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lights+Sounds/technology has been the biggest change in circus over the last 40 years. Use of Jeans Idea that they're pressing their ideas on the existing framework [of presenting themselves] Talk of big storm that occurred @ National Harbor one their 1st night of a performance, how the wall and [[capola?]] (tent cap) blew off and ended up down river -Catchers=family members of flying acts [flying gaona family aerial somersaults -Tito - [[Ritchie?]] [[arrow points to following text]] Ritchie gaona runs Woodland Hills, CA Trapeze school - Cello (sister) -Armando (catcher) [[elbow arrow to following text]] [[crossed-out]] [[Father?]] [[/crossed-out]] Father Victor had been a clown was Armando's catcher *Family from Mexico -Discussion of building drama for the sake of audience effect. -John Lar, son of [[Bort?]] Lar, Q: How do you know what's funny? A: Listen to the audience [[crossed-out]] -Who the [[auden?]] [[/crossed-out]] "Notes on a Cowardly Lion" -Dolly Jacobs' dad Lou was totally wed to idea of making contact w/ the audience. Philosophy = emphasize "slower, slower, slower". We performed [[in?]] Madison Sq. garden w/ 77,000 seats -german [[army?]] studied logistics of [[crossed-out]] making [[/crossed-out]] how american circus [[crossed-out]] [[?]] [[/crossed-out]] moved via railroad (pre-WWI) as a model for how to move [[crossed-out]] [[?]] [[/crossed-out]] its troops. -Jenny Vinbell (sp?) will be integrating 24 horses into the new BA Circus "[[Ballen'nas?]] Horses + clowns" featured bareback horse act in old BA Circus show Persherows, Belgians -A lot of circus does visual, but what they do is theme-based, such as an homage to great scripted painters inspired by Circus Comedie Russian act doing a vision of a Chagall window BA Circus Last show in 39 years in 2015 (income thru 2009 corporations bought whole shows, many corps were financial institutions lost over $1million in 2010) In 2016 Compass partners took over intellectual property and management, led by CEO Larry [[Solheig?]]