thecircusblog | March 1, 2009
Above is a collage of Pete and Petrova. I had the pleaure of working with these fine performers in the early 1960 ‘s. I remember them both as being very kind and gentle people. One day between shows Pete and I were talking about his music for his act. He said he wished he could […]
thecircusblog | March 1, 2009
Trudy and Bill Strong both doing toe hangs as the airplane rigging revolves in a circle. I wonder how they controlled the circular motion of the airplane?
thecircusblog | March 1, 2009
I never saw their outdoor act but from these photos it must have been spectacular. Their indoor act which I did see was a very powerful act. The name of the trick in this photo is a “back angel.” One a still trapeze, it is a relatively simple trick but when you are moving on a high rigging, […]
thecircusblog | March 1, 2009
This is a shot of Trudy Strong doing a toe hang in their cradle act and as you can see there are no gimmicks on her feet. I don’t know how high she was working as I never saw their outdoor act, but indoors some their rigging was at least eighty feet.
