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History. Clown College was the brainchild of Irvin Feld, the owner of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and longtime Ringling clown and front man Bill Ballantine. In 1968, Ringling had only a handful of clowns, most of them over fifty years of age. It was clear that these performers wouldn't be able to go on forever.
17 de feb. de 1988 · Clown College (1968-97) was created in 1968 by Irvin Feld, then co-owner of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, with help from former Ringling clown and author/illustrator Bill Ballantine, who became Clown College's second Dean.
After three years in Baraboo, the clown college operated at the Sarasota Opera House in Sarasota until 1998 before the program was suspended. In February 1999, the circus company started previewing Barnum's Kaleidoscape, a one ring, intimate, upscale circus performed under the tent.
Story by Joyce Sundy. • 5mo. Clown College was a unique institution that trained hundreds of clowns for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from 1968 to 1997. It was founded by...
24 de sept. de 1993 · The famous Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey "Clown College" is making its own kind of history - moving its campus from Florida to the Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wis., hometown of the five Ringling brothers and the original site of their circus' winter quarters.
circus schools. In circus: Circus schools. …was the Ringling organization’s “Clown College,” located in Venice, Florida, which was established in 1968 and closed in 1997. Other American institutions that feature the circus include Florida State University’s Flying High Circus (begun in 1947) at Tallahassee, whose performers are drawn ...
1907 - May 1917. Areas Of Involvement: circus. freak show. clown. Related People: P.T. Barnum. Philippe Petit. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus became the best-known traveling circus in the United States during the 20th century. Its origins can be traced to a traveling circus founded in Wisconsin in 1867.
