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«Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows Route, Personnel and Statistics for the Season of 1949: together with complete itineraries from 1919 to 1949 inclusive, covering every exhibition date since the famous Ringling Bros and Barnum &…

Ruggera is an equestrian ballerina. Born in 1930, Ruggera leaves with Alberto.

After a few years, she marries Fritz Lauber, whom she met at the Ringling Circus, and leaves the circus. They move to California. She has three children and works in the concessions of circuses and fairs. She dies in California in 1986.

One of the siblings' acts. Ruggera was an amazing rider and equestrian ballerina.

Ruggera shows off her muscles. She was extremely strong and usually bore the weight of other riders in the human pyramid.

Ruggera was a glamorous and smiling athlete.

This was one of the most popular acts for the Zoppè troupe. The act is reproduced in plastic within the exposition of the Ringling Circus at the Ringling Museum in Sarasota.

The year that changes everything is 1948. The director Orson Welles, who was shooting a film in Rome with the participation of Alberto, introduces him to John Ringling North. He is looking for European talents to hire for his Ringling Bros. and…

Zaira (in the center) marries a «fermo» (an immobile), Giuseppe Visentin (in the center), and becomes the reference point for the family. Giuseppe Visentin was a shop owner who falls in love when he sees her performing in the circus. It is not easy…

Rodolfo Zoppè had a number with his wife Guerrina using a motorcycle. Guerrina was also a white clown, a very unusual role for a woman. “He was ugly but funny. A fabulous clown. It wasn’t necessary to out make up. It was enough for him to speak and…