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	AnimalLaw.com
		A circus found to be in violation of these provisions will have its permit to perform revoked and will be subject to fines of up to ____ for each day it.
		The circus is not a safe arena for children because the animals may attack trainers and audience members as a form of rebellion.
		Circus animals may be treated disrespectfully and carelessly, thus endangering the lives of everyone they encounter.
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	circus (performing art) - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		A circus is usually a travelling show that includes acrobats, animal trainers (though this is being phased out with the influence of animal rights groups), clowns and other novelty acts.
		The famous circus theme song is actually called "Entrance of the Gladiators," and is also known as "Thunder and Blazes." It was composed in 1904 by Julius Fucik.
		Cirque Nouveau combines various traditional circus arts with music and acting to form a new artform altogether.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Circus-(performing-art) (1097 words)

	ARCH - Circus Tour
		When circus employees were present, they allowed kids to feed treats to the elephants which is in violation of the NS Standards.
		Upon closer inspection, one realizes the harsh training methods that circus animals endure and the despicable conditions in which they are forced to live every day of their lives.
		Circus animals are forced to travel and perform 50 weeks every year.
	www.100megsfree3.com /arch/arch/circuses.html (1226 words)

	Encyclopedia topic: Circus (performing art) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A circus is usually a travelling show that includes acrobats (An athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination), animal trainers (though this is being phased out with the influence of animal rights groups), clown (A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior) s and other novelty acts.
		The first modern circus was staged by Philip Astley (additional info and facts about Philip Astley) in London (The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center) on January 9, 1768.
		The famous circus theme song is actually called "Entrance of the Gladiators," and is also known as "Thunder and Blazes." It was composed in 1904 by Julius Fucik (additional info and facts about Julius Fucik).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ci/circus_(performing_art).htm (1668 words)

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		The Pickle Family Circus also uses non-traditional music to shape and mold their performances, but in their case a five-piece jazz band under the direction of Jeffrey Gaeto sets a frenetic pace for the cast with an original high-energy jazz score.
		This famous circus "ballet" was performed by a "corps des elephants" costumed by Norman Bel Geddes and choreographed by no less than George Balanchine, all of whom did not prevent it from being roundly despised by the musicians who had to play it.
		In the circus it's not enough that they be salesmen and autographers of coloring books, a status to which they have been too often relegated, and from which they are expected to earn a major part of their income.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~MA02/amacker/circus/ch_7.txt (10873 words)

	CAMPAIGNS \| LCA - Last Chance for Animals
		Many circus animals are leased seasonably from dealers; they thus go from one circus to another, providing little incentive for circus owners to keep them healthy.
		Finally, circus animals are sometimes deprived of food and water to induce them to perform, as well as to prevent untimely defecation while they are in public view.
		Additionally, some circus elephants have been diagnosed with a human strain of tuberculosis, which can spread to spectators such as children who are taken on elephant rides.
	www.lcanimal.org /cmpgn/cmpgn_001.htm (1013 words)

	Circus Center SF: Media PR
		The 32-year-old nouveau circus veteran is directing the company founded by her parents, Peggy Snider and Larry Pisoni, and where she began her career at the age of three.
		By placing the circus in a setting that incorporated some of the familiar objects and activities of their daily lives, they brought freshness and originality to the disciplines that they had perfected, and created nouveau circus on a more intimate and human scale.
		The New Pickle Circus is the professional performing company of Circus Center, a non-profit circus arts organization located at 755 Frederick St. Circus Center also operates a full-time training school, the San Francisco School of Circus Arts, a Clown Conservatory and a student performing troupe, the San Francisco Youth Circus.
	www.circuscenter.org /media/pr10_17_02.html (991 words)

	Circus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Contrary to the public relations spin manoeuvres of circus officials, animals in circuses are not happy, healthy `pets' treated with compassion and respect.
		Circus train cars are not temperature controlled, and animals suffer greatly because of the radical climate changes.
		For example, elephants are extremely social, living in tightly bonded families which together often roam hundreds of miles to feed, bathe and drink.
	www.liberation-mag.org.uk /Circus.htm (1245 words)

	Circus Arguments
		If a family member is sick, other members of the family will do anything in their power to try to raise or lift the sick elephant, propping him up with their feet or bracing him between several other family members.
		Circus animals display stereotypic behaviours like zoo animals such as pacing, bar biting, self-mutilation, head rolling, rocking, licking, neck twisting, vomiting, self-clutching and swaying from side to side.
		Circus animals display stereotypic behaviours such as pacing, bar biting, self-mutilation, head rolling, neck twisting, vomiting, self-clutching and swaying from side to side.
	www.aapn.org /circus1.html (5097 words)

	Bill Irwin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bill Irwin (born April 11, 1950, Santa Monica, California) is an American clown and actor noted for his contribution to the renaissance of American circus during the 1970s.
		He is known for his vaudeville-style stage acts, and has made a number of appearances on film and television.
		In 1975, he helped found the Pickle Family Circus in San Francisco, California.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bill_Irwin (384 words)

	Circus School
		Circus is increasingly accepted as a fine art form in the minds of millions of Americans, with acts like Cirque du Soleil performing at the Academy Awards and commanding ticket prices up to a few hundred dollars.
		That's because circus in America is of much higher quality than it used to be, according to Circus Historian Dominque Jando, who is the Circus Center's Associate Artistic Director.
		Jando credits San Francisco's Pickle Family Circus for starting a renaissance in American circus back in the 1970s, and he says the popularity and appreciation of circus is rapidly rising.
	www.acfnewsource.org /art/circus_school.html (374 words)

	PAWS: Outreach
		USDA reports show one locally performing circus housed their lions and tigers in cages so small that the cats could not lay down with their front legs extended to stand with their heads erect.
		One circus traveling in Washington was cited by the USDA for failure to provide an emergency plan in case of an animal attack.
		The circus agreed to turn over the custody of older animals to settle one case.
	www.paws.org /outreach/campaigns/circus.php (1160 words)

	Circus Center’s Holiday Show Features 7Fingers Circus Troupe With the U.S. Premiere of TRACES
		Directed and choreographed by ‘7Fingers’ founding members and Pickle Circus alumni Gypsy Snider and Shana Carroll, TRACES is performed by five talented young actor-acrobats fresh out of Montreal’s École Nationale de Cirque, most of whom received their early circus training from Master Lu Yi at Circus Center.
		In their last year of circus school the five-some grew even stronger as they polished their solo acts and simultaneously prepared a collective future for their fledgling troupe.
		Circus Center also provides a wide variety of outreach programs in the community such as free performances for non-profit agencies, free tickets to the Pickle’s holiday shows, performances at civic celebrations and street fairs, scholarships for low-income children to attend the annual summer circus camp, and a year-round program for at-risk youth.
	www.prweb.com /releases/2006/10/prweb451555.htm (1125 words)

	sfbg.com
		Even more remarkable than the resurgence of the circus per se, or the amount of resources the Canadian state allocates to contortionists, was the prevalence of circus themes this theater season.
		A roundly inclusive form of family, the circus points beyond the merely tolerant society to one that is truly cosmopolitan.
		This ideal was the explicit theme in the New Pickle Family Circus's Circumstance, built around the story of a socially marginalized young woman who finds a home, along with the full realization of her dreams and capacities, under the big top.
	www.sfbg.com /37/14/art_stage.html (1443 words)

	PICKLE CLOWNS \| Schechter
		For the first time outside a circus ring, the Pickle clowns reveal all about their popular comedy acts, their eccentric dances, and the state of the circus in the United States and abroad.
		(circus choreographer Kimi Okada) and artistic director and choreographer Tandy Beal.
		This collective history of the Pickle clowns, recorded in their own words and featuring fourteen illustrations, constitutes a unique account of the art of clowning and an introduction to some of the finest comedians of our time.
	www.siu.edu /~siupress/titles/f01_titles/schechter_pickle.htm (424 words)

	SPEAK OUT! - Animal Rights-CIRCUSES
		Circus schedules are created to maximize attendees, not to ease suffering of the animals.
		The ankus is embedded into the most sensitive areas of an elephant, such as around the feet, behind the ears, under the chin, inside the mouth and other locations around the face, and is sometimes used to smash animals across the face.
		In the circus, these animals are chained by two legs, unable to take one step forward, except when performing.
	members.aol.com /MR2TONE/CIRCUSES (995 words)

	Circus Flora - Circus Stars - Melinda Marsh Heywood
		The child of a circus song writer/guitarist father and a gypsy artist belly dancer mother, Melinda was born into a vibrant life of circus arts.
		She performed as a child in the Pickle Family Circus, turning cartwheels in the ring and balancing atop her friend Gypsy’s shoulders.
		Together with Alexandre Sacha Pavlata, Melinda co-created Cirque Passion, whose mission is to positive transformations of mind, body and spirit through the rewarding challenge of circus arts, aerial and dance skills and to promote humanity, tolerance and world peace both in and beyond the ring.
	www.circusflora.org /troupe/melindaheywood.htm (245 words)

	Charleston - FAMILY FARE ‌ Circus Flora - The ever-popular Circus Flora returns with a tale of Charleston ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		"Circus Flora is about performance, not spectacle," says Ivor David Balding, co-founder and artistic director/producer of the company, which puts on a traditional European-style circus under a red big-top where no audience member is more than 42 feet away from the action.
		Twenty years after it was created, Circus Flora continues to dazzle audiences with a roster of daring performers — like the famous Flying Wallendas, the Fratelli Zoppe, and Katja Schumann.
		Their experience is what helps make Circus Flora more than a thrown-together performance under a tent and elevates it to a unique experience for old and young alike.
	www.charlestoncitypaper.com /gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:13414 (511 words)

	Circus Flora - Circus Stars - Cecil MacKinnon
		MacKinnon co-founded the Pickle Family Jugglers, a comedy juggling act that expanded into The Pickle Family Circus.
		In 1994, she received the first Citizens’ Exchange Council grant to travel to Eastern Europe to research circus in transition.
		In summer 1994, she directed Comedy of Errors on the main stage at Shakespeare and Co. In 2002, MacKinnon was commissioned by the Virginia Festival to conceive and direct “Romeo and Juliet” using musicians with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
	www.circusflora.org /troupe/cecilmackinnon.htm (174 words)

	CircusNews.com / News.SimplyCircus.com - Holiday Family Circus returns to the Arsenal Center for the Arts
		Bring the entire family to see a theatrical circus at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown, MA on December 28 and 29.
		Serenity Smith Forchion is that wife, but before becoming a trapeze artist with such companies as Cirque du Soleil, the Pickle Family Circus and Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey, she and her identical twin sister Elsie Smith grew up on a farm in the foothills of western Massachusetts.
		Tickets to this family show can be purchased by calling the box office at (617) 923-8487 or online at www.arsenalarts.org.
	www.circusnews.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2579 (602 words)

	Zoocheck Canada Inc. - Programs & Projects - The Performing Prisoners Campaign: Animals in Entertainment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The claim that traditional circus attractions and similar shows will avoid venues, and eliminate revenue, in municipalities prohibiting performing wild animals is unrealistic.
		The Moscow Circus has traditionally toured Great Britain without performing animals, and more recently the Shrine organization of British Columbia announced an end to the use of wild animals in their circuses.
		Just as we no longer think it is appropriate to be amused by gawking at unusual human beings, it is time to bring an end to the days of animal freaks in these shows.
	www.zoocheck.com /programs/entertain/case/circus.shtml (582 words)

	MetroActive \| Sonoma Independent \| The New Pickle Circus
		The company, a reorganized version of the acclaimed Pickle Family Circus that began 20 years ago as an offshoot of the San Francisco Mime Troupe, remains based in San Francisco and is unusual in the way it spotlights its clowns, including such illustrious alumni as Bill Irwin, Geoff Hoyle, and circus founder Larry Pisoni.
		Take Two," subtitled "The Circus Goes to the Movies," the three-sentence "plot" finds the two clowns separated from their tour group at Mon-U-Mental Studios and locked inside after-hours.
		The New Pickle Circus brings "Jump Cuts!" to the Luther Burbank Center for two shows, at 2 and 7 p.m., on Saturday, Jan. 13.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/sonoma/01.04.96/circus-9601.html (708 words)

	Brown Paper Tickets - A Pickle Circus Tribute to Judy Finelli
		Thirty years ago, the Pickle Family Circus was conceived with ebullient enthusiasm in a spirit of love and passion, and it changed the American circus forever.
		Judy Finelli, juggler, teacher, director and circus enthusiast created the San Francisco School of Circus Arts with Wendy Parkman in 1984, as the teaching arm of the Pickle Family Circus.
		Today, we wish to increase significantly her presence at the Center for two simple reasons: to allow Circus Center ongoing access to her knowledge and insight; and to support Judy in continuing to work for her passion, whatever the physical logistics involved and the additional expenses incurred.
	www.brownpapertickets.com /event/1586 (405 words)

	WYSU-View Full Article
		The first piece, "Trapeze" by Jay Allison is a look in to the spectacular life of his daughter, Shana Carroll, a trapeze artist for the Pickle Family Circus.
		Joe Frank reads an excerpt from the "The Lion Tamer" an interesting tale about a wife's revenge on her husband and how the lion's act in the circus came to be the most talked about, mysterious show of the circus.
		Elizabeth Eck, relives her days with the circus as she reads from Larry Masset's "Circus in the Blood." She describes the colorful life a circus performer has; from traveling to exciting places to meeting people you might never expect.
	www.wysu.org /full_view.cfm?RecNum=189 (170 words)

	FAMILY ESCAPES: Big Top For Beginners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		But when San Francisco School of Circus Arts trapeze director Scott Cameron barked out "hep!" (circus-speak for "go!"), I swung over the net, hung from my knees, and released my white-knuckle grip on the bar.
		I'd worried I was too old and inflexible to launch my circus career.
		The oldest of these is the 15-year-old San Francisco School of Circus Arts, started by Pickle Family Circus performers; other schools are in Roseville and Sonoma.
	www.bestofcaliforniatv.com /families/story_203.php (388 words)

	Broadway Studios - San Francisco's finest showplace for entertainment, dancing, stage shows, live music, private events ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Born with the hope of becoming a permanent cabaret show in San Francisco, CIRCUS CABARET is proud to announce its fifth event at Broadway Studios.
		Blaze Birge from "Flynn Creek Circus" is all grace and strength in the air with her solo trapeze act.
		Tickets for Circus Cabaret are available in advance online by clicking here, or calling (800) 595-4849, for $22 and at the door for $25 with $15 tickets for students and seniors.
	broadwaystudios.com /circus.htm (453 words)

	Animal Welfare - Circuses
		Run by Lee and Judy Stevens, a husband-and-wife team that bills itself as "featured animal trainers for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus" a circus plagued with violations of the Animal Welfare Act Baboon Lagoon is hell on Earth for these social, curious, and complex animals.
		There is also evidence that solitary confinement is a method used to ensure that the animals will perform on command: A trainer of circus chimpanzees has admitted that he keeps the animals in solitary confinement for the majority of the time so that they will be more motivated to perform.
		Now IPPL has obtained video footage of a performance that shows Lam and the circus to be in apparent non-compliance with the terms of the permit, which was issued based on Lam's claim that his act contributed to conservation by its educational program.
	www.ccforaction.com /circuses.htm (1102 words)

	Untitled Document
		When their school day is finished, they take a bus to the Circus Center and study circus arts.
		Professional circus performers are in demand, Johnson said, and to recruit and educate younger students who have an interest in learning circus arts, the center started the program three years ago.
		It is currently the only year-long circus clown-training program in the United States, and students learn traditional clowning skills, as well as how to create original clowning material.
	www.sunsetbeacon.com /archives/SunsetBeacon/2007editions/Feb07/circus.html (705 words)

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