  67. ^ "Kelly Miller Circus is coming to town today". South Coast Today. June 26, 2008. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
  68. ^ Long Shadow Stilt Theatre Archived 2011-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
  69. ^ Loomis Bros. Circus
  70. ^ Lucky Irani Circus
  71. ^ http://www.midnightcircus.net/
  72. ^ Karina Ioffee (21 January 1999). "Big-Top Pickle". Metro Santa Cruz. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  73. ^ Claudette Vaughan. Robert Perry Interviewed: "Perry's Circus Is In Town".
  74. ^ "Perry Bros Circus". Archived from the original on 2010-07-22. Retrieved 2010-09-04. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  75. ^ Stilt Circus: Media/Press Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  76. ^ Kimberly Kapilovic (17 October 2012). "The Taylor family is a real family circus in Arizona". abc15.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  77. ^ Tom Duffy's Circus
  78. ^ Travelling Light Circus
  79. ^ [3]
  80. ^ "Interview with Vau de Vire Society's Mike Gaines". CultureFlux. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  81. ^ Circus Gerbola
  82. ^ Will-o'-the-Wisp Circus and Fire Performances
  83. ^ Zippos Circus
  84. ^ Zirka Circus
  85. ^ [4]
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