Sentences with phrase «circus performers in»

This 1879 painting depicts young circus performers in gold - fringed outfits.

I was thrilled for the chance to work with Vendula again — and to give you guys my thoughts on their latest collection, which boasts a series of bags fit for the circus performer in all of us.

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More troubling was that the stage held just just one black person, representing his company's founder, and two women: TechCrunch CEO Heather Harde and a performer in a circus act.

, derided as a «circus performer» by NBA chauvinists while he was winning three scoring championships and three MVP awards in the ABA, recently was one of two active players — Kareem

Tracy Reiman, executive vice president of PETA, an animal rights group, said the new law brings New York «one step closer to a day when the only performers in circuses are willing human ones who can go home to their families at night.»

This photograph of Laloo, a circus performer whose child - sized parasitic twin seems to emerge from his abdomen, was published in Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine, a 19th century book on teratology - literally «the study of monsters» - by George Gould and Walter Pyle.

He was trained as an aerial artist in a family of circus performers, where he developed the flexibility and reflexes needed to fly through the air with the greatest of ease.

Meanwhile, North works as a circus performer with the Excalibur, a floating troupe of acrobats, clowns, dancers, and trainers who sail from one archipelago to the next, entertaining in exchange for sustenance.

Cases include the 1970 murder of a jazz musician leading a double life, a graffiti artist's fatal overdose in 1982 and the 1971 death of a young circus performer.

Petit begins by explaining his antecedents as a little French boy who sneaked into a provincial circus and was awed by the tightrope walker, as a some - time student of a high - wire master known as Papa Rudy and as a street performer in Paris in the 1970s.

Tutored in technique and stagecraft by the Czech circus performer called Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley), Petit embarks on his first «surprise illegal high - wire walk» in 1971 at Notre - Dame de Paris, the Manhattan towers still beckoning.

Karel Cernik (Fredric March) is the leader of a troupe of Czechoslovakian circus performers who have been plying their trade in Eastern Europe for years.

Barker's brand of unsavoury operatic cheese (he's the Douglas Sirk of splatter) finds its root here, too, in an inexplicable subplot involving a circus performer (I think) and his pet feral child.

«We wanted a song that represented the Oddities» [the circus performers] struggle, and claiming their identities and finding pride in your strangeness,» says Pasek.

It is one of only two colleges in the U.S. to have an on - campus circus with student performers.

The bestselling novel comes tastefully to the big screen in this adaptation from director Francis Lawrence («I Am Legend»), who cast Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon as a veterinary student and the circus performer he falls for.

«A Day in the Life with Erica Linz» (13:24) has the film's star show us her and her fellow performers stretching and rehearsing, while her voiceover discusses her attraction to the circus lifestyle, the troupe's creative process, and the specifics of this film's production.

The performer in conjunction with the talented computer effects artists turned Koba into a warrior one moment to a trained circus monkey instantaneously in not just actions, but also in emotions.

Kornél Mundruczó, on the strength of White God, returned with a dopey Eurothriller, Jupiter's Moon, that repeated the same dodgy CGI effect — a man floating in the air — like an aging circus performer lingering on his flourish.

Midway through the hour - long show at PS 24, two Ringling Bros. dancers in red, sequined jackets invite the students to get up and practice the daily warm - up routine that helps circus performers remain not only fit but also what's described as «circus fit.»

Bucky is the headline act in a small group of circus performers making its way around New York City schools.

Ringling Bros. has invested more than $ 400,000 in CircusFit, which aims to draw on the wacky and whimsical appeal of the circus to inspire kids in grades 2 - 5 to lead active lives as modeled by remarkable circus performers.

Jo has worked a myriad of jobs at one time or another including a till - monkey in a bookshop, a circus performer, baby massage teacher and graveyard - shift hotel waitress to name a few.

Tsovkra - 1's (there is another village named Tsovkra) heyday occurred in the mid 20th century when Russian circuses recruited performers from the village tightrope walking school.

Meanwhile, North works as a circus performer with the Excalibur, a floating troupe of acrobats, clowns, dancers, and trainers who sail from one archipelago to the next, entertaining in exchange for sustenance.

Faith eventually turns to violence for retribution, forcing her to flee home in search of the only friend she has — a troubled but caring busboy who is the lover of a sideshow performer — and to tumble into the colorful, transient world of the circus.

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Besides warming laps, Havanese dogs were also entertaining performers; indeed, in Europe these dogs were often seen performing impressive tricks in circuses and carnivals.

But don't write him off as just a lapdog; the Havanese is trainable and surprisingly energetic, and has excelled in dog sports and canine careers ranging from circus performer to assisting the handicapped.

Ranked second most intelligent dog breed just behind the Border Collie, the poodle is skillful in many dog sports and activities, including agility, obedience, tracking to herding, circus performers or assistance dogs.

It has been used as a water retriever hunting dog (the traditional Poodle clip, although peculiar - looking, actually serves to protect the dog's joints and organs from the dangers of swimming in cold water), a guide dog, a guard dog, a military dog, a companion dog, and even a circus performer.

So you'll have the bichon frise»; a lap dog that was bred for precious pampering, but is too big to be categorized in the toy group, the poodle; a versatile breed that was utilized as a retriever, truffle hunter and then circus performer, and then you have two types of bulldogs; breeds who were once used for bull baiting, but since this practice has been outlawed, they technically can't be categorized under the working dog category.

The turning point came in the 1920s, when the American spitz (as it had come to be called) became a favorite of circus performers.

They have gained renown as performers in the circus ring.

They also became popular as performers in circuses and other entertainment venues.

Ranked second most intelligent dog breed just behind the Border Collie, [4] the poodle is skillful in many dog sports and activities, including agility, obedience, tracking to herding, circus performers or assistance dogs.

The dogs keen mind and trainability landed the breed in an interesting profession: circus performer.

Danny D'Oscar was born and raised in Cuba to a famous family of circus performers.

Later in life, he had his visual impairment corrected, but still vividly remembered the faces from his childhood — particularly the distorted, colorful faces of the circus performers that passed through his home town.

In the 1930s, when Avery was a struggling artist, together with his wife they would often go to various vaudeville and circus performances and Avery would use performers as free live models.

He has previously worked as a performer in street theatre, circus and fringe theatre; as a stonemason and architectural carver; a sculptor, registered art therapist and art tutor.

Taken in both black and white and colour these intimately detailed, large - scale photographs show circus performers relaxing while off duty, practising, getting ready to perform, part made - up and costumed, and revealingly off - guard.

Indeed, like in a circus, the bodies of the performers become a site for spectacle and wonder.

At the Vatican Museum, an armless plaster figure made by Marino Marini in the immediate aftermath of World War II is rife with ambiguity — did the artist mean it to be a circus performer, as the title claims, or a disguised, desacralized Christ for a godless world?

For his contribution to a mixed show in Marseilles, Sadotti arranged for a local circus performer to whip the spaces on the walls between the other artists» works.

Soon after his arrival, in an attempt to earn some money, he made his Cirque Calder, a miniature stage set starring tiny circus performers that he could manipulate with wires and strings to do tricks.

An insistent interest in such topics appear also in other collages on show, which represent dancers, circus performers and other «shabby outcasts» in gloomy caricatures.

Picasso: The Saltimbanques brings together a selection of the artist's paintings with related prints and drawings by Picasso and others to trace the traditions of the Harlequin, Pierrot, and the jester, from their origins in the commedia dell» arte of the 17th century to their merger with the circus performers of Picasso's day.

Picasso's social life towards the end of his life differed greatly from earlier years in that among his entourage of writers and artists he now included imaginary personages such as musketeers, matadors, cavaliers, prostitutes and circus performers all borrowed from art history or influenced by conversations with friends.

According to a report from The Denver Post, ADI played a pivotal role in liberating animals from Bolivia's traveling circuses, exposing the disturbing conditions many of them were subjected to in their lives as «performers».